15 yr old Wilson student abducted his teacher

[Anonymous]

At least a security guard didn't murder a teacher, or a teacher wasn't taking nude pictures of his students.

[Anonymous]

If I remember correctly DCPS put a program or block of students at Wilson from some sort of alternative school. I don't get why DCPS doesn't just do geographic boundaries on that school and leave it.

[Anonymous]

Woodrow Wilson SHS is still a good school. It depends on how your kids behave and what choices they make. You'll find the same dangers anywhere else. I learned alot from there. The diversity, teachers, and students are all active and hard working. Of course when you start giving up on them and say things like 'I'm putting my kid in another school', doesn't make anything better. There is violence everywhere it's up to YOU parents to teach your kids and protect them. If you want something done, fight for it. be an active parent. To the rest of you, have fun being in denial about sh*t at you private schools.

[Anonymous]

First of all, she teaches at Wilson and he attends (or probably is enrolled) at Wilson. Secondly, we don't know if he was in any of her classes and last the story indicated that she was not targeted. It was a chance encounter at 3:45 am in the deserted part (at least at 3 in the morning) of Adams Morgan (Quarry Rd).

[Anonymous]

It is discouraging to see that people automatically assume that just because the student was a public school student, then public schools must be bad. It appears clear in the story that this was an unfortunate but chance encounter — six degrees of separation. The vast majority of students across the United States are educated in public schools, so it is a blatant generalization to assume that public education is the culprit. Kids from poor and struggling families can grow into caring and committed adults, just as kids with every advantage can grow into calculating and cruel adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think that they certainly do. The quality of the education certainly has something to do with the quality and general character of the students. Wilson seems more likely to have students who commit violent crimes. The key point is that the PERPETRATOR of the kidnapping, sexual assault and stabbing was a 15 year old WILSON STUDENT. Can you say that about Holton? GDS?

Maybe not - but only because their parents have more money to keep it out of the press...

[Anonymous]

Actually, I think that they certainly do. The quality of the education certainly has something to do with the quality and general character of the students. Wilson seems more likely to have students who commit violent crimes. The key point is that the PERPETRATOR of the kidnapping, sexual assault and stabbing was a 15 year old WILSON STUDENT. Can you say that about Holton? GDS?

You do know that public schools are required by law to take just about all comers, right? The dumb ones, the ones with violent tendencies not yet manifest, the unathletic ones, the apathetic ones ....

whereas privates get to cherry pick the ones with no juvvy records, the smart ones, the rich ones.

You can imagine -- well, you can't, because you seem dense -- how the student body of a Wilson might be more heterogeneous than the student body at St. Albans.

[Anonymous]

The 11 o'clock news (I forget which station) said the perp didn't realize this was a teacher at his school.

If this is how even a handful of Wilson students spend their Fridays, this is not the kind of company I want my middle schooler to keep.

[Anonymous]

P.S. Wilson had serious problems last year with students who'd had trouble with the law, the school was in lockdown, etc. At this level, we're not making assumptions, these are documented facts.

[Anonymous]

Your teenager should never be around crime or bad actors. Ever. This will rub off on her and she might start holding up liquor stores. She might also buy and sell a gun because a kid in her 900-enrollment high school did that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think that they certainly do. The quality of the education certainly has something to do with the quality and general character of the students. Wilson seems more likely to have students who commit violent crimes. The key point is that the PERPETRATOR of the kidnapping, sexual assault and stabbing was a 15 year old WILSON STUDENT. Can you say that about Holton? GDS?

I'm not sure. It seems less likely in the case of Holton but that's because it's a girl's school. Who can say about GDS?

What we certainly CAN say about the private school environment is that Beauvoir hired a pedophile who had a thing for the little boys under his care and is now on the run from the law, so why would Holton or GDS be any different?

[Anonymous]

Sure, you can get a good education at Wilson, and many have. But there's still some serious crime there, although not as bad as other high schools in DC. Many years ago, there were several shootings (a couple fatal), and a teacher got a serious beat down from a student at school. It's a large urban high school, with all the attendant problems.

[Anonymous]

It's a very sad situation.

[Anonymous]

This automatic assumption that privates are safe havens with other people of "good character" is laughable. Just read the news...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This automatic assumption that privates are safe havens with other people of "good character" is laughable. Just read the news...

Provide links please of students at local privates who have committed violent crimes. Drugs and underage drinking are everywhere, kids who carjack, rob, sexually assault and stab are not.