Fights break out after BCC vs WJ Football game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had/have kids at both schools. Just remember that the immense majority of BCC and WJ students don't fight and think this behavior is obnoxious.

Also, and not naming names... but some adults in sports boosters tend to encourage a rah-rah aggressive culture that I do not appreciate and which might contribute to a sense of impunity from certain kids.

These kids aren't "booster" families or involved in football. They are there because everyone is there, and it's the place to see and be seen and be in the mix on a Friday night.

What’s your point? That’s most of the HSers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had/have kids at both schools. Just remember that the immense majority of BCC and WJ students don't fight and think this behavior is obnoxious.

Also, and not naming names... but some adults in sports boosters tend to encourage a rah-rah aggressive culture that I do not appreciate and which might contribute to a sense of impunity from certain kids.

MCPS gives immunity.

Taylor went to the Clarksburg game. Why didn’t he go to this game?

He can only go to one game at a time.

[Anonymous]

Realized there was a space in the original post

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The game had a lot of police presence and security precautions. How exactly is MCPS supposed to control what kids do off-sight, after the game?

The fights and controlling the fights after the game is the explicit job of MCPD. But the education and behavioral adjustments and educations that is supposed to PREVENT these incidents from happening is squarely in the realm of MCPS, which purports to do so with its SEL lessons and Restorative Justices practices. I'm calling into question how those RJ practices and SEL lessons are working if year after year, student behavior does not change.

[Anonymous]

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It’s Deja vu. How many times are BCC kids going to be allowed to disrupt and assault freely after football games? You would have thought after how things got out of hand last year that things would be different this year, but nope, it’s more of the same.

Whatever MCPS did last year with those kids, which likely involved RJ, clearly didn’t work.

It takes at least 2 to fight. Why are you single out BCC students and not WJ students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The game had a lot of police presence and security precautions. How exactly is MCPS supposed to control what kids do off-sight, after the game?

The fights and controlling the fights after the game is the explicit job of MCPD. But the education and behavioral adjustments and educations that is supposed to PREVENT these incidents from happening is squarely in the realm of MCPS, which purports to do so with its SEL lessons and Restorative Justices practices. I'm calling into question how those RJ practices and SEL lessons are working if year after year, student behavior does not change.

Nope. That's mostly the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The game had a lot of police presence and security precautions. How exactly is MCPS supposed to control what kids do off-sight, after the game?

The fights and controlling the fights after the game is the explicit job of MCPD. But the education and behavioral adjustments and educations that is supposed to PREVENT these incidents from happening is squarely in the realm of MCPS, which purports to do so with its SEL lessons and Restorative Justices practices. I'm calling into question how those RJ practices and SEL lessons are working if year after year, student behavior does not change.

Actually the “education and behavioral adjustments and educations that is supposed to PREVENT these incidents” is squarely in the realm of Parents and Community. Schools are making up the deficit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The game had a lot of police presence and security precautions. How exactly is MCPS supposed to control what kids do off-sight, after the game?

The fights and controlling the fights after the game is the explicit job of MCPD. But the education and behavioral adjustments and educations that is supposed to PREVENT these incidents from happening is squarely in the realm of MCPS, which purports to do so with its SEL lessons and Restorative Justices practices. I'm calling into question how those RJ practices and SEL lessons are working if year after year, student behavior does not change.

Actually the “education and behavioral adjustments and educations that is supposed to PREVENT these incidents” is squarely in the realm of Parents and Community. Schools are making up the deficit.

Then why is the school demanding and pouring millions into mental health resources and stood up a whole department for "STUDENT WELLBEING" and crowing about how amazing their Restorative Justices practices are?

The school system cannot suck up the resources and try to take credit when things go good and then blame shift to parents when things go bad. Schools are in or aren't in the business of student wellbeing, and if they aren't, they need to state so and give the money and resources back.

[Anonymous]

THIS is what MCPS touts it Student Well-Being, Learning and Achievement department is tasked with: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/studentservices

Be Well 365 provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities in six essential areas of physical, social, and psychological development that support academic growth and lifelong personal and career success. Through learning experiences embedded in the curriculum and school counselor lessons aligned to the needs of the students, Be Well 365 focuses on these long-term goals:

Greater student sense of well-being
Improved academic achievement
Greater student engagement with school
Improved student attendance
Reduced disciplinary offenses
All Schools, All Staff, All Students

Be Well 365 aims to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities in 6 essential areas through school-based programs, instruction, practices, and interventions:

Culturally Responsive Relationship Building
Mental and Emotional Health
Trauma-Informed Practices
Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices
Physical Health and Wellness
Character Education and Empathy

Learning activities in science, art, social studies, health and physical education, as well as professional development for all staff, support and guide the development of these 6 areas. Combining social and emotional learning with academic instruction contributes to greater student engagement and long-term academic success.

MCPS is explicitly involved in precisely the things that you say are the exclusive domain of the parents. If MCPS is going to be involved in behavior intervention and character education, we need to see results. Otherwise, butt out and give the money back and stop wasting everyone's time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had/have kids at both schools. Just remember that the immense majority of BCC and WJ students don't fight and think this behavior is obnoxious.

Also, and not naming names... but some adults in sports boosters tend to encourage a rah-rah aggressive culture that I do not appreciate and which might contribute to a sense of impunity from certain kids.

MCPS gives immunity.

Taylor went to the Clarksburg game. Why didn’t he go to this game?

Because he was embarrassed to be a BcC alum??? Correct?

[Anonymous]

majority were not or are not engaged in this, nor do they represent majority of the studrnt body.

Taylor:
1. A teen curfew in MoCo on Fall Friday Football game nights.
2. Have a "dismissal line" after games - have a car pick-up line only allowing students to leave with their parent/guardian picking them up in a car or by foot.

When you start doing this, send families coming up with solutions for you and MCPD a check for having to do your jobs!

[Anonymous]

And y'all wanted McKnight out.

[Anonymous]

Were they even students at either school? If this happened off school grounds, couldn't it be anyone? And why let these two teams play one another again this year??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:majority were not or are not engaged in this, nor do they represent majority of the studrnt body.

Taylor:
1. A teen curfew in MoCo on Fall Friday Football game nights.
2. Have a "dismissal line" after games - have a car pick-up line only allowing students to leave with their parent/guardian picking them up in a car or by foot.

When you start doing this, send families coming up with solutions for you and MCPD a check for having to do your jobs!

Treat students like they are 5!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:THIS is what MCPS touts it Student Well-Being, Learning and Achievement department is tasked with: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/studentservices

Be Well 365 provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities in six essential areas of physical, social, and psychological development that support academic growth and lifelong personal and career success. Through learning experiences embedded in the curriculum and school counselor lessons aligned to the needs of the students, Be Well 365 focuses on these long-term goals:

Greater student sense of well-being
Improved academic achievement
Greater student engagement with school
Improved student attendance
Reduced disciplinary offenses
All Schools, All Staff, All Students

Be Well 365 aims to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities in 6 essential areas through school-based programs, instruction, practices, and interventions:

Culturally Responsive Relationship Building
Mental and Emotional Health
Trauma-Informed Practices
Restorative Justice and Restorative Practices
Physical Health and Wellness
Character Education and Empathy

Learning activities in science, art, social studies, health and physical education, as well as professional development for all staff, support and guide the development of these 6 areas. Combining social and emotional learning with academic instruction contributes to greater student engagement and long-term academic success.

MCPS is explicitly involved in precisely the things that you say are the exclusive domain of the parents. If MCPS is going to be involved in behavior intervention and character education, we need to see results. Otherwise, butt out and give the money back and stop wasting everyone's time.

I don't think you know what it means to be a parent, that's why you're failing at it.