North Bethesda Middle School - any feedback?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Middle school is a rough time in the lives of the kids. NBMS in most ways is managed like a prison.

What does this mean? More details please PP!

They have LOTS of rules, monitor security cameras, have security guards standing by at lunch, inflict punishment on all for the wrongs of a single student. Tons of turnover in the guidance office, as they all seem to want a job at WJ.

Just posted—I’ve been there 9 years and I don’t know what this person is talking about inflicting punishment on all for the wrongs of a single student. That’s ridiculous. And there isn’t a ton of turnover in the guidance office. I can think of at least one counselor that has been there all nine years, and I think there’s another that has been there almost as long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle school is a rough time in the lives of the kids. NBMS in most ways is managed like a prison.

What does this mean? More details please PP!

They have LOTS of rules, monitor security cameras, have security guards standing by at lunch, inflict punishment on all for the wrongs of a single student. Tons of turnover in the guidance office, as they all seem to want a job at WJ.

Just posted—I’ve been there 9 years and I don’t know what this person is talking about inflicting punishment on all for the wrongs of a single student. That’s ridiculous. And there isn’t a ton of turnover in the guidance office. I can think of at least one counselor that has been there all nine years, and I think there’s another that has been there almost as long.

Have you checked this year?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a 6th grader there. He loves a few of his teachers, and the others are fine. No bad ones. It is a really big school. Lots of clubs after school. Principal is good.

lol, you obviously haven't seem the video of her screaming at the kids in the cafeteria, for which she was put on leave a few years ago.

This is part of the MCPS problem, teachers and admins are forever, parents and students are transient

I’ve been a parent there for nine years now—that incident was during her first year which was I think 8 years ago. She’s fine from what I can tell and has settled in. There are some really great teachers there, lots of good/fine ones, and a few that are not great. There are some dumb rules from some teachers about things like bathroom use, which can make the school feel somewhat prison like. And the music department is weirdly intense. But generally I think it’s a pretty good school for a large public middle school. It has some great extracurriculars — a very popular ski club, a world class model UN team, a science Olympiad team, a math competition team and new this year a robotics team.

Thanks this is helpful feedback.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middle school is a rough time in the lives of the kids. NBMS in most ways is managed like a prison.

What does this mean? More details please PP!

They have LOTS of rules, monitor security cameras, have security guards standing by at lunch, inflict punishment on all for the wrongs of a single student. Tons of turnover in the guidance office, as they all seem to want a job at WJ.

Just posted—I’ve been there 9 years and I don’t know what this person is talking about inflicting punishment on all for the wrongs of a single student. That’s ridiculous. And there isn’t a ton of turnover in the guidance office. I can think of at least one counselor that has been there all nine years, and I think there’s another that has been there almost as long.

Have you checked this year?

Yes, I still have kids there. Ms R and Ms S have both been there for a very long time. I just saw Ms R the week before Tgiving. Did Ms S suddenly leave? She’s still showing on their directory.
They have a lot of teachers that have been there a long time—I can think of at least 5 off the top of my head that my college kid had ans an 6th grader are still there.