Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 22:46     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Segregationists love this old trope.


+1

I don’t understand this. Are you suggesting there is no segregation in MoCo? I have a bridge to sell you...
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 22:40     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’ll take New Trier Township school district in Illinois over MCPS any day but thanks anyway.


I just looked that up. Total district enrollment around 10,000, of which 80-90% white and about 4% on free lunch. So yes, if that’s what you’re looking for then MCPS is not the right place for you.

+1000
They always end up showing their true colors without even realize it
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 21:48     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:I’ll take New Trier Township school district in Illinois over MCPS any day but thanks anyway.


I just looked that up. Total district enrollment around 10,000, of which 80-90% white and about 4% on free lunch. So yes, if that’s what you’re looking for then MCPS is not the right place for you.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 21:20     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
I’ll take New Trier Township school district in Illinois over MCPS any day but thanks anyway.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:46     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am so effing tired of you Yankee or Midwest transplants moving here and telling us we need to run our schools the way they do in NJ/MA/IL/some other podunk state . Your way is not superior but you can move home if you think it is.


LMAO


Ha! Well, to you Montgomery County natives, I'll respond that your current way is definitely not superior. And, we're not moving home because you've invited us here with your fantastic job market. So, thanks!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:44     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Segregationists love this old trope.


+1


I disagree completely.

I am not White, and live in Silver Spring. My kids attend a Focus school, and I would love it if MCPS adopted at town-based, or cluster based school system, instead of the monstrosity that currently exists.

I would love it if my kids' schools didn't close for rain, just because it's snowing up in Poolesville or Damascus. I would love it if we weren't forced to administer ridiculous assessments that the school system deems necessary (eg. Performance Matters), even there is not really any direct benefit to our students. I would love it if our Principal had more power when it comes to matters of discipline.

For the 8 years we have had kids in MCPS, a Superintendent has NOT ONCE stepped foot in our ES/MS. We have never seen a BOE member.

If we want something to change, or disagree with a policy, parents have to vie for 3 minutes of the BOE's attention at a meeting, and then we're most likely ignored anyway.

Schools should be part of the community, and run by the community.


Yes, I love it when angry white people oppress me too!


Sorry, I just don't get it. I'm pretty angry with MCPS, but I'm not white.

Do these angry white PPs above think MCPS is doing a great job and functioning well? Do they think MCPS is meeting the needs of its students appropriately?

As a non-White person, I do not think so. I'd love to see some changes.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:32     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Last year, when they opened the new ES in the RM Cluster, it was clear that the community did not want it to be named after Bayard Rustin.

Guess what? The BOE didn't give a rat's ass what the community wanted, and shoved the name down the community's throat.

Why is that? Let the community have control of their schools. Why are people who have no idea about what goes on in the schools on a daily basis making decisions about what affects our kids?

A new curriculum that might be a great fit for wealthy, predominantly Jewish school in Potomac, may not be the best fit for a more diverse school in Silver Spring.

Yet, all the kids are stuck with the same curriculum. Like it or not.


Or 2 kids in Potomac may need different curriculum! This is why a public schools should be abolished and the taxes refunded!


A modest proposal if I ever heard one.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:32     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:Last year, when they opened the new ES in the RM Cluster, it was clear that the community did not want it to be named after Bayard Rustin.

Guess what? The BOE didn't give a rat's ass what the community wanted, and shoved the name down the community's throat.

Why is that? Let the community have control of their schools. Why are people who have no idea about what goes on in the schools on a daily basis making decisions about what affects our kids?

A new curriculum that might be a great fit for wealthy, predominantly Jewish school in Potomac, may not be the best fit for a more diverse school in Silver Spring.

Yet, all the kids are stuck with the same curriculum. Like it or not.


Or 2 kids in Potomac may need different curriculum! This is why a public schools should be abolished and the taxes refunded!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:23     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Last year, when they opened the new ES in the RM Cluster, it was clear that the community did not want it to be named after Bayard Rustin.

Guess what? The BOE didn't give a rat's ass what the community wanted, and shoved the name down the community's throat.

Why is that? Let the community have control of their schools. Why are people who have no idea about what goes on in the schools on a daily basis making decisions about what affects our kids?

A new curriculum that might be a great fit for wealthy, predominantly Jewish school in Potomac, may not be the best fit for a more diverse school in Silver Spring.

Yet, all the kids are stuck with the same curriculum. Like it or not.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:19     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love reading the racist fantasies that some people post mostly because I know they'll never come true.


You love it so much that you must have voted for Trump. If not, you are such a lazy minded individual that you jump to conclusions about people you don't know anything about.


It's not much of a jump to conclude people who support this assinine idea are raging racists.


Taking this idea to its logical conclusion is to shitcan public school altogether and every man woman and child for themselves. Sure, this would be terrible for the public good but it is a GOP fantasy.


Fortunately, these mean spirited and half-baked notions have a snowballs chance in hell of ever becoming real.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:18     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Segregationists love this old trope.


+1


I disagree completely.

I am not White, and live in Silver Spring. My kids attend a Focus school, and I would love it if MCPS adopted at town-based, or cluster based school system, instead of the monstrosity that currently exists.

I would love it if my kids' schools didn't close for rain, just because it's snowing up in Poolesville or Damascus. I would love it if we weren't forced to administer ridiculous assessments that the school system deems necessary (eg. Performance Matters), even there is not really any direct benefit to our students. I would love it if our Principal had more power when it comes to matters of discipline.

For the 8 years we have had kids in MCPS, a Superintendent has NOT ONCE stepped foot in our ES/MS. We have never seen a BOE member.

If we want something to change, or disagree with a policy, parents have to vie for 3 minutes of the BOE's attention at a meeting, and then we're most likely ignored anyway.

Schools should be part of the community, and run by the community.


Yes, I love it when angry white people oppress me too!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 20:14     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Segregationists love this old trope.


+1


I disagree completely.

I am not White, and live in Silver Spring. My kids attend a Focus school, and I would love it if MCPS adopted at town-based, or cluster based school system, instead of the monstrosity that currently exists.

I would love it if my kids' schools didn't close for rain, just because it's snowing up in Poolesville or Damascus. I would love it if we weren't forced to administer ridiculous assessments that the school system deems necessary (eg. Performance Matters), even there is not really any direct benefit to our students. I would love it if our Principal had more power when it comes to matters of discipline.

For the 8 years we have had kids in MCPS, a Superintendent has NOT ONCE stepped foot in our ES/MS. We have never seen a BOE member.

If we want something to change, or disagree with a policy, parents have to vie for 3 minutes of the BOE's attention at a meeting, and then we're most likely ignored anyway.

Schools should be part of the community, and run by the community.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 19:51     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love reading the racist fantasies that some people post mostly because I know they'll never come true.


You love it so much that you must have voted for Trump. If not, you are such a lazy minded individual that you jump to conclusions about people you don't know anything about.


It's not much of a jump to conclude people who support this assinine idea are raging racists.


Taking this idea to its logical conclusion is to shitcan public school altogether and every man woman and child for themselves. Sure, this would be terrible for the public good but it is a GOP fantasy.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 19:49     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I love reading the racist fantasies that some people post mostly because I know they'll never come true.


You love it so much that you must have voted for Trump. If not, you are such a lazy minded individual that you jump to conclusions about people you don't know anything about.


It's not much of a jump to conclude people who support this assinine idea are raging racists.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2019 19:40     Subject: The Best Remedy for Maryland K-12 Schooling.
Anonymous wrote:I am so effing tired of you Yankee or Midwest transplants moving here and telling us we need to run our schools the way they do in NJ/MA/IL/some other podunk state . Your way is not superior but you can move home if you think it is.


LMAO