Fights at Carson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Third fight this year but only thing we get a letter about is principal asking kids not to record it. Good grief. What is going on with the messaging. And why are there so many fights?

The messaging was atrocious - they need to address the fighting. My daughter showed me this video, it was horrible.

My kid doesn’t have a phone so I have not seen the video and I don’t want to see it.

Schools do try and address the fighting and it still happens because you are talking about 13-15 year olds who are immature, impulsive, and hormonal. They make crap choices and it sometimes end in fights. The difference between 40 years ago when I was in MS and HS is that no one was filming it because we couldn’t. But the same thing was happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Third fight this year but only thing we get a letter about is principal asking kids not to record it. Good grief. What is going on with the messaging. And why are there so many fights?

The messaging was atrocious - they need to address the fighting. My daughter showed me this video, it was horrible.

My kid doesn’t have a phone so I have not seen the video and I don’t want to see it.

Schools do try and address the fighting and it still happens because you are talking about 13-15 year olds who are immature, impulsive, and hormonal. They make crap choices and it sometimes end in fights. The difference between 40 years ago when I was in MS and HS is that no one was filming it because we couldn’t. But the same thing was happening.

The biggest problem at Carson is not fighting and not phone usage, it is the lack of discipline. Both school administration AND parents. Restorative justice and permissive parenting both HAVE to stop.

[Anonymous]

2 girls fighting and with the staff not doing much about it. It makes the school look bad.

Can't have cameras doing that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 girls fighting and with the staff not doing much about it. It makes the school look bad.

Can't have cameras doing that.

I saw the video, there were two staff members trying to break it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 girls fighting and with the staff not doing much about it. It makes the school look bad.

Can't have cameras doing that.

I saw the video, there were two staff members trying to break it up.

And prior to that you just had staff holding their hands up doing nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 girls fighting and with the staff not doing much about it. It makes the school look bad.

Can't have cameras doing that.

I saw the video, there were two staff members trying to break it up.

And prior to that you just had staff holding their hands up doing nothing.

There are probably specific staff who are allowed to physically intervene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Third fight this year but only thing we get a letter about is principal asking kids not to record it. Good grief. What is going on with the messaging. And why are there so many fights?

The messaging was atrocious - they need to address the fighting. My daughter showed me this video, it was horrible.

My kid doesn’t have a phone so I have not seen the video and I don’t want to see it.

Schools do try and address the fighting and it still happens because you are talking about 13-15 year olds who are immature, impulsive, and hormonal. They make crap choices and it sometimes end in fights. The difference between 40 years ago when I was in MS and HS is that no one was filming it because we couldn’t. But the same thing was happening.

The biggest problem at Carson is not fighting and not phone usage, it is the lack of discipline. Both school administration AND parents. Restorative justice and permissive parenting both HAVE to stop.

Restorative justice is a County thing, so chat with them.

[Anonymous]

There is a noticeable difference in leadership at the school- nearly the entire administrative team has turned over in the last two years. Pairing that with a changing student body has unfortunately resulted in a very different school environment.

[Anonymous]

Scary times in middle school

[Anonymous]

Missed this thread and made my own one whoops - as others have said the messaging to the parents was shocking!! Just mad that they couldn't cover it up, no responsibility taken. I just assume they decided they had to say SOMETHING once the video spread too far and wide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Missed this thread and made my own one whoops - as others have said the messaging to the parents was shocking!! Just mad that they couldn't cover it up, no responsibility taken. I just assume they decided they had to say SOMETHING once the video spread too far and wide.

As was pointed out to you previously, the "don't record the fights" message is because students aren't supposed to have phones out during school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Missed this thread and made my own one whoops - as others have said the messaging to the parents was shocking!! Just mad that they couldn't cover it up, no responsibility taken. I just assume they decided they had to say SOMETHING once the video spread too far and wide.

As was pointed out to you previously, the "don't record the fights" message is because students aren't supposed to have phones out during school.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Missed this thread and made my own one whoops - as others have said the messaging to the parents was shocking!! Just mad that they couldn't cover it up, no responsibility taken. I just assume they decided they had to say SOMETHING once the video spread too far and wide.

As was pointed out to you previously, the "don't record the fights" message is because students aren't supposed to have phones out during school.

How about the message should be "don't fight in school" instead of making it seem like having a phone in school is felony.

[Anonymous]

Admin there is terrible and this is just latest incident. There was a way to prioritize safety, discipline, and sharing a plan to improve the school environment whilst also reminding students and parents that phones should be put away. Unfortunately huge problem at Carson with kids abusing school laptops to record that way as well. Zero accountability with admin— it is all placed on the students and parents. Always.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Missed this thread and made my own one whoops - as others have said the messaging to the parents was shocking!! Just mad that they couldn't cover it up, no responsibility taken. I just assume they decided they had to say SOMETHING once the video spread too far and wide.

As was pointed out to you previously, the "don't record the fights" message is because students aren't supposed to have phones out during school.

The whole email came off as recording or observing a fight was more of a problem than the fight itself.

That is misplaced priorities and why some, including myself, interpreted it as embarrassing to FCPS and something they would prefer not to be documented.

Safety should come first. The principal should have empathize that.