No Hall Sweeps?

[Anonymous]

In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been teaching for over a decade. This year, the high school I teach at has an unprecedented amount of students in the hallways after the final bell. I’m talking hundreds. It is so bad that it looks like we are still in a passing period. We are a school of 2000+. Students are still walking the halls over 5+ minutes past the bell.

We have petitioned our admin to do hall sweeps—which have been repeatedly scoffed at or ignored. We are told that “research doesn’t support the data behind hall sweeps.”

My concern is that with so many students in the hallways after the bell it becomes 1) chaotic / disruptive and 2) takes away from the already short classes we have to get through the material.

I’m wondering if other high schools have the same problem and what other administrations are doing to help solve this problem.

We can also stop blaming COVID. We have been back in-person for several school years now. Kids can see right past that excuse and are taking advantage of the fact that they can come late to avoid work.

I hear ya. I keep telling our admin that they should hire some experienced prison guards to help with security too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

Isn't this just a problem @BCC?

[Anonymous]

Turn a blind eye. Give them all 50s (since giving 0s requires so much hoop jumping). Teach the kids who show up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

No. It’s at every MCPS high school. The Springbrook stabbing that happened this week started as a bathroom fight. There have several articles on this issue within MCPS specifically.

Have you not been paying attention?

Isn't this just a problem @BCC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

Isn't this just a problem @BCC?

No. It’s at every MCPS high school. The Springbrook stabbing that happened this week started as a bathroom fight. There have several articles on this issue within MCPS specifically.

Have you not been paying attention?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

Isn't this just a problem @BCC?

No. It’s at every MCPS high school. The Springbrook stabbing that happened this week started as a bathroom fight. There have several articles on this issue within MCPS specifically.

Have you not been paying attention?

Ours never has these issues. A few isolated incidents at specific schools do constitute a crisis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My high school tends to get kids wandering the halls using bathroom passes. They seem to seek each other out. There was a group today just hanging out in front of the main office like they didn't have a care in the world. One security guard was just standing watching them saying nothing.

I have so many D's and E's this quarter from kids just refusing to be in the room. How can I get grades up if kids aren't in class?

DP - I don’t blame the security guards. I mean, even if they try to enforce the rules, MCPS will basically just let these bad behaviors pass.

When there are no consequences for bad behavior, the kids learn to just ignore whatever ‘rules’ admin comes up with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

Isn't this just a problem @BCC?

No. It’s at every MCPS high school. The Springbrook stabbing that happened this week started as a bathroom fight. There have several articles on this issue within MCPS specifically.

Have you not been paying attention?

Ours never has these issues. A few isolated incidents at specific schools do constitute a crisis.

Which school is your child at?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We need to go back to the policy of lates/tardies/skipping resulting in failing quarters. The current system is just not effective at getting kids into classrooms and learning. It is designed to ensure failing is difficult and to guarantee graduation rates.

I feel like there was a post not too long ago about this very thing. Why does MCPS not see this? Or care?

Equity. MCPS doesn’t want to punish kids of certain races, so it chooses to not punish kids of all races.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

Isn't this just a problem @BCC?

No. It’s at every MCPS high school. The Springbrook stabbing that happened this week started as a bathroom fight. There have several articles on this issue within MCPS specifically.

Have you not been paying attention?

Ours never has these issues. A few isolated incidents at specific schools do constitute a crisis.

"A few" and "isolated incidents" are not phrases that are rooted in the reality of MCPS high schools today. You're living in denial. Seek help.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In our HS, there are a lot of kids spending extra time in the hall because the closest bathrooms are locked.

And the bathrooms are locked because students get high, overdose and fight in the bathrooms. While I agree that it sucks that the bathrooms have to be locked, it’s a consequence of the student body refusing to behave like decent, normal human beings when they’re in the school building.

Isn't this just a problem @BCC?

No. It’s at every MCPS high school. The Springbrook stabbing that happened this week started as a bathroom fight. There have several articles on this issue within MCPS specifically.

Have you not been paying attention?

Ours never has these issues. A few isolated incidents at specific schools do constitute a crisis.

Which school is your child at?

Whichever school they are at, I assure you there are issues with bathroom safety, I promise. Whether the PP is burying their head in the sand cause they're ignorant or purpopsely minimizing the issue because they have an agenda for doing so, I don't know.

[Anonymous]

I get it that schools have issues but some of the people on these threads are just nuts.....get some perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get it that schools have issues but some of the people on these threads are just nuts.....get some perspective.

Telling people they are nuts for reacting and responding to real-life concerns and events that are taking place in our schools and communities is toxic.

Just repeating over and over again that OTHER people are crazy is a lame and pathetic way to defend the status quo. If you don't think the issue is a big deal, then why don't you just ignore the thread and talk about something else that you do think is a big idea? The answer is because you have an agenda in making it seem like the lack of enforcement and safety concerns that have led to a chaotic learning environment are somehow in the imagination of the teachers and parents who are telling this is what it is.

It's textbook gaslighting. Go find something else to do.