Anonymous
Post 01/09/2021 14:35     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.


Of course not. What they say is "This is a good school"/"That is a bad school". What they also say is, "MCPS must not change reassign my house from [School With Higher Average Standardized Test Scores (And Fewer Poor Kids)] to [School with Lower Average Standardized Test Scores (And More Poor Kids)] because that will be bad for my property values!" And yes, people do say that, in person, at public meetings, in real life. I know because I have been at public meetings where people said that.


Those are not the same things. People aren’t pumping up a school in an Internet forum to try to raise their property values. That’s absurd.

And of course people will be upset about losing $100k or more. It’s ridiculous to think they wouldn’t. I’m guessing you would care too.


I agree it is ludicrous, and yet the poster who raised this is accusing posters of doing exactly that. What is more ludicrous is that anyone would think that a school's good standardized test scores are only good for that real estate value. Hello?


Well, you must not be reading these forums because it happens almost daily here.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2021 14:33     Subject: Re:BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:I don’t think people are explicitly posting to maintain property values but I do think there are some people who prize being at the school with the highest test scores and there are some people who think they have paid more for their house because it is in the catchment for the school with the highest test scores and those people want validation for their “status” and their decisions.

It’s kind of like there’s always someone posting about how farrow and ball paint is incomparable once you actually have it on the wall.


Farrow and Ball paint is pretty nice stuff; however, school test score averages aren't especially meaningful.
Anonymous
Post 01/09/2021 09:56     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:

No. I think you just agree with yourself and it is very likely you don't even have school-aged children.


I could say, "And I think you have never participated in a public meeting in Montgomery County." See how that works?

Alternatively, there are people in Montgomery County, with children in MCPS, whose opinions differ from yours. I think that's the explanation that's actually valid.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 22:56     Subject: Re:BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
look up each schools "Schools At A Glance" report on the MCPS website and come to your own conclusions....pick a home you love....you cant go wrong with any of your options.....oooo one more thing we just got lucky with as we were looking....we bought based on high school and got lucky with the elementary....look into the elementary school at each as well
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 22:26     Subject: Re:BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
I don’t think people are explicitly posting to maintain property values but I do think there are some people who prize being at the school with the highest test scores and there are some people who think they have paid more for their house because it is in the catchment for the school with the highest test scores and those people want validation for their “status” and their decisions.

It’s kind of like there’s always someone posting about how farrow and ball paint is incomparable once you actually have it on the wall.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 22:16     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.


Of course not. What they say is "This is a good school"/"That is a bad school". What they also say is, "MCPS must not change reassign my house from [School With Higher Average Standardized Test Scores (And Fewer Poor Kids)] to [School with Lower Average Standardized Test Scores (And More Poor Kids)] because that will be bad for my property values!" And yes, people do say that, in person, at public meetings, in real life. I know because I have been at public meetings where people said that.


Those are not the same things. People aren’t pumping up a school in an Internet forum to try to raise their property values. That’s absurd.

And of course people will be upset about losing $100k or more. It’s ridiculous to think they wouldn’t. I’m guessing you would care too.


Fortunately, nobody has said that this only happens on the Internet.

So, why do people care? Because of property values. There, we're in agreement.


No. I think you just agree with yourself and it is very likely you don't even have school-aged children.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 20:17     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.


Of course not. What they say is "This is a good school"/"That is a bad school". What they also say is, "MCPS must not change reassign my house from [School With Higher Average Standardized Test Scores (And Fewer Poor Kids)] to [School with Lower Average Standardized Test Scores (And More Poor Kids)] because that will be bad for my property values!" And yes, people do say that, in person, at public meetings, in real life. I know because I have been at public meetings where people said that.


Those are not the same things. People aren’t pumping up a school in an Internet forum to try to raise their property values. That’s absurd.

And of course people will be upset about losing $100k or more. It’s ridiculous to think they wouldn’t. I’m guessing you would care too.


Fortunately, nobody has said that this only happens on the Internet.

So, why do people care? Because of property values. There, we're in agreement.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 20:09     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.


Of course not. What they say is "This is a good school"/"That is a bad school". What they also say is, "MCPS must not change reassign my house from [School With Higher Average Standardized Test Scores (And Fewer Poor Kids)] to [School with Lower Average Standardized Test Scores (And More Poor Kids)] because that will be bad for my property values!" And yes, people do say that, in person, at public meetings, in real life. I know because I have been at public meetings where people said that.


Those are not the same things. People aren’t pumping up a school in an Internet forum to try to raise their property values. That’s absurd.

And of course people will be upset about losing $100k or more. It’s ridiculous to think they wouldn’t. I’m guessing you would care too.


I agree it is ludicrous, and yet the poster who raised this is accusing posters of doing exactly that. What is more ludicrous is that anyone would think that a school's good standardized test scores are only good for that real estate value. Hello?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 19:46     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.


Of course not. What they say is "This is a good school"/"That is a bad school". What they also say is, "MCPS must not change reassign my house from [School With Higher Average Standardized Test Scores (And Fewer Poor Kids)] to [School with Lower Average Standardized Test Scores (And More Poor Kids)] because that will be bad for my property values!" And yes, people do say that, in person, at public meetings, in real life. I know because I have been at public meetings where people said that.


Those are not the same things. People aren’t pumping up a school in an Internet forum to try to raise their property values. That’s absurd.

And of course people will be upset about losing $100k or more. It’s ridiculous to think they wouldn’t. I’m guessing you would care too.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 19:36     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.


Of course not. What they say is "This is a good school"/"That is a bad school". What they also say is, "MCPS must not change reassign my house from [School With Higher Average Standardized Test Scores (And Fewer Poor Kids)] to [School with Lower Average Standardized Test Scores (And More Poor Kids)] because that will be bad for my property values!" And yes, people do say that, in person, at public meetings, in real life. I know because I have been at public meetings where people said that.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 19:31     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.


DP, but how do you know that? I know plenty of people IRL zoned for WJ who sneer at Einstein, ie, neighbors right across the street. And I have absolutely heard them complain about possible loss in property values related to boundary rezoning. Are they trumpeting test scores, no, but please don’t try to claim that no one in the real world has these concerns. They do, and they’re even more sickening coming from real people than they are in DCUM-lalaland.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 19:20     Subject: Re:BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:These may be bad questions, but will boundary changes impact a school like BCC? Also, is it even possible to find a SFH under 750k (without a horrible commute to downtown DC) zone for WC, WW, BCC or even Wooten for that matter?


Yes - Rosemary Hills neighborhood is in BCC catchment.


Example: https://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/1931-E-W-Hwy-20910/home/11073308
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 19:13     Subject: Re:BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:These may be bad questions, but will boundary changes impact a school like BCC? Also, is it even possible to find a SFH under 750k (without a horrible commute to downtown DC) zone for WC, WW, BCC or even Wooten for that matter?


Yes - Rosemary Hills neighborhood is in BCC catchment.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 18:47     Subject: Re:BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
These may be bad questions, but will boundary changes impact a school like BCC? Also, is it even possible to find a SFH under 750k (without a horrible commute to downtown DC) zone for WC, WW, BCC or even Wooten for that matter?
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2021 18:44     Subject: BCC vs. W. Whitman and W. Churchill
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No, not teaching.

And every MCPS high school has a cohort of motivated, academically-minded students.

So that leaves...?


People who want to convince you this matters to prop up their real estate values.


I have never met anyone trying to prop up their real estate by trumpeting the test scores of any particular school. But over the years I've read posts by the same old poster making this complaint.

Unfortunately this is where DCUM splits off from reality. OP you need to take all this extra baggage with a pinch of salt or better still just ignore it.