drug police dogs in APS HS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
So are you saying, that there are no drugs at Kenmore, Swanson, TJ? Honest question.
Or is it so much more widespread/accepted at WMS? What is the difference that makes it so acceptable ?

Anonymous wrote:

Toxic combo of over leveraged parents, who only find 1 in state school to be acceptable or "elite" enough. No money for private or out of state, so push push push. UVA or bust.
Add to that long hours at the office and kids with money to burn.

We are zoned for Swanson, but I am under no illusion it's not a problem all over APS Ms/HS. A lot of kids from Swanson and WMS hang out after school. For whatever we reason, I heard it is a larger problem in the WMS/YHS pyramid. I am guessing demographics. When I was kid growing up in Gairfax County, Langley used to be the drug HS. Similar demographic of wealthy parents checked out, kids with free time alone and the "my kid would never do it he/she is an angel" mentality.

I think this is a big part of what is going on.

[Anonymous]

... TJ and WAKEFIELD FTW!

Keep that crap north of 50 please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:... TJ and WAKEFIELD FTW!

Keep that crap north of 50 please.

There are some stuff at Wakefield too, though it is mostly pot i've heard. It goes like this, according to kids who are familiar with the 3 schools - meaning through social media they are all friends and tend to go to parties that kids from all the HS attends. In Yorktown the problem is with pills, alcohol, LSD or similar and pot. W&L, alcohol, some pills, pot. Wakefield, pot mostly and some minor alcohol. I think access to money makes a big difference in how many drugs the kid will get into. You can share a joint i guess, but you need deeper pocket for the deeper stuff. And you all probably have heard that Loudon county is regarded as having a heroin highway.

I think its a region wide problem though not as bad as what's going on in rural West VA. The problem is probably more so now because kids spend a lot of time on social media and are being expose to and desensitize to the dangers. You don't know what's going on with your kids because the phone/social media has become their primary influence and relationship. I do not feel like some of you do about parents neglecting their kids - parents simply cannot compete with what's going on out there before it is introduces to your child. They cannot intervene at the right time because after middle school most of us have a hard time keeping up with our kids friends. You cannot screen their calls anymore like in old times. anyone/everyone has access to your child 24/7. And you can't know how the tied going to to turn unit they start HS. At least that is what I've observed with friends.

[Anonymous]

18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”

where is the poster that loves to come out and deny this??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”

where is the poster that loves to come out and deny this??

The parking garage of HT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”

This is why I started getting my kids involve in sport very young. This is especially important for boys - to much down time can equal trouble. They need physical activity. From my experience, there are kids in sport that dabs in drugs too but they generally falls by the wayside eventually because of the drug use. For some kids, the discipline and the time kill that sport provides is important to keep them clear headed and mentally focussed, and confident. For us, it has helped to keep our kids committed on weekends and most nights. They always have an excuse as to why they can't go to parties or go very rarely, which where the pressure is to do drugs according to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”

This is why I started getting my kids involve in sport very young. This is especially important for boys - to much down time can equal trouble. They need physical activity. From my experience, there are kids in sport that dabs in drugs too but they generally falls by the wayside eventually because of the drug use. For some kids, the discipline and the time kill that sport provides is important to keep them clear headed and mentally focussed, and confident. For us, it has helped to keep our kids committed on weekends and most nights. They always have an excuse as to why they can't go to parties or go very rarely, which where the pressure is to do drugs according to them.

+1

Staying healthy for the sport as well as the pledge they need to make to play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”

This is why I started getting my kids involve in sport very young. This is especially important for boys - to much down time can equal trouble. They need physical activity. From my experience, there are kids in sport that dabs in drugs too but they generally falls by the wayside eventually because of the drug use. For some kids, the discipline and the time kill that sport provides is important to keep them clear headed and mentally focussed, and confident. For us, it has helped to keep our kids committed on weekends and most nights. They always have an excuse as to why they can't go to parties or go very rarely, which where the pressure is to do drugs according to them.

Hate to break it to you, but most of the hardcore partying at Yorktown revolves around the sports teams.

[Anonymous]

Will these druggies be re-zoned to the new middle school for 2019?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:18 arrest already in 2017: https://www.arlnow.com/2017/06/01/acpd-18-drug-arrests-on-public-school-grounds-this-year/

How are they going bury their heads now?

This statement is troubling to me with rising MSers next year:

“The middle schools are the worst,” said a senior. “Kids have older siblings that are in high school and are able to sell to the younger students. It’s a cycle.”

from same article:

A current junior at Yorktown High School said the issue extends beyond prescription drugs.

“Yorktown definitely has a drug problem,” she said. “So many people have started getting into cocaine and a lot of the other harder drugs and many of them don’t even think much of it just because they see it around so often. It’s definitely considered ‘cool’ to be into that sort of thing, which is why I think so many kids are drawn to it.”

“There’s not much else to do so a lot of people do for fun,” said a recent graduate. “I don’t think people really think of themselves as addicts.”

This is why I started getting my kids involve in sport very young. This is especially important for boys - to much down time can equal trouble. They need physical activity. From my experience, there are kids in sport that dabs in drugs too but they generally falls by the wayside eventually because of the drug use. For some kids, the discipline and the time kill that sport provides is important to keep them clear headed and mentally focussed, and confident. For us, it has helped to keep our kids committed on weekends and most nights. They always have an excuse as to why they can't go to parties or go very rarely, which where the pressure is to do drugs according to them.

Hate to break it to you, but most of the hardcore partying at Yorktown revolves around the sports teams.

Lax? Soccer? Football? Can you elaborate?

[Anonymous]

^^ How can they be shooting heroin and still able to show up and play any of the sports listed above?

I have heard opiods and heroin are a huge problem. I don't deny it could happen to anyone's child. I just know from being a D-1 college and HS athlete myself that it would be incredibly hard to retain focus or show up for required practices, games, etc., if you were that strung out.

I am sure there are different classes and types of drugs being used. I also know that drug use of weed or the like could lead to drug use of the sh*t that becomes addicting or deadly real fast. They are also cutting weed with some pretty dangerous stuff these days. It's not the same as 20-years ago.

[Anonymous]

School capacity and the Drug problem.

The only things parents should be worrying about right now.

The bigger the school populations become with less oversight and the bigger the drug problem becomes.