Physical fights in the hallways?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it happens but not constant. My DS just showed me a video of two 6th graders "fighting" in the bathroom at school. They were taking swings at each other and pushing.

When my HS DS was in MS, he had a friend who was constantly getting in little scraps - sometimes in the cafeteria, sometimes in the hall.

MS boys can be idiots and they typically grow out of it by HS. Typically.

Well, someone just brought a knife to RMHS a few weeks ago in MCPS. Plus, there have been a ton of other issues with weapons and fighting in the bathrooms at other MCPS high schools.

Not sure that the kids do grow out of it. And not just boys, plenty of girl fights also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to Alexandria.

Or MCPS. Daily occurrence.

Yeah. Lots of fights in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Minor fights occasionally (maybe one a year) but the kids get suspended immediately. K-8 private (coed).

Lol

Laugh all you want but it works. Kids know if they misbehave they’re getting suspended.

What’s interesting is public schools do suspend for a fight but private schools do not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a common-ish thing at your middle school? DD comes home maybe once a month and says there was a fight. Does this continue into high school?

FCPS parent here. Middle School, yes, specially girls. Once a month? how about once per week...

My kids are in high school now and there is barely any fights at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it happens but not constant. My DS just showed me a video of two 6th graders "fighting" in the bathroom at school. They were taking swings at each other and pushing.

When my HS DS was in MS, he had a friend who was constantly getting in little scraps - sometimes in the cafeteria, sometimes in the hall.

MS boys can be idiots and they typically grow out of it by HS. Typically.

Well, someone just brought a knife to RMHS a few weeks ago in MCPS. Plus, there have been a ton of other issues with weapons and fighting in the bathrooms at other MCPS high schools.

Not sure that the kids do grow out of it. And not just boys, plenty of girl fights also.

JW/RM is all trash now. And IB program can’t cover it all up

[Anonymous]

Fights at our MS are frequent but most often, its girls doing the fighting and its vicious. Scratches, hair pulled, thrown down and mobbed girls who did nothing to provoke. I wish they would kick all the aggressors out. They just get temporarily pulled from class and do it again. It's a wild mix of kids at our school so some parents get shell shocked, not having encountered that before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fights at our MS are frequent but most often, its girls doing the fighting and its vicious. Scratches, hair pulled, thrown down and mobbed girls who did nothing to provoke. I wish they would kick all the aggressors out. They just get temporarily pulled from class and do it again. It's a wild mix of kids at our school so some parents get shell shocked, not having encountered that before.

Similar at our school- lots of "girl fights"- but in our case, innocent kids do not get pulled in

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a common-ish thing at your middle school? DD comes home maybe once a month and says there was a fight. Does this continue into high school?

FCPS parent here. Middle School, yes, specially girls. Once a month? how about once per week...

My kids are in high school now and there is barely any fights at all.

OP here. I wonder why it’s so “popular” amongst MS kids?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Minor fights occasionally (maybe one a year) but the kids get suspended immediately. K-8 private (coed).

Lol

Laugh all you want but it works. Kids know if they misbehave they’re getting suspended.

What’s interesting is public schools do suspend for a fight but private schools do not.

PP. We’re in private. They absolutely suspend. There is no wiggle room.

[Anonymous]

W cluster, and yes it happens all the time in both the MS and the HS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Welcome to Alexandria.

Don't you mean the jungle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a common-ish thing at your middle school? DD comes home maybe once a month and says there was a fight. Does this continue into high school?

FCPS parent here. Middle School, yes, specially girls. Once a month? how about once per week...

My kids are in high school now and there is barely any fights at all.

OP here. I wonder why it’s so “popular” amongst MS kids?

hormones going nuts.

I think this is partly why so many MS focus on social/emotional learning rather than academics.

[Anonymous]

My kid says this has settled down a lot from middle school. In fact, the only time I hear about fights anymore is when it's MS kids fighting on the bus. HS kids seem to be mostly over it. And the MS kids fight on the bus because the school seems to have done a pretty good job of minimizing that kind of behavior in the actual building.

Now if they could just address the kids smoking weed on campus and having sex in the bathrooms...

[Anonymous]

I am so happy for this thread and feel validated. Our MS has an issue with these coordinated and posted fights. It’s like a weird social media trend. He wants to MOVE over it! I keep telling him it happens everywhere, but he doesn’t believe me.

[Anonymous]

No because all the students know they will be suspended if involved in a fight and even expelled.