Do you have a Son at Walter Johnson?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The state and local government that you voted to elect has absolutely 0 interest in prosecuting petty theft. Our government officials (that you elected) have made it clear to our youth that stealing less than a certain dollar threshold is legal.

BS these rules have always been in place.

You have social media now so you see it more.

stop gaslighting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are concerned about student behavior off campus you might want to lobby for MCPS to provide adequate facilities. WJHS currently has 2942 students, with an official capacity of 2290. There is no way that the cafeteria can house all the students at lunch. So students are off campus, and some are doing things they shouldn't.

At some point, Woodward High School will open, presumably drawing some students from WJHS. However, the school board currently has no plans to build an auditorium for that high school. Will they be having assemblies and performances outside? On zoom? Who knows.

Other schools have closeD campuses and one lunch. They eat in the halls, classrooms, etc.

Sure they do. Where does their food come from?

Let's try some math, knowing that you cannot get 2900+ students through a cafeteria line and I guess kids would bring a bag lunch if they could not leave the WJ campus.

If 25% of those student bought lunch and spent an unrealistic 1 MINUTE getting their food and swiping a payment, it would take 12.25 hours to get through the lunch line.

If there were 3 lunch periods, instead of the current 1 lunch period, 2942/3 = 981 * 0.25 = 245 /60 = 4.08 hours to get through the lunch line, if it takes just 1 minute.

Maybe, 90% of the students will bring a bag lunch, leaving just 294 students to stand in the cafe line. At one minute per student, they would get through in 4.9 hours.

For students to get their lunch in the cafeteria and eat it during 1 lunch period, you are looking at needing 97% of students to bring food from home, while 3% go through the line. What about the students in the FARM program, who might not have adequate food at home and count on school lunch?

Next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are concerned about student behavior off campus you might want to lobby for MCPS to provide adequate facilities. WJHS currently has 2942 students, with an official capacity of 2290. There is no way that the cafeteria can house all the students at lunch. So students are off campus, and some are doing things they shouldn't.

At some point, Woodward High School will open, presumably drawing some students from WJHS. However, the school board currently has no plans to build an auditorium for that high school. Will they be having assemblies and performances outside? On zoom? Who knows.

I hear ya about the budget, but having a large cafeteria isn't going to stop kids from stealing at cvs. They can easily do that after school, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The state and local government that you voted to elect has absolutely 0 interest in prosecuting petty theft. Our government officials (that you elected) have made it clear to our youth that stealing less than a certain dollar threshold is legal.

BS these rules have always been in place.

You have social media now so you see it more.

stop gaslighting.

Right……. tide has “always” been locked up behind keyed lock

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About 5'5, slim, long hair and went to school today with a white t-shirt and grey cotton shorts? If so, I just witnessed him and other WJ students robbing the CVS for candy and other food at the Wildwood Shopping Center. Nice to see parents and MCPS are teaching kids about morals and honesty these days.

Wow, get a life. Go back to cheating on your taxes.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting this OP.

Frankly I think we should all do more of this.

[Anonymous]

I'm 100% down with posts like this but I bet Geoff will delete them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting this OP.

Frankly I think we should all do more of this.

Steal from CVS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There has always been a contingent of adolescents who steal from stores, and do other dangerous and stupid things, like drink and drive, at every generation. DD was horrified to learn that some of her Westland middle school classmates did this at Montgomery Mall. Back in my day, teens did the same thing - not even in the same country. It's not because they can't afford necessities. It's because some teen brains relish the thrill. For the most part, they grow into responsible adults. Those that don't drink and kill themselves at the wheel.

But good of you to crawl out from under your rock and join the rest of us.

Me again.

This isn't to say that you can't contact the acting Principal of Walter Johnson, OP (the Principal retired mid year). You are a member of the community, therefore you are entitled to complain about the behavior of a presumed student of that school. Principals sometimes send out emails to families about behavioral problems that occur in or near their schools. The ones that happen off campus but impact the community can still be part of a warning about losing business support if students act out. A couple of years ago, the Principal of WJ sent out a message about students fighting in front of businesses near the school (knives and chairs were involved). She said that she would curtail open lunch for certain grades if this continued. One theft in one store will probably not trigger an email, but if enough people complain... who knows.

Just don't expect much.

She's no longer an acting principal; she was appointed to the permanent job in March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are concerned about student behavior off campus you might want to lobby for MCPS to provide adequate facilities. WJHS currently has 2942 students, with an official capacity of 2290. There is no way that the cafeteria can house all the students at lunch. So students are off campus, and some are doing things they shouldn't.

At some point, Woodward High School will open, presumably drawing some students from WJHS. However, the school board currently has no plans to build an auditorium for that high school. Will they be having assemblies and performances outside? On zoom? Who knows.

Other schools have closeD campuses and one lunch. They eat in the halls, classrooms, etc.

Sure they do. Where does their food come from?

Let's try some math, knowing that you cannot get 2900+ students through a cafeteria line and I guess kids would bring a bag lunch if they could not leave the WJ campus.

If 25% of those student bought lunch and spent an unrealistic 1 MINUTE getting their food and swiping a payment, it would take 12.25 hours to get through the lunch line.

If there were 3 lunch periods, instead of the current 1 lunch period, 2942/3 = 981 * 0.25 = 245 /60 = 4.08 hours to get through the lunch line, if it takes just 1 minute.

Maybe, 90% of the students will bring a bag lunch, leaving just 294 students to stand in the cafe line. At one minute per student, they would get through in 4.9 hours.

For students to get their lunch in the cafeteria and eat it during 1 lunch period, you are looking at needing 97% of students to bring food from home, while 3% go through the line. What about the students in the FARM program, who might not have adequate food at home and count on school lunch?

Next.

And yet, schools slightly smaller with closed campuses make it work. Stop blaming it on low income families. You could send all those kids lunches every day.

[Anonymous]

The WJ kids are horrible. The Giant next door had to institute a line and only certain number of kids can go in during lunch because of theft.

[Anonymous]

LOL. I can see you are about as mature as the thief, OP.

[Anonymous]

Pics/video or it didn't happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:About 5'5, slim, long hair and went to school today with a white t-shirt and grey cotton shorts? If so, I just witnessed him and other WJ students robbing the CVS for candy and other food at the Wildwood Shopping Center. Nice to see parents and MCPS are teaching kids about morals and honesty these days.

Woah. Holy judgement! You do know kids to stupid shit? I'm sure parents snd teachers arem't teaching them how to steal candy.

Come back when you kid is older
And no my kids who are adults never stole!

Don’t act like this is normal behavior.

[Anonymous]

My kid went there and I was appalled that she and her friends ate their lunch sitting on the floor in the hallway for 4 years.

The cafeteria is way too small for the number of kids they have.

But keep letting developers build more housing units. More traffic. More crowded schools . Just to generate taxes. Not worth the trade off!