Reported hazing incident involving Damascus High School JV Football team

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director and superintendent sent this video to all students:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=F9j-1DGvKRc

This video is a CYA video. Plenty of verbal and mental abuse form Coaches that has beenreported and they do nothing.


Too little too late.

DCUM - MCPS should do something more!

MCPS - here's an anti-bullying video

DCUM - Too little too late!

FFS people, make up your minds.

I am the poster and why I said this is that they have know of issues for years.

Getting rid of bad coaches, better coach training and AD's that listen to students and not try to cover up for the coaches or the athletes that are pulling this behavior with real repercussions are just a few of things that can be done to improve the athletic experience.

What exactly does a video do except for them to point and say , see we did something?

So are you saying that the video was a bad idea? By the way, by no means did I get from this video that they plan on doing nothing else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director and superintendent sent this video to all students:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=F9j-1DGvKRc

This video is a CYA video. Plenty of verbal and mental abuse form Coaches that has beenreported and they do nothing.


Too little too late.

DCUM - MCPS should do something more!

MCPS - here's an anti-bullying video

DCUM - Too little too late!

FFS people, make up your minds.

I am the poster and why I said this is that they have know of issues for years.

Getting rid of bad coaches, better coach training and AD's that listen to students and not try to cover up for the coaches or the athletes that are pulling this behavior with real repercussions are just a few of things that can be done to improve the athletic experience.

What exactly does a video do except for them to point and say , see we did something?

So are you saying that the video was a bad idea? By the way, by no means did I get from this video that they plan on doing nothing else.

I'm impressed that they emailed it directly to all the students using their school accounts. The only way to root out anything else currently going on is for the students to report it. Hope they do.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe that they haven't shut down the entire football program at Damascus for this season. The coaches and program directors can be furloughed until next season. The students go back to class. Next year, the program can be on probation for 5 years, regular audits and oversight and ANY infraction of bullying, hazing or any other inappropriate behavior shuts down the program permanently.

There need to be consequences for something this serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe that they haven't shut down the entire football program at Damascus for this season. The coaches and program directors can be furloughed until next season. The students go back to class. Next year, the program can be on probation for 5 years, regular audits and oversight and ANY infraction of bullying, hazing or any other inappropriate behavior shuts down the program permanently.

There need to be consequences for something this serious.

This would be the best punishmentand would ensure that coaches and players take this seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe that they haven't shut down the entire football program at Damascus for this season. The coaches and program directors can be furloughed until next season. The students go back to class. Next year, the program can be on probation for 5 years, regular audits and oversight and ANY infraction of bullying, hazing or any other inappropriate behavior shuts down the program permanently.

There need to be consequences for something this serious.

It's near the end of the season. The JV team should be suspended next season too.

All sporting teams should be put on warning. Hazing is more than bullying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe that they haven't shut down the entire football program at Damascus for this season. The coaches and program directors can be furloughed until next season. The students go back to class. Next year, the program can be on probation for 5 years, regular audits and oversight and ANY infraction of bullying, hazing or any other inappropriate behavior shuts down the program permanently.

There need to be consequences for something this serious.

It's near the end of the season. The JV team should be suspended next season too.

All sporting teams should be put on warning. Hazing is more than bullying.

This wasn't hazing. It was rape. And it's a criminal act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe that they haven't shut down the entire football program at Damascus for this season. The coaches and program directors can be furloughed until next season. The students go back to class. Next year, the program can be on probation for 5 years, regular audits and oversight and ANY infraction of bullying, hazing or any other inappropriate behavior shuts down the program permanently.

There need to be consequences for something this serious.

It's near the end of the season. The JV team should be suspended next season too.

All sporting teams should be put on warning. Hazing is more than bullying.

This wasn't hazing. It was rape. And it's a criminal act.

It was both.

[Anonymous]

"I am a MCPS teacher. I was finger printed in 1998. They ran my background check in 1998. A lot could happen in 20 years. How many people were hired a decade ago and haven't been checked since? "

This is blatantly untrue. I have worked for more than 20 years in a nonprofit that serves children, and we do FBI and Maryland background checks. They are checked every year, and even if someone who worked for us 15 years ago and hasn't since, commits a crime, I am notified. The check isn't one and done, it is ongoing forever.

[Anonymous]

I would like the police to investigate the parents of the perpetrators. This abuse and behavior can only come from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe that they haven't shut down the entire football program at Damascus for this season. The coaches and program directors can be furloughed until next season. The students go back to class. Next year, the program can be on probation for 5 years, regular audits and oversight and ANY infraction of bullying, hazing or any other inappropriate behavior shuts down the program permanently.

There need to be consequences for something this serious.

I agree, but I saw a Damascus parent on TV saying that this incident has nothing to do with other teams at their school so there should be no repercussion for anybody else. This statement by a Damascus HS parent told me all about the culture in that community. Crime/rape is not a big deal there.

[Anonymous]

I agree, but I saw a Damascus parent on TV saying that this incident has nothing to do with other teams at their school so there should be no repercussion for anybody else. This statement by a Damascus HS parent told me all about the culture in that community. Crime/rape is not a big deal there.

Exactly! This is why there need to be consequences for the entire athletic program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The athletic director and superintendent sent this video to all students:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=F9j-1DGvKRc

This video is a CYA video. Plenty of verbal and mental abuse form Coaches that has beenreported and they do nothing.


Too little too late.

DCUM - MCPS should do something more!

MCPS - here's an anti-bullying video

DCUM - Too little too late!

FFS people, make up your minds.

I am the poster and why I said this is that they have know of issues for years.

Getting rid of bad coaches, better coach training and AD's that listen to students and not try to cover up for the coaches or the athletes that are pulling this behavior with real repercussions are just a few of things that can be done to improve the athletic experience.

What exactly does a video do except for them to point and say , see we did something?

So are you saying that the video was a bad idea? By the way, by no means did I get from this video that they plan on doing nothing else.

I'm impressed that they emailed it directly to all the students using their school accounts. The only way to root out anything else currently going on is for the students to report it. Hope they do.

I wonder if students will be able to watch the video, since MCPS has restricted access to YouTube effective this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I agree, but I saw a Damascus parent on TV saying that this incident has nothing to do with other teams at their school so there should be no repercussion for anybody else. This statement by a Damascus HS parent told me all about the culture in that community. Crime/rape is not a big deal there.

Exactly! This is why there need to be consequences for the entire athletic program.

I think the varsity football team bears more responsibility than, say, girls field hockey. I understand the need to make a strong statement, and I do think the Varsity team should not have played their last game, and perhaps the coaches should be suspended/released pending the school system's investigation of how this could happen and whether it was more than a one-time incident/crime. The individual perpetrators are being held accountable for the crime. The school system needs to investigate and determine what failures of supervision and culture there were that allowed the crime to occur and issue consequences accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I wonder if students will be able to watch the video, since MCPS has restricted access to YouTube effective this week.

Did you sign your student's permission form?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I am a MCPS teacher. I was finger printed in 1998. They ran my background check in 1998. A lot could happen in 20 years. How many people were hired a decade ago and haven't been checked since? "

This is blatantly untrue. I have worked for more than 20 years in a nonprofit that serves children, and we do FBI and Maryland background checks. They are checked every year, and even if someone who worked for us 15 years ago and hasn't since, commits a crime, I am notified. The check isn't one and done, it is ongoing forever.

Then why was I refinger printed last Friday? If they have my original finger prints and run them yearly, why would they need to do it again.