Teacher apparently assaulted at Magruder

[Anonymous]

My kid goes to Magruder. They came home talking about how a female teacher was assaulted today. The teacher tried to stop a girl from leaving the classroom and the girl started hitting her. Police were called.

We parents haven't received any notification from the school about this. Maybe they are trying to protect the teacher's privacy, which I respect. But a clear statement from the school would be helpful, when they know full well students will blab it all over the place, and likely lose some accuracy in the process.

I am so tired of not hearing from the school on stuff like this. Like they are trying to cover it all up.

[Anonymous]

MCPS is absolute garbage when it comes to sharing news in real-time. They still centralize and sanitize communications into meaningless mumbo jumbo on official lettterhead in old-school PDFs. They operate as if social media, the internet and cell phones don't exist. It's mind boggling.

[Anonymous]

That's so normal it's not worth notifying parents at our MS.

[Anonymous]

This happens to teachers do frequently that I’m surprised you think it warrants communication.

[Anonymous]

What do you need the school to tell you about this incident?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you need the school to tell you about this incident?

Because we had the first school shooting in county history.
Because there is a continued culture of violence at the school.
Because teachers deserve better than being physically assaulted at work.
Because the schools kicked the SROs out so that they could cover stuff up like this more easily.
Because they promised better communication and transparency after Dre got shot.

[Anonymous]

I hope the teacher presses charges.

This girl will be shuffled to either other classes or schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you need the school to tell you about this incident?

Because we had the first school shooting in county history.
Because there is a continued culture of violence at the school.
Because teachers deserve better than being physically assaulted at work.
Because the schools kicked the SROs out so that they could cover stuff up like this more easily.
Because they promised better communication and transparency after Dre got shot.

Go back and re-read the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens to teachers do frequently that I’m surprised you think it warrants communication.

Unfortunately true. We had a teacher assaulted at our ES!

No report sent home to parents. This is just an everyday occurrence in MCPS at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hope the teacher presses charges.

This girl will be shuffled to either other classes or schools.

This. However, I'm sick and tired of violent students being shuffled around to other schools where they will do.it.again.

[Anonymous]

The posters shrugging their shoulders and ignoring the problem would be screaming blue murder if they were the ones assaulted at their workplace, or if their kids were the ones assaulted at their school.

This is completely unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The posters shrugging their shoulders and ignoring the problem would be screaming blue murder if they were the ones assaulted at their workplace, or if their kids were the ones assaulted at their school.

This is completely unacceptable.

agree, but I think much like school shootings, people have become desensitized to violence in our schools. And maybe it's because a "child" hit an adult.

Well, some teens are bigger than adults, particularly women.

I'm like 5' on a good day. 99.9% of HS students are bigger than I am. If one assaulted me, it would be hard to defend myself.

I recall when I was in HS I had a really petite Asian female math teacher. Great teacher, and she was super tiny, smaller than me. She would've been an easy target for students.

I'm sure defenders of the assaulters will say how hard the pandemic was, give them a break, yadda yadda yadda. Always excuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The posters shrugging their shoulders and ignoring the problem would be screaming blue murder if they were the ones assaulted at their workplace, or if their kids were the ones assaulted at their school.

This is completely unacceptable.

I agree with this. It's one thing when a small child acts out. Quite another when it is a high school student. It's actual assault, and the teacher could press charges.

[Anonymous]

I don't see anyone here defending the assaulters. But someone asked a valid question about which information they wanted to be communicated about an assault. In this case, if I were the teacher, I may or may not have wanted a community-wide message to be sent out. It is mainly a matter for the teacher, the student, the administration, and possibly the police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you need the school to tell you about this incident?

Because we had the first school shooting in county history.
Because there is a continued culture of violence at the school.
Because teachers deserve better than being physically assaulted at work.
Because the schools kicked the SROs out so that they could cover stuff up like this more easily.
Because they promised better communication and transparency after Dre got shot.

Go back and re-read the question.

Because students were witnesses and know about what happened.