Janney incident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were any Janney teachers involved in the altercation? Or was it just JAC staff and the student?

I feel like this is important to know but misplaced loyalty has everyone tight lipped.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard it was really bad. Don't know if I should give details on dcum.

I respect you not wanting to say anything but I also don’t understand.
Why take a chance someone gets hurt again? Do we fully put our trust in the school to do what’s best for our children once an incident has already occurred? Training sessions might work but they also may not work? What if additional staff is involved and it’s not uncovered? I need to know that my children OUR children are safe. I don’t want to leave this in the hands of a school that has already failed at least one child and parent(s).
Coverups are not okay And sweeping this under the rug is not okay. I will be following up with the police department tomorrow to verify if a police report has been filed.
-OP

I heard it wasn't bad at all and they are just taking precautions.

[Anonymous]

Misplaced loyalty? Can you elaborate further? Wouldn’t Janney (not Janney+) have to notify the school community if any teachers were involved (even if this occurred after school hours, it was at school)? I’m feeling so unsettled by having this out there but not having any details.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I heard it was really bad. Don't know if I should give details on dcum.

I respect you not wanting to say anything but I also don’t understand.
Why take a chance someone gets hurt again? Do we fully put our trust in the school to do what’s best for our children once an incident has already occurred? Training sessions might work but they also may not work? What if additional staff is involved and it’s not uncovered? I need to know that my children OUR children are safe. I don’t want to leave this in the hands of a school that has already failed at least one child and parent(s).
Coverups are not okay And sweeping this under the rug is not okay. I will be following up with the police department tomorrow to verify if a police report has been filed.
-OP

I heard it wasn't bad at all and they are just taking precautions.

Thank you for letting us know. I feel a little relief. I can only hope this is accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Misplaced loyalty? Can you elaborate further? Wouldn’t Janney (not Janney+) have to notify the school community if any teachers were involved (even if this occurred after school hours, it was at school)? I’m feeling so unsettled by having this out there but not having any details.

This is the same question in the original post. What is that protocol for notification.
No one is asking who or what. I myself only want to know how bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Misplaced loyalty? Can you elaborate further? Wouldn’t Janney (not Janney+) have to notify the school community if any teachers were involved (even if this occurred after school hours, it was at school)? I’m feeling so unsettled by having this out there but not having any details.

This is the same question in the original post. What is that protocol for notification.
No one is asking who or what. I myself only want to know how bad.

Let me correct myself, people ARE asking. But I’m not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Misplaced loyalty? Can you elaborate further? Wouldn’t Janney (not Janney+) have to notify the school community if any teachers were involved (even if this occurred after school hours, it was at school)? I’m feeling so unsettled by having this out there but not having any details.

This is the same question in the original post. What is that protocol for notification.
No one is asking who or what. I myself only want to know how bad.

Let me correct myself, people ARE asking. But I’m not.

some people are asking, others are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Misplaced loyalty? Can you elaborate further? Wouldn’t Janney (not Janney+) have to notify the school community if any teachers were involved (even if this occurred after school hours, it was at school)? I’m feeling so unsettled by having this out there but not having any details.

This is the same question in the original post. What is that protocol for notification.
No one is asking who or what. I myself only want to know how bad.

I too want to know “how bad” but I also want to know if Janney teachers were involved in what others may deem as “not so bad”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Janney incident:
We received the below email about an incident that occurred at the school and I’m looking to ease my mind a bit. Can anyone tell me the protocol for a child abuse case?
What type of situations would require the school to release further detail.




Camp header
Janney+ Families -

On 9/12/18, an incident occured during Janney+ JAC aftercare between a Counselor and student. A formal investigation of the employee and incident is underway through DCPS and Janney+. The employee has been suspended from Janney+ employment without pay. Please understand that I am bound by confidentiality and am not legally able to speak about the details of the investigation.

I can assure you that I take any allegations of misconduct extremely seriously and am working fastidiously with my staff to remediate circumstances that led to this incident and am training staff on best practices with students in challenging situations in an effort to prevent future issues. Further, staff will receive additional training on non-coercive de-escalation techniques, I am conducting thorough evaluations of JAC group student placement, and I am reviewing Janney+ standards of conduct for students and Counselors with staff. The Janney+ Executive Board is fully briefed on the matter and we are working closely to review and modify necessary policies and procedures to improve Program practices.

Note that it was important to have full information on the incident, that the investigation be underway, and that an internal response be thoughtfully articulated before emailing our community. I anticipate, understand, and respect your concern. I cannot impress upon you enough that the safety of your children is my number one priority. Be confident that I will take swift action toward any needed Program and staff changes in order to ensure that Janney+ students are safe.

Please let me know if you have questions or concerns that you would like to share privately with me.


Sincerely,
Lynn

Dear Lynn,

What the bleep happened? Give us some details!!

Sincerely,
Janney + parents

[Anonymous]

We saw an email from one of the parents of the child involved since we have kids in the same class and even they are not identifying the staffer though there are some pretty strong hints of who it is.

The story as we've heard it struck us as sort of improbable so I'm not going to repeat it in case it is not true but strange things do happen so we are going to reserve judgement.

According to a source who would know the police are conducting an investigation - if the story as we heard it is accurate I would assume charges will be filed.

In any case one of our children regularly dealt with the staffer that is hinted at and has nothing but positive things to say about he/she but we have a lot of faith that the school will handle this appropriately so I have no idea why some parents (or supposed ones since there is a lot of Janney trolling on DCUM) are already getting hysterical about this and in our years at Janney we've been in a couple of the classes that we are the center of some controversies that have blown up at the school and on here.

But there won't be a police report for weeks so good luck to hysterical parents calling tomorrow asking for one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were any Janney teachers involved in the altercation? Or was it just JAC staff and the student?

I feel like this is important to know but misplaced loyalty has everyone tight lipped.

Is it possible that the Counselor was removed from Janney+ employment but continues to be employed by DCPS? I’m not suggesting this is the case. I have no idea what the details are. Just wondering if this is even possible because the altercation happened at JAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We saw an email from one of the parents of the child involved since we have kids in the same class and even they are not identifying the staffer though there are some pretty strong hints of who it is.

The story as we've heard it struck us as sort of improbable so I'm not going to repeat it in case it is not true but strange things do happen so we are going to reserve judgement.

According to a source who would know the police are conducting an investigation - if the story as we heard it is accurate I would assume charges will be filed.

In any case one of our children regularly dealt with the staffer that is hinted at and has nothing but positive things to say about he/she but we have a lot of faith that the school will handle this appropriately so I have no idea why some parents (or supposed ones since there is a lot of Janney trolling on DCUM) are already getting hysterical about this and in our years at Janney we've been in a couple of the classes that we are the center of some controversies that have blown up at the school and on here.

But there won't be a police report for weeks so good luck to hysterical parents calling tomorrow asking for one.

How are there hints of who it is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We saw an email from one of the parents of the child involved since we have kids in the same class and even they are not identifying the staffer though there are some pretty strong hints of who it is.

The story as we've heard it struck us as sort of improbable so I'm not going to repeat it in case it is not true but strange things do happen so we are going to reserve judgement.

According to a source who would know the police are conducting an investigation - if the story as we heard it is accurate I would assume charges will be filed.

In any case one of our children regularly dealt with the staffer that is hinted at and has nothing but positive things to say about he/she but we have a lot of faith that the school will handle this appropriately so I have no idea why some parents (or supposed ones since there is a lot of Janney trolling on DCUM) are already getting hysterical about this and in our years at Janney we've been in a couple of the classes that we are the center of some controversies that have blown up at the school and on here.

But there won't be a police report for weeks so good luck to hysterical parents calling tomorrow asking for one.

You seem to have access to a lot of information some are only hoping for to ease their minds. It’s easy to point out someone else being hysterical when you have the information you would need to be at ease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We saw an email from one of the parents of the child involved since we have kids in the same class and even they are not identifying the staffer though there are some pretty strong hints of who it is.

The story as we've heard it struck us as sort of improbable so I'm not going to repeat it in case it is not true but strange things do happen so we are going to reserve judgement.

According to a source who would know the police are conducting an investigation - if the story as we heard it is accurate I would assume charges will be filed.

In any case one of our children regularly dealt with the staffer that is hinted at and has nothing but positive things to say about he/she but we have a lot of faith that the school will handle this appropriately so I have no idea why some parents (or supposed ones since there is a lot of Janney trolling on DCUM) are already getting hysterical about this and in our years at Janney we've been in a couple of the classes that we are the center of some controversies that have blown up at the school and on here.

But there won't be a police report for weeks so good luck to hysterical parents calling tomorrow asking for one.

Get off your high horse the air is thin up there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We saw an email from one of the parents of the child involved since we have kids in the same class and even they are not identifying the staffer though there are some pretty strong hints of who it is.

The story as we've heard it struck us as sort of improbable so I'm not going to repeat it in case it is not true but strange things do happen so we are going to reserve judgement.

According to a source who would know the police are conducting an investigation - if the story as we heard it is accurate I would assume charges will be filed.

In any case one of our children regularly dealt with the staffer that is hinted at and has nothing but positive things to say about he/she but we have a lot of faith that the school will handle this appropriately so I have no idea why some parents (or supposed ones since there is a lot of Janney trolling on DCUM) are already getting hysterical about this and in our years at Janney we've been in a couple of the classes that we are the center of some controversies that have blown up at the school and on here.

But there won't be a police report for weeks so good luck to hysterical parents calling tomorrow asking for one.

Thank you I will be calling.

- signed a Janney parent