What’s going on at Wootton?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:as a parent I heard about one incident with a printer in the beginning of the school year. Then the desk incident last week. both addressed in letters from the principal. they postponed the pep rally for a talk instead. they had crisis counselors there today.

have not heard of anything else including the sub teacher incident or the principal being on leave.

You didn't hear because you aren't a political pressure group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was already a thread on this
But basically Wootton students are unable to check their privilege and have been causing problems by singling people of color for harassment, Jewish people for harassment, and gay people for harassment.

But it’s a W school so therefore it’s great.

How many groups can be singled out before it's not single anymore?

[Anonymous]

Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

[Anonymous]

tfw you ban discipline because it disproportionately affects black and brown kids, and then white kids misbehave and you can't discipline them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The sub incident was only reported to the administration today.

well if it happened on Fri afternoon, how earlier could it be? it had to be a student who reported it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

1 incident a school year? I would say thats isolated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

Parents need to start supervising their kids. This stuff often comes from behavior from home so what's going on at home that this is ok?

[Anonymous]

Talk to the parents of the kids involved, the teachers, and the kids making the accusations. Find the truth. Anything more and you’ll know this is a witch hunt.

I heard that an incident in a different school a few years back was buried fast since it hit the press but was a false accusation. Discredited everyone who made accusations, so the MCPS CO and whoever is at the top better have proof, or this will backfire since they already withhold funding from the school. Just as MCPS has race issues with the black community, the Asian community also has been subject to discrimination. Honestly I think this type of incident is how certain people exercise racism against the Asian community at Wootton and use it as their excuse not to renovate or remove the asbestos from the building.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

Parents need to start supervising their kids. This stuff often comes from behavior from home so what's going on at home that this is ok?

kids say it all the time to be cool - its in a lot of music, tv shows, and movies in a cool way. so unless parents are actively going over ever slur for every race, culture, religion, sexual orientation, things like this happen.

i am curious about the sub teacher. thats an adult employed by MCPS, not Wootton. So who is getting put on leave for that incicident?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MoCo Show is reporting principal placed on leave anfter something racist was written on a desk, and also that a sub used the N word. I can’t figure out how the three are connected

There’s been a series of anti-Black incidents at Wootton that the principal, Doug Nelson, has not reported and failed to act on. There is an anti-Black culture that has been allowed to fester his leadership.

That’s how they’re connected.

What are the series of incidents that have been allowed by this principal?

Swasticas and the “N” word on a desk (apparently the “hard” N word, not the “soft” N word).

???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

1 incident a school year? I would say thats isolated

That’s what I don’t understand. It was an incident last year and one last week?

My daughter is gay and got bullied at her high school all the time. Nothing was ever done. The kids were just talked to. No in or out of school suspensions. She applied for a COSA (which was recommended) and left. Most victims have to leave MCPS schools because those that did the wrong, get nothing. This was direct to her face and known bullies, not just something random sketched on a desk or bathroom. That happens now in her new high school. It is definitely not county notified. They just clean it up and nothing is sent out to the parents. For us, it’s not worth all the complaints if you don’t know who. Teens can be jerks and have no frontal lobes. So can many parents. Look at all the fights about free lunches, transgender bathrooms, and sports eligibility. Putting a principal on leave because of 2 kids in 2 separate years did something wrong. Something isn’t adding up. There has got to be more to the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:tfw you ban discipline because it disproportionately affects black and brown kids, and then white kids misbehave and you can't discipline them.

Word from my friend whose son attends Wootton that the student who wrote the word is black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

1 incident a school year? I would say thats isolated

That’s what I don’t understand. It was an incident last year and one last week?

My daughter is gay and got bullied at her high school all the time. Nothing was ever done. The kids were just talked to. No in or out of school suspensions. She applied for a COSA (which was recommended) and left. Most victims have to leave MCPS schools because those that did the wrong, get nothing. This was direct to her face and known bullies, not just something random sketched on a desk or bathroom. That happens now in her new high school. It is definitely not county notified. They just clean it up and nothing is sent out to the parents. For us, it’s not worth all the complaints if you don’t know who. Teens can be jerks and have no frontal lobes. So can many parents. Look at all the fights about free lunches, transgender bathrooms, and sports eligibility. Putting a principal on leave because of 2 kids in 2 separate years did something wrong. Something isn’t adding up. There has got to be more to the story.

There have been many incidents that have not been reported to the community, hence the illusion of it not adding up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

1 incident a school year? I would say thats isolated

That’s what I don’t understand. It was an incident last year and one last week?

My daughter is gay and got bullied at her high school all the time. Nothing was ever done. The kids were just talked to. No in or out of school suspensions. She applied for a COSA (which was recommended) and left. Most victims have to leave MCPS schools because those that did the wrong, get nothing. This was direct to her face and known bullies, not just something random sketched on a desk or bathroom. That happens now in her new high school. It is definitely not county notified. They just clean it up and nothing is sent out to the parents. For us, it’s not worth all the complaints if you don’t know who. Teens can be jerks and have no frontal lobes. So can many parents. Look at all the fights about free lunches, transgender bathrooms, and sports eligibility. Putting a principal on leave because of 2 kids in 2 separate years did something wrong. Something isn’t adding up. There has got to be more to the story.

There have been many incidents that have not been reported to the community, hence the illusion of it not adding up.

Not true. Last week incident was the only one central office cited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Check social media, none of this is isolated, surprising or even unexpected over there which is sad. The school can’t fix this on their own, parents need to wake up and realize that the kids through the racial and hate speech around like it’s no big deal.

Parents need to start supervising their kids. This stuff often comes from behavior from home so what's going on at home that this is ok?

At this age, it's social media driven.