What happened at the Kennedy graduation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what teachers have to deal with today. Kids whose parents would have been on Jerry Springer. And then if we can’t magically bring them up to grade level and teach them appropriate behavior, we’re failures.

True. And sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS needs to crack down on discipline.
Folks should know there is zero tolerance for this sort of behavior. It is not fair to the 95% of decent kids who just want a normal high school experience. Why does MCPS allow a small number of miscreants to run the show?

Agreed. Crack down on this bad behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS needs to crack down on discipline.
Folks should know there is zero tolerance for this sort of behavior. It is not fair to the 95% of decent kids who just want a normal high school experience. Why does MCPS allow a small number of miscreants to run the show?

It’s hilarious that you think 95% of the kids are “decent kids who just want a normal high school experience.” You have it backwards. It’s more like 5% are decent and 95% are problematic. You clearly haven’t stepped foot inside a school in some time. This past year was a nightmare for most teachers, not just in MCPS but everywhere in the country. Parents aren’t parenting anymore. Kids have no consequences at school or at home. When phone calls are made to parents regarding their kids’ behaviors, most don’t care. That’s if they bother to give you accurate contact info in the first place. It’s really sad to witness the decline of society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS needs to crack down on discipline.
Folks should know there is zero tolerance for this sort of behavior. It is not fair to the 95% of decent kids who just want a normal high school experience. Why does MCPS allow a small number of miscreants to run the show?

It’s hilarious that you think 95% of the kids are “decent kids who just want a normal high school experience.” You have it backwards. It’s more like 5% are decent and 95% are problematic. You clearly haven’t stepped foot inside a school in some time. This past year was a nightmare for most teachers, not just in MCPS but everywhere in the country. Parents aren’t parenting anymore. Kids have no consequences at school or at home. When phone calls are made to parents regarding their kids’ behaviors, most don’t care. That’s if they bother to give you accurate contact info in the first place. It’s really sad to witness the decline of society.

The ceremony waa lovely. Everyone was really happy. We left right after, didnt see any fight.

I would say it's more like 99% of the kids and families are not going to start fights like this. What should one do about the other 1%? Well, by "restorative justice," I hope you mean not letting the parties involved anywhere near the high school again.

It makes me really angry, having our kid's four years be such an amazing experience at Kennedy, to see a diverse high school with so many kids from so many different places do so much, and still get associated with a few violent idiots, who probably felt "disrepected" because someone shoved them in a crowd.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My guess is graduation will be on the football field next year.

Lol

Bye bye to CHall graduations, MCPS. No MCPS chools should be allowed back to that beautiful hall and area for future ceremonies. What an embarrassment for MCPS and first year Principal Adamson.

[Anonymous]

Uhhh uhhhh oh no she did inttt

[Anonymous]

Poor Adamson, will she come back to BCC? This time to be Principal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS needs to crack down on discipline.
Folks should know there is zero tolerance for this sort of behavior. It is not fair to the 95% of decent kids who just want a normal high school experience. Why does MCPS allow a small number of miscreants to run the show?

Equity.

[Anonymous]

Here is the story in Moco 360:

https://moco360.media/2024/06/07/brawl-at-kennedy-high-graduation-an-embarrassment-to-our-community-principal-says/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is the story in Moco 360:

https://moco360.media/2024/06/07/brawl-at-kennedy-high-graduation-an-embarrassment-to-our-community-principal-says/

Adults, students, and graduates were brawling. DC police could not get to the scene due to traffic and the Secret Service responded instead.

What is wrong with people? Some of them may face criminal charges and they ruined graduation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poor Adamson, will she come back to BCC? This time to be Principal?

Vickie Adamson is a great administrator and she deserves better. Adamson was at Blair for years. She should go there.

[Anonymous]

I heard there was also an incident during the Northwood HS graduation at DAR Constitution Hall yesterday. Not a fight but a disruption. Anyone have details. DAR is going to ban MCPS graduations at this rate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the story in Moco 360:

https://moco360.media/2024/06/07/brawl-at-kennedy-high-graduation-an-embarrassment-to-our-community-principal-says/

Adults, students, and graduates were brawling. DC police could not get to the scene due to traffic and the Secret Service responded instead.

What is wrong with people? Some of them may face criminal charges and they ruined graduation.

Don’t worry, MCPS has a plan to fix this: “ She added the school would implement restorative practices with all students with the help of Tarik Harris, a restorative justice instructional specialist with MCPS’ Department of Student Engagement, Behavioral Health and Academics.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor Adamson, will she come back to BCC? This time to be Principal?

Vickie Adamson is a great administrator and she deserves better. Adamson was at Blair for years. She should go there.

Don’t know if she is a great admin or not, but she has struggled greatly at Kennedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard there was also an incident during the Northwood HS graduation at DAR Constitution Hall yesterday. Not a fight but a disruption. Anyone have details. DAR is going to ban MCPS graduations at this rate

No surprise since Kennedy and Northwood are neighboring schools within the DCC. They draw from the same populations.