Fight btw BCC & WJ students after game @ 8:30 Friday night

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/how-the-pandemic-aged-teen-brains

The shutdown had physiological effects on students' brains as well that should be recognized.

Oh please.. this again has to do with parenting. We didn't have a real shut down. Schools went virtual but that's not a shutdown. This is parenting.

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Anonymous wrote:Dear Members of the Walter Johnson High School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Communities,

This is a joint message from the principals of Walter Johnson High School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Schools.

Last night, Friday, September 1, B-CC hosted Walter Johnson for our first football game of the fall season. The game went well and was an exciting match. Our fans and attendees were great and everyone seemed to have a fun evening. The safety plans jointly made by both schools worked well on campus and all of the fans left school grounds safely.

Unfortunately, after the game there was a large gathering at the Bethesda Metro Station by many B-CC and Walter Johnson students. This gathering turned into fighting, which then resulted in some serious student injuries. This is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

There is also a mention on social media that a student may have been in possession of a weapon; this has not been confirmed and remains a part of the investigation.

The Montgomery County Police Department was engaged immediately and responded. They are currently investigating this incident as are the school administrators. These behaviors by students are dangerous, illegal and completely inappropriate. As individual students from both schools are identified appropriate disciplinary action, in alignment with the MCPS Student Code of Conduct, will be assigned

We will be sending more information out to our communities as the administrations from both schools work collaboratively with MCPS security, MCPS athletics and the Montgomery County police to complete the investigation and to help repair the harm that has been done. Together we must help our students understand how such disruptive actions impact our community.

We appreciate the support from our parents and guardians in helping us emphasize to students that their safety is always our priority, and that they play a critical role keeping our school events safe and fun for everyone.

Sincerely,
Shelton Mooney
Principal, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Jennifer Baker
Principal, Walter Johnson High School

Maybe I’m jaded, but to me this read as though the school will handle through their disciplinary process. I hope the students press charges with the police.

And, it happened at the metro station. Isn’t this a civil issue? Maybe also school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not about football. Not about night game time. Not about police. Not about principals or coaches. Not BCC WJ rivalry. Systemic breakdown post-pandemic. Adolescents in crisis across the country. And, MOCO was the last district to open school doors during covid. Bigger issue, going to get bigger.

I think this is true, and it’s so sad and so daunting.

God help us.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m surprised I seems like there’s only been one post from a parent of a kid who was there. Is there no chatter yet about who the attackers were?

I don’t think it’s good to make unsubstantiated allegations about specific individuals on the internet. It can ruin lives.

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the game and security seemed very good. Student fans were in dedicated sections at opposite ends of the stadium. WJ student fans left just before game ended, and BCC student fans asked to stay after for 15 mins and performance of (terrific) student dance group. Plenty of security on site.

I disagree and was also at the game. I left slightly early along with many kids. It was pretty clear that MoCo needed much more police presence on the street by that point.

Not enough police anymore to provide necessary security.

My child was at the game and hanging out in Bethesdalast night. She said there were tons of police officers everywhere around Bethesda Row. The problem here isn’t a lack of officers but perhaps too many on the Bethesda Row side and not enough by the metro, where there have been fights before.

They were dealing with a robbery over there around the same time. The problem isn’t the police. It’s the kids.

Which store was robbed?

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Anonymous wrote:Dear Members of the Walter Johnson High School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Communities,

This is a joint message from the principals of Walter Johnson High School and Bethesda-Chevy Chase High Schools.

Last night, Friday, September 1, B-CC hosted Walter Johnson for our first football game of the fall season. The game went well and was an exciting match. Our fans and attendees were great and everyone seemed to have a fun evening. The safety plans jointly made by both schools worked well on campus and all of the fans left school grounds safely.

Unfortunately, after the game there was a large gathering at the Bethesda Metro Station by many B-CC and Walter Johnson students. This gathering turned into fighting, which then resulted in some serious student injuries. This is completely unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

There is also a mention on social media that a student may have been in possession of a weapon; this has not been confirmed and remains a part of the investigation.

The Montgomery County Police Department was engaged immediately and responded. They are currently investigating this incident as are the school administrators. These behaviors by students are dangerous, illegal and completely inappropriate. As individual students from both schools are identified appropriate disciplinary action, in alignment with the MCPS Student Code of Conduct, will be assigned

We will be sending more information out to our communities as the administrations from both schools work collaboratively with MCPS security, MCPS athletics and the Montgomery County police to complete the investigation and to help repair the harm that has been done. Together we must help our students understand how such disruptive actions impact our community.

We appreciate the support from our parents and guardians in helping us emphasize to students that their safety is always our priority, and that they play a critical role keeping our school events safe and fun for everyone.

Sincerely,
Shelton Mooney
Principal, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Jennifer Baker
Principal, Walter Johnson High School

Maybe I’m jaded, but to me this read as though the school will handle through their disciplinary process. I hope the students press charges with the police.

And, it happened at the metro station. Isn’t this a civil issue? Maybe also school?

The incident happened at a big hang out spot/metro station, not at school so school isn't really involved. The only way they could be involved is if a student brought a weapon on campus, but not sure what can be done about that without full proof, and this is why they need to do bag searches and have metal and other detectors.

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Anonymous wrote:Every WJ/BCC basketball and football game. Just means they'll impose more restrictions going forward.

It's just another strong indicator of MCPS decline when students at these schools act like gang members.

It’s likely because they ARE gang members.

Quite possibly.

Tell me you’ve always lived west of the park without….

Actually, no.

Are you familiar with gang issues in MoCo schools?

Yes. And have done the gang training multiple times.

What gang training and who provides the training? Who receives it?

I think that person means the MCPS video recorded training modules that teachers have to review every year before the start of school. One of the modules is on gangs and gang behavior. It is generic and not particularly useful

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the game and security seemed very good. Student fans were in dedicated sections at opposite ends of the stadium. WJ student fans left just before game ended, and BCC student fans asked to stay after for 15 mins and performance of (terrific) student dance group. Plenty of security on site.

I disagree and was also at the game. I left slightly early along with many kids. It was pretty clear that MoCo needed much more police presence on the street by that point.

Not enough police anymore to provide necessary security.

My child was at the game and hanging out in Bethesdalast night. She said there were tons of police officers everywhere around Bethesda Row. The problem here isn’t a lack of officers but perhaps too many on the Bethesda Row side and not enough by the metro, where there have been fights before.

They were dealing with a robbery over there around the same time. The problem isn’t the police. It’s the kids.

Which store was robbed?

A person got robbed of their bike.

[Anonymous]

Boys in fatherless homes do less well in life. They have plenty to rage about, including their single mothers with little if any authority, and her various boyfriends.

Absentee/ part time fathers can never be equal to a strong, loving and disciplined father in the home.

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Anonymous wrote:Boys in fatherless homes do less well in life. They have plenty to rage about, including their single mothers with little if any authority, and her various boyfriends.

Absentee/ part time fathers can never be equal to a strong, loving and disciplined father in the home.

Stop with the blame game. These kids very well could have involved fathers. There is no excuse for kids to behave like this and regardless of their home situation, it was clear they were up to no good dressed in all black with hoods over their face. This is an epic parenting failure. And, probably not the first time these kids behaved like this.

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Anonymous wrote:Year after year, games with BCC always end up with brawls. Always with BCC. Could be BCC and Whitman, BCC and Walter Johnson-- always violence.

https://www.wjpitch.com/print/2020/02/15/bethesda-clash-tracing-the-wj-bcc-rivalry/

This article highlights years of fighting before the pandemic. Yes, the pandemic had a negative impact on behavior, but fights between these two schools happened on a regular basis pre covid.

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the game and security seemed very good. Student fans were in dedicated sections at opposite ends of the stadium. WJ student fans left just before game ended, and BCC student fans asked to stay after for 15 mins and performance of (terrific) student dance group. Plenty of security on site.

I disagree and was also at the game. I left slightly early along with many kids. It was pretty clear that MoCo needed much more police presence on the street by that point.

Not enough police anymore to provide necessary security.

My child was at the game and hanging out in Bethesdalast night. She said there were tons of police officers everywhere around Bethesda Row. The problem here isn’t a lack of officers but perhaps too many on the Bethesda Row side and not enough by the metro, where there have been fights before.

They were dealing with a robbery over there around the same time. The problem isn’t the police. It’s the kids.

Which store was robbed?

A person got robbed of their bike.

Yes, it seems they travel in packs of three, four or five. Time to split up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys in fatherless homes do less well in life. They have plenty to rage about, including their single mothers with little if any authority, and her various boyfriends.

Absentee/ part time fathers can never be equal to a strong, loving and disciplined father in the home.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Boys in fatherless homes do less well in life. They have plenty to rage about, including their single mothers with little if any authority, and her various boyfriends.

Absentee/ part time fathers can never be equal to a strong, loving and disciplined father in the home.

Stop with the blame game. These kids very well could have involved fathers. There is no excuse for kids to behave like this and regardless of their home situation, it was clear they were up to no good dressed in all black with hoods over their face. This is an epic parenting failure. And, probably not the first time these kids behaved like this.

I’d bet a few million dollars that the perpetrators were not well behaved at school either!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Boys in fatherless homes do less well in life. They have plenty to rage about, including their single mothers with little if any authority, and her various boyfriends.

Absentee/ part time fathers can never be equal to a strong, loving and disciplined father in the home.

Stop with the blame game. These kids very well could have involved fathers. There is no excuse for kids to behave like this and regardless of their home situation, it was clear they were up to no good dressed in all black with hoods over their face. This is an epic parenting failure. And, probably not the first time these kids behaved like this.

What I said is an actual fact. How exactly can boys become decent men when their home life is mayhem, and there’s no role model at home?