Deal Behavior

[Anonymous]

I only hear about the fights, like the girl who used the racial slur, and the kid whose hair caught fire.

As for ditching classes, I told my child what my dad told me: “if you can’t seem to make it to class I can take a day off of work and walk you to each class in my bathrobe. The principal said it was a good idea too!”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Or the child has a 504 plan or an IEP that allows them to leave the classroom when needed. Tell your kid to worry about themselves.

If your child is seeing someone stealing phones or fighting, they need to report it, obviously. But there are other explanations for 'wandering' which may be legitimate.

[Anonymous]

My kid also mentioned lots of unruly behavior at Deal. Kids hiding in the bathroom with their phones. Lots of cursing and aggressive behavior.
I am pretty disappointed as it seems worse than a few years ago when my older child was there. Work load also seems to have decreased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Or the child has a 504 plan or an IEP that allows them to leave the classroom when needed. Tell your kid to worry about themselves.

If your child is seeing someone stealing phones or fighting, they need to report it, obviously. But there are other explanations for 'wandering' which may be legitimate.

So their 504 or IEP allows them to roam the halls all day and go in and out of other classrooms as they please when class is in session? I don't think so.
I don't know why you're set on defending this behavior or pretending it doesn't exist at Deal. I have 2 kids there and have many Deal students over to my house each week. They all see this going on because it does and if you ask them, they'll tell you about it. Either that or they're all in a giant conspiracy to make things up. I hear about it from both of my kids and from whatever kids they're with.
Regarding 6th grade: there are about a half-dozen 6th graders that just do what they please.
There have been fights in the hallways. Lots of illicit cell phone use. Lots of disrespect to teachers, including cursing at teachers. Tons of profanity, period. This is all 6th grade. My kid is learning but it's not a serene environment. I can imagine it would
be difficult for a kid who is easily distracted or otherwise more sensitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Or the child has a 504 plan or an IEP that allows them to leave the classroom when needed. Tell your kid to worry about themselves.

If your child is seeing someone stealing phones or fighting, they need to report it, obviously. But there are other explanations for 'wandering' which may be legitimate.

So their 504 or IEP allows them to roam the halls all day and go in and out of other classrooms as they please when class is in session? I don't think so.
I don't know why you're set on defending this behavior or pretending it doesn't exist at Deal. I have 2 kids there and have many Deal students over to my house each week. They all see this going on because it does and if you ask them, they'll tell you about it. Either that or they're all in a giant conspiracy to make things up. I hear about it from both of my kids and from whatever kids they're with.
Regarding 6th grade: there are about a half-dozen 6th graders that just do what they please.
There have been fights in the hallways. Lots of illicit cell phone use. Lots of disrespect to teachers, including cursing at teachers. Tons of profanity, period. This is all 6th grade. My kid is learning but it's not a serene environment. I can imagine it would
be difficult for a kid who is easily distracted or otherwise more sensitive.

Ugh. This makes me a bit nervous about going back to DCPS for Deal in a few years. All my neighbors have raved about their experience, but I have heard references to bus incidents. My kid is easily distracted by bad or silly behavior, at least at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Or the child has a 504 plan or an IEP that allows them to leave the classroom when needed. Tell your kid to worry about themselves.

If your child is seeing someone stealing phones or fighting, they need to report it, obviously. But there are other explanations for 'wandering' which may be legitimate.

So their 504 or IEP allows them to roam the halls all day and go in and out of other classrooms as they please when class is in session? I don't think so.
I don't know why you're set on defending this behavior or pretending it doesn't exist at Deal. I have 2 kids there and have many Deal students over to my house each week. They all see this going on because it does and if you ask them, they'll tell you about it. Either that or they're all in a giant conspiracy to make things up. I hear about it from both of my kids and from whatever kids they're with.
Regarding 6th grade: there are about a half-dozen 6th graders that just do what they please.
There have been fights in the hallways. Lots of illicit cell phone use. Lots of disrespect to teachers, including cursing at teachers. Tons of profanity, period. This is all 6th grade. My kid is learning but it's not a serene environment. I can imagine it would
be difficult for a kid who is easily distracted or otherwise more sensitive.

In general DCPS does a crappy job with special needs kids. This isn’t a Deal problem but rather a DCPS problem in all schools. If your kid is in the faster-paced classes, there is less behavioral problems. My DC uses this as motivation to be on the honor roll every term.

[Anonymous]

I heard of a boy who got pushed down the stairs by a girl . She got detention apparently!

[Anonymous]

Wow, and this is what they call "the best public MS" in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard of a boy who got pushed down the stairs by a girl . She got detention apparently!

Heard that too but with suspension.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I heard of a boy who got pushed down the stairs by a girl . She got detention apparently!

Heard that too but with suspension.

Oh yes, I forgot about this. My DD told me there was a lot of blood. Glad there was a suspension.

[Anonymous]

Yes, there was a 6th graded pushed down the stairs by a classmate (and hurt) about a month ago.

[Anonymous]

The kid was taken to the hospital. Lots of blood. My kid came home with the story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Or the child has a 504 plan or an IEP that allows them to leave the classroom when needed. Tell your kid to worry about themselves.

If your child is seeing someone stealing phones or fighting, they need to report it, obviously. But there are other explanations for 'wandering' which may be legitimate.

So their 504 or IEP allows them to roam the halls all day and go in and out of other classrooms as they please when class is in session? I don't think so.
I don't know why you're set on defending this behavior or pretending it doesn't exist at Deal. I have 2 kids there and have many Deal students over to my house each week. They all see this going on because it does and if you ask them, they'll tell you about it. Either that or they're all in a giant conspiracy to make things up. I hear about it from both of my kids and from whatever kids they're with.
Regarding 6th grade: there are about a half-dozen 6th graders that just do what they please.
There have been fights in the hallways. Lots of illicit cell phone use. Lots of disrespect to teachers, including cursing at teachers. Tons of profanity, period. This is all 6th grade. My kid is learning but it's not a serene environment. I can imagine it would
be difficult for a kid who is easily distracted or otherwise more sensitive.

So we are talking about 6 kids?

[Anonymous]

The girl who pushed a classmate should see this:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/us/washington-teen-pushed-friend-off-bridge-sentenced/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Or the child has a 504 plan or an IEP that allows them to leave the classroom when needed. Tell your kid to worry about themselves.

If your child is seeing someone stealing phones or fighting, they need to report it, obviously. But there are other explanations for 'wandering' which may be legitimate.

So their 504 or IEP allows them to roam the halls all day and go in and out of other classrooms as they please when class is in session? I don't think so.
I don't know why you're set on defending this behavior or pretending it doesn't exist at Deal. I have 2 kids there and have many Deal students over to my house each week. They all see this going on because it does and if you ask them, they'll tell you about it. Either that or they're all in a giant conspiracy to make things up. I hear about it from both of my kids and from whatever kids they're with.
Regarding 6th grade: there are about a half-dozen 6th graders that just do what they please.
There have been fights in the hallways. Lots of illicit cell phone use. Lots of disrespect to teachers, including cursing at teachers. Tons of profanity, period. This is all 6th grade. My kid is learning but it's not a serene environment. I can imagine it would
be difficult for a kid who is easily distracted or otherwise more sensitive.

So we are talking about 6 kids?

Not PP and not sure how many there are but those that are problematic are really bad (at least from what I have witnessed.) And I’m really glad my
Kid is telling me about it.