Recent suicides at Langley HS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PP, is everything always about you?

That's Bullis Mom. Her recent statement that "my telling off of the Algebra teacher [at Langely] was legendary" tells you all you need to know.

the telling off mom earns the title of self centered c bag of the year.

Wahhhhh my snow flake couldn't bring his laptop to school.

Wrong thread, you guys.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the children were bullied due to their SES?

Sorry, didn't finish. It probably wasn't SES because kids at Langley are either rich or richer. The real issues there are a tremendous amount of academic pressure and an apathetic administration and staff. Morale is quite low

There is no person, school, or community to blame here. These kids were raised well and in a loving community and tremendous school. Their issues are not something we can nor should try to understand on social media so prematurely. For now all we can do is pray for their families and honor their deaths.

If you believe nothing should have been done
differently by anyone, than the problem is hopeless.

I believe there is hope,
if we can only learn to change our ways.

[Anonymous]

So incredibly sad that two young lives were lost just a day apart. Two families will be forever changed. No one, except those that are now gone, knows what really happened and why it happened. Prayers for those that have been left behind. May your children forever rest in peace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, is everything always about you?

That's Bullis Mom. Her recent statement that "my telling off of the Algebra teacher [at Langely] was legendary" tells you all you need to know.

the telling off mom earns the title of self centered c bag of the year.

Wahhhhh my snow flake couldn't bring his laptop to school.

And you're so much better than her...

You too, need to stop. Your hostility meter is squarely on red.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So incredibly sad that two young lives were lost just a day apart. Two families will be forever changed. No one, except those that are now gone, knows what really happened and why it happened. Prayers for those that have been left behind. May your children forever rest in peace.

Yes. I keep thinking of those poor families. Those poor kids. With young boys of my own- I'm reading all I can about what parents can do. Such a tragedy.

Boys are at much greater risk than girls. In the US, typically males die from suicide three to four times more often as females, and not unusually five or more times as often.

My thoughts and prayers are with these families.

[Anonymous]

I just want to set everyone straight. BULLYING was in no way a factor in the loss of these boys' lives. Please respect the privacy of their families and friends and stop making assumptions about something you do not know anything about!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, is everything always about you?

That's Bullis Mom. Her recent statement that "my telling off of the Algebra teacher [at Langely] was legendary" tells you all you need to know.

the telling off mom earns the title of self centered c bag of the year.

Wahhhhh my snow flake couldn't bring his laptop to school.

Learning disabled. Diagnosed and written up. School refused to comply - illegally

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, is everything always about you?

That's Bullis Mom. Her recent statement that "my telling off of the Algebra teacher [at Langely] was legendary" tells you all you need to know.

the telling off mom earns the title of self centered c bag of the year.

Wahhhhh my snow flake couldn't bring his laptop to school.

Learning disabled. Diagnosed and written up. School refused to comply - illegally

STOP. This is not your DD's thread. Don't insist on making it hers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just want to set everyone straight. BULLYING was in no way a factor in the loss of these boys' lives. Please respect the privacy of their families and friends and stop making assumptions about something you do not know anything about!!!!!

This has been posted many times. Some just insist that bullying had to be the reason. They have no idea that T was well liked by friends, parents, teachers, coaches. He also would have been the first to reach out to a new kid and make him feel welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, is everything always about you?

That's Bullis Mom. Her recent statement that "my telling off of the Algebra teacher [at Langely] was legendary" tells you all you need to know.

the telling off mom earns the title of self centered c bag of the year.

Wahhhhh my snow flake couldn't bring his laptop to school.

Learning disabled. Diagnosed and written up. School refused to comply - illegally

What is interesting is that no school except for a private would comply. Obviously something is off with your diagnosis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There certainly are lots of pressures on the kids at Langley but I don't find it much different at other top high schools in the area. Depression is a disease and at its heart it is an irrational sadness that cannot be so simply explained. Suicide does not happen because a kid can't do LEAP. These boys were not bullied- in fact they were well liked. I do not think you will find a simple reason why this happened. You will probably never know why it happened.

No. It is not different. But many people choose not to move to those neighborhoods on purpose. Like the W districts in MD, toxic.

But some of us recognize it and make decisions not to put our kids in that environment and others say, well other schools are like this so what is the problem.

Schools change over the years. Langley was a lot better before Ragone took over. It's deteriorated. Many of us owned homes prior to him coming on board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dear parents of dcurbanmom.com,
I am a 17 year old who attends Yorktown High school. Some may claim that because of my age I am immature and therefore not capable
of realizing what is and what isn't appropriate in reaction to different circumstances. It's sad that despite this generalization (that is definitely sometimes
true), I am able to recognize that the things that some of you are posting are completely insensitive and ignorant, and should never be posted on social
media despite the great perk of being able to post anonymously.
The tragedy that has ensued at Langley High school should NOT be taken as an opportunity to rant about the one-sided opinions that you have about Langley. No offense, but no one really cares about the hatred you have for a school, one that you, yourself, never even attended! Really, what does your daughter's or son's personal story have to do with anything?
It's quite amusing to me, that while some of you are utilizing this horrific event as support for your hatred for Langley, your kids are using it as an opportunity to create an even stronger, resilient, high school community. Maybe you should learn from them.
Please, have respect. Do not make up rumors. Do not point fingers. Do not use this tragedy as evidence to support your many arguments.
Most of you, like myself, do not know these boys. You do not know what they stood for. You do not know what they looked like. You do not know the things that they battled on a daily basis. I would bet that some of you do not even know their first names.
Please stop making teenagers like myself embarrassed that there are adults in my community that do not know how to compose themselves online.
There are two families, dozens of friends, and hundreds of classmates that are mourning the loss of two young boys. Please, be sympathetic to that.

With all due respect, because of your age and your inexperience (having never had children of your own), you do not understand that the administration of a school and the school board they work with, has an agenda of their own. They are indebted to politicians and their own aspirations, rather than the parents and children, who through their taxes, pay their salaries.

I live in the Langley community and have a much better understanding of what these boys went through, because my child went through similar, but her own 'brand' of it. When two teenagers feel the only way out is to take their lives, it is every parent's responsibility in the community to fight harder to solve the issues plaguing our children within the school system. It is your job, as teenagers, to band together and support each other. We are the adults and therefore, we are the ones, through our taxpayer dollars and our vote, who can help institute change.

We are fighting FOR you, not AGAINST you. One day, when you have your own children, you will see this much more clearly.

politics and agenda? You are pathetic.

Your kids falling academically has nothing to do with these kids.

Who said my kids were failing? My kid WAS the top 1%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, is everything always about you?

That's Bullis Mom. Her recent statement that "my telling off of the Algebra teacher [at Langely] was legendary" tells you all you need to know.

the telling off mom earns the title of self centered c bag of the year.

Wahhhhh my snow flake couldn't bring his laptop to school.

Learning disabled. Diagnosed and written up. School refused to comply - illegally

What is interesting is that no school except for a private would comply. Obviously something is off with your diagnosis.

The private he went to, laptops were part of the curriculum. Flint Hill (not his school), for instance, gives you a Macbook Air as part of the tuition.

It's not my diagnosis. His testing was done by a PhD in the field. The publics don't like to comply out of fairness (how many times have you heard THAT before?). Our choices were to sue or to pull him and place him elsewhere. Interesting enough, his private made no room for his dysgraphia. Didn't have to, because it disappears when he types.

Might I advise you do some research before spouting nonsense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP, is everything always about you?

That's Bullis Mom. Her recent statement that "my telling off of the Algebra teacher [at Langely] was legendary" tells you all you need to know.

the telling off mom earns the title of self centered c bag of the year.

Wahhhhh my snow flake couldn't bring his laptop to school.

Learning disabled. Diagnosed and written up. School refused to comply - illegally

STOP. This is not your DD's thread. Don't insist on making it hers.

I wasn't talking about my DD. You people don't read, do you? LOL

You can continue with warm and fuzzy. I'm going to work to institute change.

[Anonymous]

As an LHS mom for 10 years, I went to McLean Bible last night and witnessed such an outpouring of love for these two students -- I can't imagine that bullying played a role at all. These young men are LOVED. Someone said depression and other mental health disorders are the reason why. I was very proud of the other students -- several hundred of them showed up to care for each other, to share memories, and to pay their respects to their beloved classmates whom they miss.