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Anonymous wrote:It seems that MCPS Stopped releasing MCPS safety statistics after 21-22, but they're easy enough to read between the lines.

Blair is supposed to be the crown jewel of MCPS, but even there students are involved with a ghost gun, charged with attempted murder, racist hate incident, student killed - you name it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/30/ghost-gun-blair-high-school-maryland/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-blair-student-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing/2876037/
https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/antisemitism-at-montgomery-blair-high-school-underscores-statewide-issue/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/montgomery-blair-high-school-killed-in-langley-park-shooting/3368302/

Name just about any school in MCPS, and you'll be hard pressed to find a school that's safe and without serious violence, drugs, or other issues.

Blair is not the crown jewel of MCPS.
Blair Magnet, a small school within a school, is the diamond in the (very) rough.
It's at Blair specifically because Blair is a bad place, to boost Blair's stats.

Blair is not only the crown jewel of MCPS, it's the crown jewel of the whole state of Maryland.
I know the truth hurts and you're dying inside.

Not the previous poster but this poster is clearly trolling or oblivious. It not even top 5 in the county and most parents with means pay 7 figures to avoid it just like all the other east county schools. Sure some bus in from nicer areas for a program but they would go to Kennedy if that is where it was. They do that despite Blair not because of it. If it was desirable, Blair real estate wouldn’t be the cheapest school zone inside the beltway including most of Va. It’s only desirable to poor people and middle class who are afraid of PG and can’t do better. Look at the reputation for eastern middle school, that’s a large chunk of Blair’s general population… that is before them go to general pop.

Keep posting your fake bravado and pride, it shows you’re the one dying inside that just about everyone looks down on it.

Tell me which school in MD produces the most NMSFS? The most math Olympiads? Science Olympiads? Sciences Bowls? Most Intel/Regeneron scholars? Most ivy-bounds? The most decorated school in all of Maryland?

Answers:

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Not Blair.

Idiot. There's not a school that's called "Blair magnet HS". There's Blair HS. You graduate from Blair HS. The school is ranked as Blair HS.

Blair is the best!

Hmmhmmm..now give me a reason why?

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS is giving me the heebeejeebies and I'm just starting out.

The economic stratification doesn't deserve any respect. The massive schools with few sports teams doesn't deserve any respect.

I bought a house in the Rockville High School area, based on the idea that it's rating was about the same as the one I grew up in from a Rural state.

Well the ratings lie. The elementary schools in the area are dominated by ESL students. The high school is filled with immigrants many of which have zero inclination to be there. Leading to high profile news coverage, such as the rape case where the students ended up deported.

The school I grew up at which had a similar rating had incidents, fights or whatever, but nothing like that, and they provided excellent advanced placement classes and advanced math tracking, which MCPS just doesn't offer. Want enrichment and advanced placement go to a different school.

The thing is I highly doubt we'll receive decent treatment if we buy a small house in a good school district, where all the rich people live.

At our earliest convenience, we'll be moving to a different school district in another county far away from DC.

My kid just graduated from Rockville and our experience could not be more different than what you describe. My kid had a great experience starting in ES, including lots of smart, motivated kids in his IB and AP classes in high school. A diverse school, to be sure, much like the world he will live in. Maybe the RHS experience was so positive because people who are prone to judge based on race or ethnicity move out and the people who remain are the smart ones able to see more than that. Lucky us!

Social sorting explains many things. You're concerned about diversity of ethnicity; I'm concerned about diversity of scholastic ability. How do explain the absence of smart kids at RHS, why do they have to go to some other school to get a good education?

You may think diversity is making your school stronger, but the sad fact is that academic achievements have been politicized because of that diversity leading to the segregated system you so cherish. Scholastics function much differently when diversity isn't an issue. Every homogenous rural white school has advanced tracks for math and AP placement.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS is giving me the heebeejeebies and I'm just starting out.

The economic stratification doesn't deserve any respect. The massive schools with few sports teams doesn't deserve any respect.

I bought a house in the Rockville High School area, based on the idea that it's rating was about the same as the one I grew up in from a Rural state.

Well the ratings lie. The elementary schools in the area are dominated by ESL students. The high school is filled with immigrants many of which have zero inclination to be there. Leading to high profile news coverage, such as the rape case where the students ended up deported.

The school I grew up at which had a similar rating had incidents, fights or whatever, but nothing like that, and they provided excellent advanced placement classes and advanced math tracking, which MCPS just doesn't offer. Want enrichment and advanced placement go to a different school.

The thing is I highly doubt we'll receive decent treatment if we buy a small house in a good school district, where all the rich people live.

At our earliest convenience, we'll be moving to a different school district in another county far away from DC.

My kid just graduated from Rockville and our experience could not be more different than what you describe. My kid had a great experience starting in ES, including lots of smart, motivated kids in his IB and AP classes in high school. A diverse school, to be sure, much like the world he will live in. Maybe the RHS experience was so positive because people who are prone to judge based on race or ethnicity move out and the people who remain are the smart ones able to see more than that. Lucky us!

Social sorting explains many things. You're concerned about diversity of ethnicity; I'm concerned about diversity of scholastic ability. How do explain the absence of smart kids at RHS, why do they have to go to some other school to get a good education?

You may think diversity is making your school stronger, but the sad fact is that academic achievements have been politicized because of that diversity leading to the segregated system you so cherish. Scholastics function much differently when diversity isn't an issue. Every homogenous rural white school has advanced tracks for math and AP placement.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems that MCPS Stopped releasing MCPS safety statistics after 21-22, but they're easy enough to read between the lines.

Blair is supposed to be the crown jewel of MCPS, but even there students are involved with a ghost gun, charged with attempted murder, racist hate incident, student killed - you name it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/30/ghost-gun-blair-high-school-maryland/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-blair-student-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing/2876037/
https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/antisemitism-at-montgomery-blair-high-school-underscores-statewide-issue/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/montgomery-blair-high-school-killed-in-langley-park-shooting/3368302/

Name just about any school in MCPS, and you'll be hard pressed to find a school that's safe and without serious violence, drugs, or other issues.

Blair is not the crown jewel of MCPS.
Blair Magnet, a small school within a school, is the diamond in the (very) rough.
It's at Blair specifically because Blair is a bad place, to boost Blair's stats.

Blair is not only the crown jewel of MCPS, it's the crown jewel of the whole state of Maryland.
I know the truth hurts and you're dying inside.

Not the previous poster but this poster is clearly trolling or oblivious. It not even top 5 in the county and most parents with means pay 7 figures to avoid it just like all the other east county schools. Sure some bus in from nicer areas for a program but they would go to Kennedy if that is where it was. They do that despite Blair not because of it. If it was desirable, Blair real estate wouldn’t be the cheapest school zone inside the beltway including most of Va. It’s only desirable to poor people and middle class who are afraid of PG and can’t do better. Look at the reputation for eastern middle school, that’s a large chunk of Blair’s general population… that is before them go to general pop.

Keep posting your fake bravado and pride, it shows you’re the one dying inside that just about everyone looks down on it.

Tell me which school in MD produces the most NMSFS? The most math Olympiads? Science Olympiads? Sciences Bowls? Most Intel/Regeneron scholars? Most ivy-bounds? The most decorated school in all of Maryland?

Answers:

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Not Blair.

Idiot. There's not a school that's called "Blair magnet HS". There's Blair HS. You graduate from Blair HS. The school is ranked as Blair HS.

Blair is the best!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems that MCPS Stopped releasing MCPS safety statistics after 21-22, but they're easy enough to read between the lines.

Blair is supposed to be the crown jewel of MCPS, but even there students are involved with a ghost gun, charged with attempted murder, racist hate incident, student killed - you name it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/30/ghost-gun-blair-high-school-maryland/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-blair-student-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing/2876037/
https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/antisemitism-at-montgomery-blair-high-school-underscores-statewide-issue/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/montgomery-blair-high-school-killed-in-langley-park-shooting/3368302/

Name just about any school in MCPS, and you'll be hard pressed to find a school that's safe and without serious violence, drugs, or other issues.

Blair is not the crown jewel of MCPS.
Blair Magnet, a small school within a school, is the diamond in the (very) rough.
It's at Blair specifically because Blair is a bad place, to boost Blair's stats.

Blair is not only the crown jewel of MCPS, it's the crown jewel of the whole state of Maryland.
I know the truth hurts and you're dying inside.

Not the previous poster but this poster is clearly trolling or oblivious. It not even top 5 in the county and most parents with means pay 7 figures to avoid it just like all the other east county schools. Sure some bus in from nicer areas for a program but they would go to Kennedy if that is where it was. They do that despite Blair not because of it. If it was desirable, Blair real estate wouldn’t be the cheapest school zone inside the beltway including most of Va. It’s only desirable to poor people and middle class who are afraid of PG and can’t do better. Look at the reputation for eastern middle school, that’s a large chunk of Blair’s general population… that is before them go to general pop.

Keep posting your fake bravado and pride, it shows you’re the one dying inside that just about everyone looks down on it.

Tell me which school in MD produces the most NMSFS? The most math Olympiads? Science Olympiads? Sciences Bowls? Most Intel/Regeneron scholars? Most ivy-bounds? The most decorated school in all of Maryland?

Answers:

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Not Blair.

Idiot. There's not a school that's called "Blair magnet HS". There's Blair HS. You graduate from Blair HS. The school is ranked as Blair HS.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS is giving me the heebeejeebies and I'm just starting out.

The economic stratification doesn't deserve any respect. The massive schools with few sports teams doesn't deserve any respect.

I bought a house in the Rockville High School area, based on the idea that it's rating was about the same as the one I grew up in from a Rural state.

Well the ratings lie. The elementary schools in the area are dominated by ESL students. The high school is filled with immigrants many of which have zero inclination to be there. Leading to high profile news coverage, such as the rape case where the students ended up deported.

The school I grew up at which had a similar rating had incidents, fights or whatever, but nothing like that, and they provided excellent advanced placement classes and advanced math tracking, which MCPS just doesn't offer. Want enrichment and advanced placement go to a different school.

The thing is I highly doubt we'll receive decent treatment if we buy a small house in a good school district, where all the rich people live.

At our earliest convenience, we'll be moving to a different school district in another county far away from DC.

My kid just graduated from Rockville and our experience could not be more different than what you describe. My kid had a great experience starting in ES, including lots of smart, motivated kids in his IB and AP classes in high school. A diverse school, to be sure, much like the world he will live in. Maybe the RHS experience was so positive because people who are prone to judge based on race or ethnicity move out and the people who remain are the smart ones able to see more than that. Lucky us!

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS is giving me the heebeejeebies and I'm just starting out.

The economic stratification doesn't deserve any respect. The massive schools with few sports teams doesn't deserve any respect.

I bought a house in the Rockville High School area, based on the idea that it's rating was about the same as the one I grew up in from a Rural state.

Well the ratings lie. The elementary schools in the area are dominated by ESL students. The high school is filled with immigrants many of which have zero inclination to be there. Leading to high profile news coverage, such as the rape case where the students ended up deported.

The school I grew up at which had a similar rating had incidents, fights or whatever, but nothing like that, and they provided excellent advanced placement classes and advanced math tracking, which MCPS just doesn't offer. Want enrichment and advanced placement go to a different school.

The thing is I highly doubt we'll receive decent treatment if we buy a small house in a good school district, where all the rich people live.

At our earliest convenience, we'll be moving to a different school district in another county far away from DC.

My kid just graduated from Rockville and our experience could not be more different than what you describe. My kid had a great experience starting in ES, including lots of smart, motivated kids in his IB and AP classes in high school. A diverse school, to be sure, much like the world he will live in. Maybe the RHS experience was so positive because people who are prone to judge based on race or ethnicity move out and the people who remain are the smart ones able to see more than that. Lucky us!

Anonymous wrote:MCPS is giving me the heebeejeebies and I'm just starting out.

The economic stratification doesn't deserve any respect. The massive schools with few sports teams doesn't deserve any respect.

I bought a house in the Rockville High School area, based on the idea that it's rating was about the same as the one I grew up in from a Rural state.

Well the ratings lie. The elementary schools in the area are dominated by ESL students. The high school is filled with immigrants many of which have zero inclination to be there. Leading to high profile news coverage, such as the rape case where the students ended up deported.

The school I grew up at which had a similar rating had incidents, fights or whatever, but nothing like that, and they provided excellent advanced placement classes and advanced math tracking, which MCPS just doesn't offer. Want enrichment and advanced placement go to a different school.

The thing is I highly doubt we'll receive decent treatment if we buy a small house in a good school district, where all the rich people live.

At our earliest convenience, we'll be moving to a different school district in another county far away from DC.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems that MCPS Stopped releasing MCPS safety statistics after 21-22, but they're easy enough to read between the lines.

Blair is supposed to be the crown jewel of MCPS, but even there students are involved with a ghost gun, charged with attempted murder, racist hate incident, student killed - you name it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/30/ghost-gun-blair-high-school-maryland/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-blair-student-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing/2876037/
https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/antisemitism-at-montgomery-blair-high-school-underscores-statewide-issue/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/montgomery-blair-high-school-killed-in-langley-park-shooting/3368302/

Name just about any school in MCPS, and you'll be hard pressed to find a school that's safe and without serious violence, drugs, or other issues.

Blair is not the crown jewel of MCPS.
Blair Magnet, a small school within a school, is the diamond in the (very) rough.
It's at Blair specifically because Blair is a bad place, to boost Blair's stats.

Blair is not only the crown jewel of MCPS, it's the crown jewel of the whole state of Maryland.
I know the truth hurts and you're dying inside.

Not the previous poster but this poster is clearly trolling or oblivious. It not even top 5 in the county and most parents with means pay 7 figures to avoid it just like all the other east county schools. Sure some bus in from nicer areas for a program but they would go to Kennedy if that is where it was. They do that despite Blair not because of it. If it was desirable, Blair real estate wouldn’t be the cheapest school zone inside the beltway including most of Va. It’s only desirable to poor people and middle class who are afraid of PG and can’t do better. Look at the reputation for eastern middle school, that’s a large chunk of Blair’s general population… that is before them go to general pop.

Keep posting your fake bravado and pride, it shows you’re the one dying inside that just about everyone looks down on it.

Tell me which school in MD produces the most NMSFS? The most math Olympiads? Science Olympiads? Sciences Bowls? Most Intel/Regeneron scholars? Most ivy-bounds? The most decorated school in all of Maryland?

Answers:

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Not Blair.

Idiot. There's not a school that's called "Blair magnet HS". There's Blair HS. You graduate from Blair HS. The school is ranked as Blair HS.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems that MCPS Stopped releasing MCPS safety statistics after 21-22, but they're easy enough to read between the lines.

Blair is supposed to be the crown jewel of MCPS, but even there students are involved with a ghost gun, charged with attempted murder, racist hate incident, student killed - you name it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/30/ghost-gun-blair-high-school-maryland/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-blair-student-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-stabbing/2876037/
https://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/antisemitism-at-montgomery-blair-high-school-underscores-statewide-issue/
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/prince-georges-county/montgomery-blair-high-school-killed-in-langley-park-shooting/3368302/

Name just about any school in MCPS, and you'll be hard pressed to find a school that's safe and without serious violence, drugs, or other issues.

Blair is not the crown jewel of MCPS.
Blair Magnet, a small school within a school, is the diamond in the (very) rough.
It's at Blair specifically because Blair is a bad place, to boost Blair's stats.

Blair is not only the crown jewel of MCPS, it's the crown jewel of the whole state of Maryland.
I know the truth hurts and you're dying inside.

Not the previous poster but this poster is clearly trolling or oblivious. It not even top 5 in the county and most parents with means pay 7 figures to avoid it just like all the other east county schools. Sure some bus in from nicer areas for a program but they would go to Kennedy if that is where it was. They do that despite Blair not because of it. If it was desirable, Blair real estate wouldn’t be the cheapest school zone inside the beltway including most of Va. It’s only desirable to poor people and middle class who are afraid of PG and can’t do better. Look at the reputation for eastern middle school, that’s a large chunk of Blair’s general population… that is before them go to general pop.

Keep posting your fake bravado and pride, it shows you’re the one dying inside that just about everyone looks down on it.

Tell me which school in MD produces the most NMSFS? The most math Olympiads? Science Olympiads? Sciences Bowls? Most Intel/Regeneron scholars? Most ivy-bounds? The most decorated school in all of Maryland?

Answers:

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Blair Magnet

Not Blair.

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Anonymous wrote:The students who are treated the most poorly in mcps are those with disabilities. It's not even close. Since mcps has no interest in fixing that issue, it seems disingenuous to pick and choose which bias is worthy of intervention

There are massive disgraceful racial inequities in special education.

How so?

It is in how children receiving special ed are categorized. This article summarizes how this happens, and I have heard from people high up that it absolutely happens in MCPS. https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/disproportionality-special-education-fueled-implicit-bias

Black or African American students with disabilities are more likely to be identified with intellectual disability or emotional disturbance than all students with disabilities and more likely to receive a disciplinary removal than all students with disabilities.

And as someone with a child with special needs, this is not remotely surprising. It would honestly be shocking if it wasn't happening in MCPS absent a very concerted effort not to do it (and I haven't heard of any special ed-specific equity efforts).

I haven't been able to understand your position from the above ( I don't open links in conversations). How aee poc children categorized differently within special education

You can google "racial inequities in special education" if you want to educate yourself beyond what I have already provided for your lazy a$$

I don't. I was mildly curious to see how a small faction was going to hijack the discussion but it seems we're going back to "youre biased because our test scores are very poor so you think we have more intellectual disabilities " and so on.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me? Even with the racism incidents, there’s no way that Wootton is anywhere near the top of any bad list of schools in MCPS.

The classism and racism that is prevalent at Wootton is not unique to Wootton. It comes with the territory when you have schools that are de facto segregated. Those racist and classist attitudes are also in existence at all of the W schools, because those attitudes are common in circles where wealth, privilege and whiteness are dominant.

I worked in the Wooton cluster for years and did not find it to be racist or classist in any way. Just the opposite, actually. I found families and students to be very open-minded.

That's not how Black students, parents and staff at Wootton feel.

Please. Channelling Jawando who's smearing hundreds of students because of what one or two kids did so he can be relevant isn't credible.

From what I heard - someone printed on a printer, someone wrote on a desk, someone yelled something from a car. Was it the same or different kids? Were they suspended? End of story.

If you want to do an article about a crappy school, start with Blair. Now that's a school you can write books about!

It's not just Jawando. Black parents and students spoke and shared their experience at the PTSA meeting last night.

You're toxic.

Toxic is overreacting to a xerox print, a scribble on a desk, and a juvenile kid yelling. This is an engineered, overblown farce.

Did the Jewish kids at Blair get this much attention? No, this was engineered and contrived.

Jawando got his news day. Let's see how much more overreaction there will be on this.

You need help. You're not safe to be around Black people. You dismiss and diminish their experiences.

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Anonymous wrote:Outrage much? It isn’t racism if the whole world isn’t fake pleasant to you. And just because you’re a minority doesn’t mean every less than perfect interaction is an aggression. Maybe the other person is a jerk or maybe, just maybe you’re annoying and worthy of being treated negatively. Same for your kids

It was the n word written on a desk. I would find this outrageous if the n word wasn't a familial greeting in black culture and a must-include song lyric.
Disrupting an entire school administration over a double standard (which has been around for 30+ years) just proves that mcps is a political entity. I will continue to vote board members out until we get this right.