15 yr old Wilson student abducted his teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One more question. If this child is OOB, and if there are things in his history that should have served as red flags, what are posters here proposing that should have been done with him?

Send him to his home school? Why? On the grounds that those children are somehow less deserving of a safe environment?

Just not educate him, which pretty much guarantees a life of crime for him?

I don't understand how the Wilson kids are more precious and worthy of protection than the kids at Anacostia.

Didn't you see 11:17's post? The kids in bounds for Wilson are "normal!" And the OOB kid is already set on his path, which no doubt will lead to a violent end, so we can just write him off.

Good grief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One more question. If this child is OOB, and if there are things in his history that should have served as red flags, what are posters here proposing that should have been done with him?

Send him to his home school? Why? On the grounds that those children are somehow less deserving of a safe environment?

Just not educate him, which pretty much guarantees a life of crime for him?

I don't understand how the Wilson kids are more precious and worthy of protection than the kids at Anacostia.

Oh, they're not! Only the children at private schools are. And maybe those at TJ.

[Anonymous]

There may have not been any red flags. There are kids who can hardly read in that school, and they graduate. Many kids are not called on to be spectacular, they are just expected to float.

You can be pretty horrid and float on by.

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Anonymous wrote:Why compare public and private? The issue is Wilson is the geographically designated Tenleytown public high school. This depravity is unacceptable. As is the fact that police need to watch the kids getting out of school so they don't brawl by the metro. We need to demand accountability so that the school is a good option for all who choose it. Does the school retain, discipline or counsel out children with recurring discipline issues? Is there a reasonable disciplinary system in place that every adult there feels an obligation towards maintaining and does in fact back? One that hold children to high expectations, gives a chance to learn from a mistake, and then 'bye bye'? Is there a character education plan for teens in place? Peer groups? A counselor? Why the crappy dress and language? We all notice it in the neighborhood--why is no adult calling the kids to hold themselves a little higher? Positive role models?

I couldn't agree with you more. I too live in the neighborhood and would never consider Wilson for my children. And I would love to send my kids to public high school, for a whole host of reasons.

It is amazing to me that a school in Upper NW requires daily police presence on campus--that speaks volumes.

Thank you. I actually have friends with children at Wilson and would LOVE it as a good option for neighborhood kids and any who come out of boundary. I don't think we should give up; I do think we should both find ways to support and demand more from OUR SCHOOL. Who can get Mary Cheh on the line?

[Anonymous]

[e-mail] Email her and she will respond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why compare public and private? The issue is Wilson is the geographically designated Tenleytown public high school. This depravity is unacceptable. As is the fact that police need to watch the kids getting out of school so they don't brawl by the metro. We need to demand accountability so that the school is a good option for all who choose it. Does the school retain, discipline or counsel out children with recurring discipline issues? Is there a reasonable disciplinary system in place that every adult there feels an obligation towards maintaining and does in fact back? One that hold children to high expectations, gives a chance to learn from a mistake, and then 'bye bye'? Is there a character education plan for teens in place? Peer groups? A counselor? Why the crappy dress and language? We all notice it in the neighborhood--why is no adult calling the kids to hold themselves a little higher? Positive role models?

I couldn't agree with you more. I too live in the neighborhood and would never consider Wilson for my children. And I would love to send my kids to public high school, for a whole host of reasons.

It is amazing to me that a school in Upper NW requires daily police presence on campus--that speaks volumes.

Thank you. I actually have friends with children at Wilson and would LOVE it as a good option for neighborhood kids and any who come out of boundary. I don't think we should give up; I do think we should both find ways to support and demand more from OUR SCHOOL. Who can get Mary Cheh on the line?

Love this line of thinking PP. Since Deal just got IB approval thos ekids need to go somewhere for HS, why not Wilson?

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Why not? It is also getting a renovation/overhaul next year. However, we are spoiled at our current charter school that has a great ethic to get excited about. I wish I felt an overall vision or esprit de corps for Wilson--over the whole school--not just the 'academies'. That is what I would like to see from the current (newish) principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone point to one single incidence in which a 110% innocent bystander Wilson student was hurt by a thug WHILE AT OR VERY NEAR WILSON? Serious question.

I think there was a (Wilson?) girl several years ago who was shot offsite at a private home (in NE?), because she was running with a Wilson football player who had a beef with the shooter.

Several years ago, there was a Wilson boy who was seriously assaulted by a group of Wilson boys in or after school on school property. His mother was some kind of low level political rep -- ANC or something. I can't remember who it was. But it was during the era referenced above when Wilson took in kids from out of bounds who had serious social issues ....

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Anonymous wrote:If, those who feel that Wilson would be a better school if the "thug" was gone...by any chance did anyone know the young man's grade point average. You will be surprised, you would be also surprised at his attendance rate...therefore it is not like he was a "dead student" walking.

Care to share? Perhaps a link?

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Anonymous wrote:
To summarize: your basic premise is that any kid who comes from a tough background is fully formed at the time he is 15 years old. And if he has had a brush with the juvenile justice system, mercy, don’t let him darken the doors! There is no way he will ever be successful, so let’s keep him out of Wilson – he may hold your “normal” kid back. And he’ll be uncomfortable, too – you’re really just thinking of him!

But, you may make an exception if he’s gifted.

I think you explained yourself just fine in your first post – this one confirmed everything we thought about you after that. You should stop now – you obviously believe this self-centered drivel, and future attempts to make yourself come across as a human being will undoubtedly fail as miserably as this one.

Signed,

Biglaw partner who had more than one stay in juvenile detenition in my youth.

Well, if someone has had a "brush with the juvenile justice system" for a violent crime, then heck, yes, I would want them kept out of the school where my kids are going to be attending. That's just common sense. How many of your juvie cell-mates are Biglaw partners now? And where are you planning on sending your kids to school?