Arlington Has A Drug Problem - From Middle School to High School to Our Community at Large

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More on the issues at Yorktown. It also sounds like they're equivocating on whether there will be in-school consequences for the Powder Puff participants.

http://www.arlingtonconnection.com/news/2017/oct/24/yorktown-high-school-takes-steps-against-substance/

Makes sense as it wasn't on school grounds. Haha seriously? Must be the Arlington way, getting drunk at the elementary school and no in-school consequences. Make the Powder Puff players an example that Arlington takes drugs very seriously.

I guess you failed to click on the link above. YHS has much bigger problems when their students are getting high in school IN THE CLASSROOM while teachers are instructing!!!

A student once told me he heard a kid shot himself up with heroine in the middle of class. Pulled off his shoe, put his foot on the desk and injected right between his toes. Teacher kept going with the lecture and didn't say anything.

A student said it, so it must be true!

You are still in denial? I guess the article is "FAKE NEWS". And this is why the problem is so out of hand in that school pyramid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More on the issues at Yorktown. It also sounds like they're equivocating on whether there will be in-school consequences for the Powder Puff participants.

http://www.arlingtonconnection.com/news/2017/oct/24/yorktown-high-school-takes-steps-against-substance/

Makes sense as it wasn't on school grounds. Haha seriously? Must be the Arlington way, getting drunk at the elementary school and no in-school consequences. Make the Powder Puff players an example that Arlington takes drugs very seriously.

I guess you failed to click on the link above. YHS has much bigger problems when their students are getting high in school IN THE CLASSROOM while teachers are instructing!!!

A student once told me he heard a kid shot himself up with heroine in the middle of class. Pulled off his shoe, put his foot on the desk and injected right between his toes. Teacher kept going with the lecture and didn't say anything.

A student said it, so it must be true!

You are still in denial? I guess the article is "FAKE NEWS". And this is why the problem is so out of hand in that school pyramid.

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students. When I worked at a newspaper, any assertion that a source wanted to remain anonymous had to be corroborated by one on-the-record source, by one official document provided confidentially, or at least two additional credible anonymous sources. It doesn't appear to me from this article that the reporter did anything to verify this student's claim and so would fail the verification standard of the paper I worked for.

Further, the story just isn't credible to me. A juul will still produce smoke and an odor, so it seems highly unlikely to me that kids are doing this in class and teachers aren't noticing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students. When I worked at a newspaper, any assertion that a source wanted to remain anonymous had to be corroborated by one on-the-record source, by one official document provided confidentially, or at least two additional credible anonymous sources. It doesn't appear to me from this article that the reporter did anything to verify this student's claim and so would fail the verification standard of the paper I worked for.

Further, the story just isn't credible to me. A juul will still produce smoke and an odor, so it seems highly unlikely to me that kids are doing this in class and teachers aren't noticing.

You do know that the medics were called to the middle school that is a feeder into Yorktown last year for overdoses on campus, right?

The middle school
that feeds into Yorktown
during the school day
a child overdosed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students. When I worked at a newspaper, any assertion that a source wanted to remain anonymous had to be corroborated by one on-the-record source, by one official document provided confidentially, or at least two additional credible anonymous sources. It doesn't appear to me from this article that the reporter did anything to verify this student's claim and so would fail the verification standard of the paper I worked for.

Further, the story just isn't credible to me. A juul will still produce smoke and an odor, so it seems highly unlikely to me that kids are doing this in class and teachers aren't noticing.

You do know that the medics were called to the middle school that is a feeder into Yorktown last year for overdoses on campus, right?

The middle school
that feeds into Yorktown
during the school day
a child overdosed

Is it possible to read this forum and not be aware of that? It's not exactly breaking news anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students. When I worked at a newspaper, any assertion that a source wanted to remain anonymous had to be corroborated by one on-the-record source, by one official document provided confidentially, or at least two additional credible anonymous sources. It doesn't appear to me from this article that the reporter did anything to verify this student's claim and so would fail the verification standard of the paper I worked for.

Further, the story just isn't credible to me. A juul will still produce smoke and an odor, so it seems highly unlikely to me that kids are doing this in class and teachers aren't noticing.

You do know that the medics were called to the middle school that is a feeder into Yorktown last year for overdoses on campus, right?

The middle school
that feeds into Yorktown
during the school day
a child overdosed

Is it possible to read this forum and not be aware of that? It's not exactly breaking news anymore.

Further, that a student in the middle school overdosed does nothing to bolster the claim that kids are smoking weed in the middle of the classroom at Yorktown. Yes, there are kids at Williamsburg and Yorktown (and every other middle and high school in the country) who use drugs and alcohol. I'm open to having a rational discussion about the issue, but the hysteria that has invade this thread is anything but rational and it's quite obvious that what's motivating a lot of people in this discussion isn't actual concern but rather a heavy dose of schadenfreude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students. When I worked at a newspaper, any assertion that a source wanted to remain anonymous had to be corroborated by one on-the-record source, by one official document provided confidentially, or at least two additional credible anonymous sources. It doesn't appear to me from this article that the reporter did anything to verify this student's claim and so would fail the verification standard of the paper I worked for.

Further, the story just isn't credible to me. A juul will still produce smoke and an odor, so it seems highly unlikely to me that kids are doing this in class and teachers aren't noticing.

You do know that the medics were called to the middle school that is a feeder into Yorktown last year for overdoses on campus, right?

The middle school
that feeds into Yorktown
during the school day
a child overdosed

Is it possible to read this forum and not be aware of that? It's not exactly breaking news anymore.

Further, that a student in the middle school overdosed does nothing to bolster the claim that kids are smoking weed in the middle of the classroom at Yorktown. Yes, there are kids at Williamsburg and Yorktown (and every other middle and high school in the country) who use drugs and alcohol. I'm open to having a rational discussion about the issue, but the hysteria that has invade this thread is anything but rational and it's quite obvious that what's motivating a lot of people in this discussion isn't actual concern but rather a heavy dose of schadenfreude.

Yes, that's it. We all want to be just like you. Whatevs. Why don't you go FOIA some more records to find out just how jealous the other schools pyramids are of Yorktown and the school culture and being around parents like you. I'll wait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More on the issues at Yorktown. It also sounds like they're equivocating on whether there will be in-school consequences for the Powder Puff participants.

http://www.arlingtonconnection.com/news/2017/oct/24/yorktown-high-school-takes-steps-against-substance/

Holy crap! That’s an eye-opener and really points to YHS as having a unique problem compared to the other APS HS. Getting high during class either Jules—jeezus!

We feel like we dodged a bullet by avoiding the YHS district.

I feel like you’re a fool if you don’t think that drugs are a problem at your current district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students. When I worked at a newspaper, any assertion that a source wanted to remain anonymous had to be corroborated by one on-the-record source, by one official document provided confidentially, or at least two additional credible anonymous sources. It doesn't appear to me from this article that the reporter did anything to verify this student's claim and so would fail the verification standard of the paper I worked for.

Further, the story just isn't credible to me. A juul will still produce smoke and an odor, so it seems highly unlikely to me that kids are doing this in class and teachers aren't noticing.

You do know that the medics were called to the middle school that is a feeder into Yorktown last year for overdoses on campus, right?

The middle school
that feeds into Yorktown
during the school day
a child overdosed

Is it possible to read this forum and not be aware of that? It's not exactly breaking news anymore.

Further, that a student in the middle school overdosed does nothing to bolster the claim that kids are smoking weed in the middle of the classroom at Yorktown. Yes, there are kids at Williamsburg and Yorktown (and every other middle and high school in the country) who use drugs and alcohol. I'm open to having a rational discussion about the issue, but the hysteria that has invade this thread is anything but rational and it's quite obvious that what's motivating a lot of people in this discussion isn't actual concern but rather a heavy dose of schadenfreude.

Yes, that's it. We all want to be just like you. Whatevs. Why don't you go FOIA some more records to find out just how jealous the other schools pyramids are of Yorktown and the school culture and being around parents like you. I'll wait.

WTF are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

I have heard from my DC that, at least last year, the vaping does happen in class at times. Definitely in the bathrooms. He even said there was a thing where you could broadcast a snapchat to anyone within a radius of yourself doing it. It's not necessarily getting high though. Frequently, it's tobacco or tobacco products. According to DC, it's definitely not just a Yorktown thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have heard from my DC that, at least last year, the vaping does happen in class at times. Definitely in the bathrooms. He even said there was a thing where you could broadcast a snapchat to anyone within a radius of yourself doing it. It's not necessarily getting high though. Frequently, it's tobacco or tobacco products. According to DC, it's definitely not just a Yorktown thing.

Of course it’s not. But it is apparently comforting to some people to think that it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students. When I worked at a newspaper, any assertion that a source wanted to remain anonymous had to be corroborated by one on-the-record source, by one official document provided confidentially, or at least two additional credible anonymous sources. It doesn't appear to me from this article that the reporter did anything to verify this student's claim and so would fail the verification standard of the paper I worked for.

Further, the story just isn't credible to me. A juul will still produce smoke and an odor, so it seems highly unlikely to me that kids are doing this in class and teachers aren't noticing.

You do know that the medics were called to the middle school that is a feeder into Yorktown last year for overdoses on campus, right?

The middle school
that feeds into Yorktown
during the school day
a child overdosed

Is it possible to read this forum and not be aware of that? It's not exactly breaking news anymore.

Further, that a student in the middle school overdosed does nothing to bolster the claim that kids are smoking weed in the middle of the classroom at Yorktown. Yes, there are kids at Williamsburg and Yorktown (and every other middle and high school in the country) who use drugs and alcohol. I'm open to having a rational discussion about the issue, but the hysteria that has invade this thread is anything but rational and it's quite obvious that what's motivating a lot of people in this discussion isn't actual concern but rather a heavy dose of schadenfreude.

Yes, that's it. We all want to be just like you. Whatevs. Why don't you go FOIA some more records to find out just how jealous the other schools pyramids are of Yorktown and the school culture and being around parents like you. I'll wait.

??? I don't think anything in this thread/discussion has come from a FOIA.

[Anonymous]

I didn't make the FOIA comment but I understand the reference. The FOIA request was on another APS issue.

I just don't understand how someone can say :

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students.

When there is so much evidence to the contrary. Apparently, OD -ing is not enough proof of it occurring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't make the FOIA comment but I understand the reference. The FOIA request was on another APS issue.

I just don't understand how someone can say :

I don't deny that there are drugs in Yorktown or any other high school, and I have no trouble believing kids were selling/using in the bathrooms. But the article hangs its claim that kids are doing drugs in class on the vague assertion of one student. No confirmation from the school that kids have been caught doing this or even corroborating statements from multiple students.

When there is so much evidence to the contrary. Apparently, OD -ing is not enough proof of it occurring.

I must be missing something then re: FOIA. What does this other issue have to do with drugs and drinking at Yorktown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I must be missing something then re: FOIA. What does this other issue have to do with drugs and drinking at Yorktown?

None.

My assumption is that the pp who mentioned FOIA was just doing so because he/she knows (or thinks he/she knows) the person posting the other stuff. The FOIA request individual was very invested in a previous issue in APS and boasted about his FOIA request at the time, which involved a non-Yorktown administrator.

[Anonymous]

Dropped all our pills off at the drug take back program on Saturday. The town meeting hit home with me (non-Arl resident).