10:14, yes, people are allowed to have opinions. Just not you, since you just want to poison the well.

Anonymous wrote:16:50, you sound like a grump. We have several friends whose kids attend and they have all said their kids have really enjoyed it so far. You probably hate Santa Claus too.

So everyone that doesn't like their school but have a "friend" that likes it, is lying or a grump. So whose opinion matters more to you? Give me a break. People are allowed to have their opinions.

Anonymous wrote:16:50, you sound like a grump. We have several friends whose kids attend and they have all said their kids have really enjoyed it so far. You probably hate Santa Claus too.

Not 16:50, but I think people just have specific expectations of what school should be like, and if it doesn't meet all expectations, then they don't like it. JW is a mixed SES school. You will have some issues, but then, *all* schools have issues. Personally, I'd rather my MS kids see a few fights at school than be exposed to rampant drug use, cheating, etc.. That's just my opinion.

16:50, you sound like a grump. We have several friends whose kids attend and they have all said their kids have really enjoyed it so far. You probably hate Santa Claus too.

Anonymous wrote:19:40, so typical of the CS attitude. Here's hoping you stay there with the other miserable souls.

I am not from CS. My DC is in Julius West and it is awful.

19:40, so typical of the CS attitude. Here's hoping you stay there with the other miserable souls.

19:40, you suck. Go back to your cave.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the vendetta poster is absolutely correct. For all of the reasons set forth by 11:37, MCPS is absolutely screwing certain kids in order to keep people at CSES and BFES (and others, like DuFief) happy.

Wow, those parents at Cold Spring ES, Beverly Farms ES, and Dufief ES (combined enrollment 942, or 0.6% of total MCPS enrollment) must be super extra powerful.

Cold Spring and Dufief want more families

we live near CS, but go to RP. We'd rather stay at RP, even with the overcrowding. We like the RM cluster.

Said no one ever!!

Anonymous wrote:Cold Spring makes me sick every time I drive past it. My kids are at an overcrowded school too. Would be nice to have classes with 15 students and lots of individualized attention. I don't know where DuFief is, but I heard they are also getting special treatment with small classes, extra teachers, and state of the art facilities.

Where did you hear that from? DuFief was built in 1975 and has never been renovated or modernized. Also, the average classes sizes are K 19.5, 1-3 21.0, and 4-5 24.0. Not huge classes, but not 15 either.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/02241.pdf