Student with Gun found at Walter Johnson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When rm had the gun incident there were some folks on here calling rm basically ganglandia. I bet some of them were from w schools.

RM is rough. Nothing like W schools

And there ya go.

They don't like being called out on their BS. You are popping that little fantasy bubble they live it.

Can you all not really tell when you are being trolled?

How small minded do you have to be to see something like this happen and make it about yourself? Is this how all DCCC people are? If so, I am so happy to be a W.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Alphabet based boundaries aren't rigid population boundaries.

WJ is a border school. If you keep pointing at WJ when making claims about W schools, maybe what you are noticing is that WJ is different from the others.

Damn! WJ has been booted from the W school elite club for being too ghetto!

Those claims have already been made on this board. There are a few s**t stirrers on these fora claiming to be DCC or W parents. We have no idea if they really are. It could be the same person for all we know. I hope the rest of us can just act like grownups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When rm had the gun incident there were some folks on here calling rm basically ganglandia. I bet some of them were from w schools.

RM is rough. Nothing like W schools

Sure, keep telling yourself that.

RM is rough. Nothing like W schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both of these things can be true:

I am glad no one was hurt.

I agree with PPs who are calling out the snobby W parents on here.

If you aren't a snobby W parent, you have no reason to get huffy. If you are, you should take a step back and reconsider your snobbery. This gun BS is everywhere now. How about you in focus on helping with that instead of sitting back and criticizing other schools all the time.

Here’s the thing. I’m a “w parent”. I’m not snobby, I work very very hard to send my kids to WJ but I recognize that I’m fortunate to do so. I’m huffy because our kids were in danger today and there are a bunch of a$$hole$ on here making this a w school vs other schools thing.
Start your own gd thread and let the adults discuss the matter at hand

DP but W parents do that all the times.
Had that been a non-W school, W parents would be here calling the school all kind of names, ganglandia, crime-infested etc...
So cry me a river.

It’s cute that you think W parents care about you guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both of these things can be true:

I am glad no one was hurt.

I agree with PPs who are calling out the snobby W parents on here.

If you aren't a snobby W parent, you have no reason to get huffy. If you are, you should take a step back and reconsider your snobbery. This gun BS is everywhere now. How about you focus on helping with that instead of sitting back and criticizing other schools all the time.

Here’s the thing. I’m a “w parent”. I’m not snobby, I work very very hard to send my kids to WJ but I recognize that I’m fortunate to do so. I’m huffy because our kids were in danger today and there are a bunch of a$$hole$ on here making this a w school vs other schools thing.
Start your own gd thread and let the adults discuss the matter at hand

DP but W parents do that all the times.
Had that been a non-W school, W parents would be here calling the school all kind of names, ganglandia, crime-infested etc...
So cry me a river.

Exactly. They’re constantly putting our schools down for having high FARMS rates, lower test scores, high rates of Hispanic students, etc.

Maybe now they can realize that the W schools aren’t an impenetrable palace of perfection and join the rest of us in the business of improving MCPS, instead of acting like it’s somebody else’s problem.

I think you should see about therapy and stop projecting your insecurities on others. It is no way to live life. Seriously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

My son graduated from WJ last year.

For me the advantage of a so-called W school are the academics. You can look at all the MCPS high school websites to look at number of AP courses and WJ, WW and a couple of others offer the most. The teachers are great. This is what my property tax is paying for.

It was always my understanding that safety is a concern everywhere. My own private school, back in the day, had safety concerns of that nature.

So I think some "gotcha", jealous posters are misguided. Not to mention, it's in very poor taste to add their schadenfreude to this thread. I hope none of you would have gloated had there been actual injuries or deaths? The rate you're going, I wouldn't put it past some of you...

No, no it's not. Taxes are not user fees.

Correct. You are paying outsized property taxes so that the non-W schools can get things without having to pay as high of property taxes. In reality, they should be thanking us for subsidizing their child’s education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both of these things can be true:

I am glad no one was hurt.

I agree with PPs who are calling out the snobby W parents on here.

If you aren't a snobby W parent, you have no reason to get huffy. If you are, you should take a step back and reconsider your snobbery. This gun BS is everywhere now. How about you focus on helping with that instead of sitting back and criticizing other schools all the time.

Here’s the thing. I’m a “w parent”. I’m not snobby, I work very very hard to send my kids to WJ but I recognize that I’m fortunate to do so. I’m huffy because our kids were in danger today and there are a bunch of a$$hole$ on here making this a w school vs other schools thing.
Start your own gd thread and let the adults discuss the matter at hand

DP but W parents do that all the times.
Had that been a non-W school, W parents would be here calling the school all kind of names, ganglandia, crime-infested etc...
So cry me a river.

Exactly. They’re constantly putting our schools down for having high FARMS rates, lower test scores, high rates of Hispanic students, etc.

Maybe now they can realize that the W schools aren’t an impenetrable palace of perfection and join the rest of us in the business of improving MCPS, instead of acting like it’s somebody else’s problem.

It must be so exciting to live inside your head with all the demons you imagine.

The demons are not imagined. They post here regularly and say exactly the things I wrote. But I guess you don’t notice. Wonder why?

New poster. Are those items you listed true? If so do they bother you? If not why are you letting people live in your head?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both of these things can be true:

I am glad no one was hurt.

I agree with PPs who are calling out the snobby W parents on here.

If you aren't a snobby W parent, you have no reason to get huffy. If you are, you should take a step back and reconsider your snobbery. This gun BS is everywhere now. How about you in focus on helping with that instead of sitting back and criticizing other schools all the time.

Here’s the thing. I’m a “w parent”. I’m not snobby, I work very very hard to send my kids to WJ but I recognize that I’m fortunate to do so. I’m huffy because our kids were in danger today and there are a bunch of a$$hole$ on here making this a w school vs other schools thing.
Start your own gd thread and let the adults discuss the matter at hand

DP but W parents do that all the times.
Had that been a non-W school, W parents would be here calling the school all kind of names, ganglandia, crime-infested etc...
So cry me a river.

It’s cute that you think W parents care about you guys.

Really? Wonder why they take the time to talk about how much our schools suck and how much better theirs are… Interesting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m very thankful that a student took the initiative to report the gun. However, the letter seemed very boilerplate. At a minimum, it would be a good opportunity to remind parents and students what the penalties as stipulated in the Student Code of Conduct are. To gloss over these penalties doesn’t give them any weight to dissuade students from bringing weapons into school.

The code of conduct is linked. If you scroll through the punishment for possessing a firearm is automatic expulsion for a minimum of one year. The superintendent can decrease that time as their discretion. They better not even think about it.

Fortunately the BOE and Superintendent almost always demonstrate excellent judgment and act promptly to ensure the safety of school communities, which is their paramount concern.

🤣

But honestly it gives me a later life goal: make sure my grandchildren don't have to go to public school. It gives me purpose. Sorry for my own kids though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

My son graduated from WJ last year.

For me the advantage of a so-called W school are the academics. You can look at all the MCPS high school websites to look at number of AP courses and WJ, WW and a couple of others offer the most. The teachers are great. This is what my property tax is paying for.

It was always my understanding that safety is a concern everywhere. My own private school, back in the day, had safety concerns of that nature.

So I think some "gotcha", jealous posters are misguided. Not to mention, it's in very poor taste to add their schadenfreude to this thread. I hope none of you would have gloated had there been actual injuries or deaths? The rate you're going, I wouldn't put it past some of you...

No, no it's not. Taxes are not user fees.

Correct. You are paying outsized property taxes so that the non-W schools can get things without having to pay as high of property taxes. In reality, they should be thanking us for subsidizing their child’s education.

No, that's not how progressive taxation works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a DCC High School parent who is constantly chastised and lambasted on this forum for not sending my kid to a W school, because the W schools have less behavioral/safety issues, I think you all need to re-examine your false sense of security and superiority.

What a POS you must be to hear this news and attempt an " I told you I was right"
Wow.
Wj has over three thousands students so it is more likely to happen there than other places. .

I am impressed the student who saw it showed leadership and responsibility and reported it. I can think of a few schools where that part wouldn't have happened.

Name one in MCPS?? Because I assume you reporting is very individual dependent and not school dependent.

Some people’s ignorance knows no bounds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m very thankful that a student took the initiative to report the gun. However, the letter seemed very boilerplate. At a minimum, it would be a good opportunity to remind parents and students what the penalties as stipulated in the Student Code of Conduct are. To gloss over these penalties doesn’t give them any weight to dissuade students from bringing weapons into school.

The code of conduct is linked. If you scroll through the punishment for possessing a firearm is automatic expulsion for a minimum of one year. The superintendent can decrease that time as their discretion. They better not even think about it.

Where’s the link? Why not clearly state what the penalty is in the letter to the community?

It’s linked in the principal’s letter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m very thankful that a student took the initiative to report the gun. However, the letter seemed very boilerplate. At a minimum, it would be a good opportunity to remind parents and students what the penalties as stipulated in the Student Code of Conduct are. To gloss over these penalties doesn’t give them any weight to dissuade students from bringing weapons into school.

The code of conduct is linked. If you scroll through the punishment for possessing a firearm is automatic expulsion for a minimum of one year. The superintendent can decrease that time as their discretion. They better not even think about it.

Fortunately the BOE and Superintendent almost always demonstrate excellent judgment and act promptly to ensure the safety of school communities, which is their paramount concern.

🤣

But honestly it gives me a later life goal: make sure my grandchildren don't have to go to public school. It gives me purpose. Sorry for my own kids though

It is why I left the public sector even though I'm zoned for a W.

[Anonymous]

Can we talk about how traumatizing this event is for the STAFF as well as for the students? Students don't really choose their school, but the staff can choose . . . And they may choose to leave!

Being in the classroom is hard enough, now the very real proximity to weapons? NO THANK YOU! What's more important, your freedom to carry a weapon or having enough teachers to staff classrooms. Chose wisely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve read the letter s couple times now. Why was the school not locked down when it was reported?

That is what my child said. They had no idea this was going on.