What happened at Jackson Reed last Friday?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it true a student was arrested for being aggressive with a knife? How did this student get past the metal detectors?

Signed -
Nervous parent with an incoming 9th grader

FYI - Jackson Reed is the only DCPS school where a student walked through the front door with a gun... FYI.

This is an odd lie. 5 seconds of Google searching found this.

https://dcist.com/story/18/12/03/person-with-gun-arrested-inside-kramer-middle-school-in-southeast/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walls and Banneker are probably the only two DCPS high schools without this type of crap going on

First of all, no knives in Jackson-Reed. Security guards are pretty good in my opinion and do not let kids just slide through. They do a very good job at controlling the chaos.

Second, I don't know about Banneker but Walls has a lot more drug and alcohol abuse (not that it doesn't happen at JR) so there is always something.

Remember that time multiple students ODed at Wilson (now JR), from a dealer at Wilson and the principal refused to say they ODed.

That was fun.

I do remember that. That was pretty crazy

[Anonymous]

And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

That's probably because more of us have or have had kids at Jackson Reed than have them at Roosevelt. If you think that there should be more posts about Roosevelt, please post them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walls and Banneker are probably the only two DCPS high schools without this type of crap going on

First of all, no knives in Jackson-Reed. Security guards are pretty good in my opinion and do not let kids just slide through. They do a very good job at controlling the chaos.

Second, I don't know about Banneker but Walls has a lot more drug and alcohol abuse (not that it doesn't happen at JR) so there is always something.

Why are you throwing out random slander at Walls without any evidence to back up your assertion? That is not cool.

Random slander hitting a lot of targets in this thread. Which is why these threads are at best pointless, at worst actively harmful.

Exactly. The gossip mongering is not limited to SWW.

Besides the negative Walls comment, what other slander and gossip mongering has there been on this thread? Can you point to some examples?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

JR has 1200 more students than Roosevelt. Of course there are going to be more comments simply by enrollment number alone. Don't be daft.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand how any school is supposed to effectively manage these types of student behaviors with the limited set of tools they have. No wonder our schools are such a mess and teachers are leaving the profession. The social justice pendulum needs to self correct.

But that won't happen. Parents that care about their kids will mouth the platitudes and in the meantime quietly move to the burbs or privates. If you have another option besides knives and guns, you'll take it. Meanwhile, DCPS schools will quietly go to hell because no one dares say a word

We had the opportunity to vote for a different mayor and different CMs and, as a whole, did not take it. We get what we vote for.

Well some of us (who are arguably residing where there is access to the best dcps options) voted for a councilman who wants to take charters away from the rest of the city but is slow to do anything to fix his own Ward. So, yeah, there will be a lot of moves out of this city… from everywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Walls and Banneker are probably the only two DCPS high schools without this type of crap going on

First of all, no knives in Jackson-Reed. Security guards are pretty good in my opinion and do not let kids just slide through. They do a very good job at controlling the chaos.

Second, I don't know about Banneker but Walls has a lot more drug and alcohol abuse (not that it doesn't happen at JR) so there is always something.

Why are you throwing out random slander at Walls without any evidence to back up your assertion? That is not cool.

Random slander hitting a lot of targets in this thread. Which is why these threads are at best pointless, at worst actively harmful.

Exactly. The gossip mongering is not limited to SWW.

Besides the negative Walls comment, what other slander and gossip mongering has there been on this thread? Can you point to some examples?

See 20:11 for lie and response.

[Anonymous]

Frumin wants to take charters away? Can you elaborate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

Weird comment. Unless you are accusing Jeff of removing posts about Roosevelt (I assume you are not) or accusing Jeff of limiting posting to certain people (an anonymous forum with no registration, so I assume you are not), what exactly is the complaint here? It is shocking to learn that the readership and participation rates on DCUM skew towards W2/3/6 and those (plus certain charter) schools? Is it shocking to you that people care more about things in their backyards and schools than in other neighborhoods and schools? So, yes, the people with kids at JR who are very active on DCUM are more focused on JR than on Roosevelt and other schools.

There are no barriers to entry on DCUM. Anyone can read, anyone can post. Instead of blaming the people with kids at JR for being active and concerned for their kids' safety, maybe look in the mirror and focus your gaze on the Roosevelt parents who seem unconcerned and uninvolved? Assuming you want to stick to your odd complaint that somehow engagement on DCUM is an indicator of concern for individual communities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

Weird comment. Unless you are accusing Jeff of removing posts about Roosevelt (I assume you are not) or accusing Jeff of limiting posting to certain people (an anonymous forum with no registration, so I assume you are not), what exactly is the complaint here? It is shocking to learn that the readership and participation rates on DCUM skew towards W2/3/6 and those (plus certain charter) schools? Is it shocking to you that people care more about things in their backyards and schools than in other neighborhoods and schools? So, yes, the people with kids at JR who are very active on DCUM are more focused on JR than on Roosevelt and other schools.

There are no barriers to entry on DCUM. Anyone can read, anyone can post. Instead of blaming the people with kids at JR for being active and concerned for their kids' safety, maybe look in the mirror and focus your gaze on the Roosevelt parents who seem unconcerned and uninvolved? Assuming you want to stick to your odd complaint that somehow engagement on DCUM is an indicator of concern for individual communities.

Of course I’m not accusing Jeff of deleting posts. The point is none of your kids were likely impacted at JR but it’s very clear that you don’t give a crap about a DC kid that was killed at school. You all likely have an All Lives Matter sign in your yard but can’t care enough to give condolences to a kid that lost his live a few miles down the road. You all ward 3 people don’t live in NYC either but can get a thread to 200 pages about a woman and boy in a Citi Bike disagreement. The primary point of what I’m saying is that the study that was done on DCUM a few years back about underlying racism is very much still true today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

Weird comment. Unless you are accusing Jeff of removing posts about Roosevelt (I assume you are not) or accusing Jeff of limiting posting to certain people (an anonymous forum with no registration, so I assume you are not), what exactly is the complaint here? It is shocking to learn that the readership and participation rates on DCUM skew towards W2/3/6 and those (plus certain charter) schools? Is it shocking to you that people care more about things in their backyards and schools than in other neighborhoods and schools? So, yes, the people with kids at JR who are very active on DCUM are more focused on JR than on Roosevelt and other schools.

There are no barriers to entry on DCUM. Anyone can read, anyone can post. Instead of blaming the people with kids at JR for being active and concerned for their kids' safety, maybe look in the mirror and focus your gaze on the Roosevelt parents who seem unconcerned and uninvolved? Assuming you want to stick to your odd complaint that somehow engagement on DCUM is an indicator of concern for individual communities.

Of course I’m not accusing Jeff of deleting posts. The point is none of your kids were likely impacted at JR but it’s very clear that you don’t give a crap about a DC kid that was killed at school. You all likely have an All Lives Matter sign in your yard but can’t care enough to give condolences to a kid that lost his live a few miles down the road. You all ward 3 people don’t live in NYC either but can get a thread to 200 pages about a woman and boy in a Citi Bike disagreement. The primary point of what I’m saying is that the study that was done on DCUM a few years back about underlying racism is very much still true today.

wtf? this is a post about a fight at Jackson Reed. That’s why people are posting - because they have kids there. DCUM is free. Roosevelt parents can post here about the awful murder there.

that said, I’m positive you would still accuse me of being racist if I posted about juvenile crime in DC as a whole. And I bet you don’t want to know what I think about people who screamed about needing to shut schools due to covid (zero pediatric covid deaths in DC) but say absolutely nothing about juvenile crime victims and perpetrators.

[jsteele]

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Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

Weird comment. Unless you are accusing Jeff of removing posts about Roosevelt (I assume you are not) or accusing Jeff of limiting posting to certain people (an anonymous forum with no registration, so I assume you are not), what exactly is the complaint here? It is shocking to learn that the readership and participation rates on DCUM skew towards W2/3/6 and those (plus certain charter) schools? Is it shocking to you that people care more about things in their backyards and schools than in other neighborhoods and schools? So, yes, the people with kids at JR who are very active on DCUM are more focused on JR than on Roosevelt and other schools.

There are no barriers to entry on DCUM. Anyone can read, anyone can post. Instead of blaming the people with kids at JR for being active and concerned for their kids' safety, maybe look in the mirror and focus your gaze on the Roosevelt parents who seem unconcerned and uninvolved? Assuming you want to stick to your odd complaint that somehow engagement on DCUM is an indicator of concern for individual communities.

You are completely misunderstanding the nature of DCUM threads. The most active threads are not ones in which everyone agrees and, I am fairly certain that everyone here agrees that the shooting at Roosevelt was a horrific and tragic event. The longest threads are those that involve controversy. Had this thread stuck to the original topic, it would have been much shorter. But, instead, posters have engaged in off-topic posts. The entire discussion about guns has nothing to do with the fight at Tenleytown and, that discussion was not started by fans of Jackson Reed, but rather a detractor. Similarly, there are posts about politicians that have nothing to do with the fight. The conversation that we are now having is off-topic. This thread is growing because of off-topic controversies.

BTW, in the last redistricting my home was zoned for Roosevelt. I approached the principal (since gone) and the alumni group leaders and begged them to post on DCUM so that the school would be better represented here. None of them were interested. I believe that I am the original poster of the longest thread about Roosevelt that exists on this site. There are a lot of things that can be blamed for lack of discussion about Roosevelt than racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

Weird comment. Unless you are accusing Jeff of removing posts about Roosevelt (I assume you are not) or accusing Jeff of limiting posting to certain people (an anonymous forum with no registration, so I assume you are not), what exactly is the complaint here? It is shocking to learn that the readership and participation rates on DCUM skew towards W2/3/6 and those (plus certain charter) schools? Is it shocking to you that people care more about things in their backyards and schools than in other neighborhoods and schools? So, yes, the people with kids at JR who are very active on DCUM are more focused on JR than on Roosevelt and other schools.

There are no barriers to entry on DCUM. Anyone can read, anyone can post. Instead of blaming the people with kids at JR for being active and concerned for their kids' safety, maybe look in the mirror and focus your gaze on the Roosevelt parents who seem unconcerned and uninvolved? Assuming you want to stick to your odd complaint that somehow engagement on DCUM is an indicator of concern for individual communities.

Of course I’m not accusing Jeff of deleting posts. The point is none of your kids were likely impacted at JR but it’s very clear that you don’t give a crap about a DC kid that was killed at school. You all likely have an All Lives Matter sign in your yard but can’t care enough to give condolences to a kid that lost his live a few miles down the road. You all ward 3 people don’t live in NYC either but can get a thread to 200 pages about a woman and boy in a Citi Bike disagreement. The primary point of what I’m saying is that the study that was done on DCUM a few years back about underlying racism is very much still true today.

well, there are 700 kids at Roosevelt. by applying your own logic, because the thread was short it sounds like Roosevelt parents are a bunch of selfish people who dont give a crap about a DC kid who was killed at school. way to go Roosevelt parents

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And we are already at more comments in this incident than the thread about another DCPS student that was killed ON CAMPUS. Way to stay true and selfish, DCUM.

Weird comment. Unless you are accusing Jeff of removing posts about Roosevelt (I assume you are not) or accusing Jeff of limiting posting to certain people (an anonymous forum with no registration, so I assume you are not), what exactly is the complaint here? It is shocking to learn that the readership and participation rates on DCUM skew towards W2/3/6 and those (plus certain charter) schools? Is it shocking to you that people care more about things in their backyards and schools than in other neighborhoods and schools? So, yes, the people with kids at JR who are very active on DCUM are more focused on JR than on Roosevelt and other schools.

There are no barriers to entry on DCUM. Anyone can read, anyone can post. Instead of blaming the people with kids at JR for being active and concerned for their kids' safety, maybe look in the mirror and focus your gaze on the Roosevelt parents who seem unconcerned and uninvolved? Assuming you want to stick to your odd complaint that somehow engagement on DCUM is an indicator of concern for individual communities.

Of course I’m not accusing Jeff of deleting posts. The point is none of your kids were likely impacted at JR but it’s very clear that you don’t give a crap about a DC kid that was killed at school. You all likely have an All Lives Matter sign in your yard but can’t care enough to give condolences to a kid that lost his live a few miles down the road. You all ward 3 people don’t live in NYC either but can get a thread to 200 pages about a woman and boy in a Citi Bike disagreement. The primary point of what I’m saying is that the study that was done on DCUM a few years back about underlying racism is very much still true today.

If they have kids at JR and the violence or threat was related to JR then of course it hits close to home. Why on earth is that so hard for you to grasp? I guess it's racist to case more about things that directly impact my kid than things that do not? People like you minimize the prevalence and impact of actual racism and discrimination. You make it harder for people trying to solve actual problems.