Gonzaga Kairos Vandalism

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Just curious, this incident aside, is there any all-boy school that people in the DMV approve of?

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Anonymous wrote:This private property argument is nonsense. No private property owner can give you permission to dump a refrigerator into the Potomac.

Again with the reading comprehension. In answer to the astonishing, shocked, coverup, negligent complainints here against the property owners: they are fully within their rights to settle the matter as it pertained to their property privately.

Actually, no. Once my private property refrigerator hits the cliffs of the Potomac River, it's no longer "private."

Good for you. The property owner in this case is free to make his own decisions. Thank the Constitution.

I think the other posters' point is throwing the fridge in the river is actually a misdemeanor offence (illegal dumping) with nothing to do with the property owner and everything to do with throwing crap in the river. Learn the difference between private and public land.

Learn to read. The same or multiple pps have accused the private property owners of negligence and cover ups. The private property owners have done nothing illegal or underhanded. You have the right to exercise such freedoms yourself. Issues relating to polluting the river do not dictate or mitigate or alter the rights of the property owner(s).

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. The boys throwing the fridge in the river has nothing to do with the private property from which they performed the action. When the fridge lands in the river, it's public property they are polluting. As a resident of the state, I would hope we press charges on them for illegal dumping in the river. And that has nothing to do with the rights of the property owner. Except for the owner of the river, which is the state. Polluting the river through illegal dumping is a crime regardless of where the junk came from originally. And the crime was committed by the boys regardless of where they where when they committed the crime.

Holy overreaction bat lady. The point was that the homeowner was well within his rights to settle the matter privately. And that’s a matter separate from the river. Nothing you said changes that point. The homeowners are blameless (depite what a few posts have suggested).

You two are simply talking past each other and I don't think actually disagree on anything. While there may have been people earlier in the thread saying the property owner did something wrong, that's not what the person in this thread was saying and your comments could easily be read as saying the property owner had the final say on all matters, including potential charges and that is what was being responded to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, this incident aside, is there any all-boy school that people in the DMV approve of?

St Anselms Abbey

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious, this incident aside, is there any all-boy school that people in the DMV approve of?

Gonzaga was it. It takes a lot of heat because it is Catholic, it is inner-city and it is relatively inexpensive but it was hard to argue with its track record vis a vis the academics, the soup kitchen, the commitment to social justice, the athletics, etc. Now all of that is in the trash can because of the horrible acts by a core group of boys who probably should have been counseled out earlier anyway, and then the failure of the school's leadership to take appropriate action when their recent bad acts were revealed.

[Anonymous]

Second St Anselms Abbey as having some decent and intelligent boys-can’t imagine they’d ever pull such a stunt.

And this Gonzaga incident wasn’t just a few bad apples-it was over 30-40 boys involved. What a disgrace to the school and to their families-but shame on the school administration if they don’t act and discipline these boys!!

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Anonymous wrote:Entitled boys who wreak havoc should learn not to behave this a$$hat way. Severe repercussions are better now, not later when they pull something worse. Look at the Landon crime. Teach them now! Don’t cover this up. One or two of them may do far worse if they go scotfree for this.

This exactly.

[Anonymous]

Genuinely curious: Given so many legacies who will probably choose Gonzaga no matter what, is this incident really likely to have a major effect on the enrollment yield? Is admissions likely to accept more boys than usual at the 11th hour this year? Speculation, I know. But wondering if there have been any similar situations at other schools in recent years (obviously not one exactly like this!!)

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, this incident aside, is there any all-boy school that people in the DMV approve of?

Gonzaga was it. It takes a lot of heat because it is Catholic, it is inner-city and it is relatively inexpensive but it was hard to argue with its track record vis a vis the academics, the soup kitchen, the commitment to social justice, the athletics, etc. Now all of that is in the trash can because of the horrible acts by a core group of boys who probably should have been counseled out earlier anyway, and then the failure of the school's leadership to take appropriate action when their recent bad acts were revealed.

+1

GZ was truly transformative for my son who graduated almost 2 years ago. And he never could have attended without their generous financial aid of over 70%. While we are very upset by the little we have actually heard/read about what happened (because at this point few people actually know the truth of what happened) we still think that it is an amazing school for all the reasons PP mentioned and are confident in the school as a whole.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious, this incident aside, is there any all-boy school that people in the DMV approve of?

Gonzaga was it. It takes a lot of heat because it is Catholic, it is inner-city and it is relatively inexpensive but it was hard to argue with its track record vis a vis the academics, the soup kitchen, the commitment to social justice, the athletics, etc. Now all of that is in the trash can because of the horrible acts by a core group of boys who probably should have been counseled out earlier anyway, and then the failure of the school's leadership to take appropriate action when their recent bad acts were revealed.

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GZ was truly transformative for my son who graduated almost 2 years ago. And he never could have attended without their generous financial aid of over 70%. While we are very upset by the little we have actually heard/read about what happened (because at this point few people actually know the truth of what happened) we still think that it is an amazing school for all the reasons PP mentioned and are confident in the school as a whole.

All schools go through periods of problems. This is a rough time for Gonzaga. Prep was last fall. Some other school will be next and we'll all be chiming in about how horrible the situation is and that it's representative of something larger. And the cycle will continue until we are all laying on the wrong side of the grass.

[Anonymous]

The only all boys school in this area worth a fig is St. Anslem’s...

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Anonymous wrote:The only all boys school in this area worth a fig is St. Anslem’s...

Nerds!

[Anonymous]

^^^Better than a bunch of testosterone-fueled athletic thugs on a destruction rampage likely fueled by drugs and steroids-gotta maintain those muscles, after all...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the property owner pressing charges? Seems the value of the destruction would get in the felony range.

WP reports the property owner is handling the matter privately.

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But why did the private property owners not press charges with such significant damage? Perhaps they were asked not to or were given compensation under the table? If that is the case, and several posters have suggested as such, that is shady.

More people calling to question the actions of the property owners.

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This is what I don't understand.

How in the world could those PROPERTY OWNERS be so negligent in not pressing charges?

Here, property owners are “negligent.”