More Out of Control Behavior from ACHS students at Bradlee Shopping

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Anonymous wrote:How much truth is there to the rumor that ACHS students have an hour and a half to goof off unsupervised everyday at lunch time. If this is true there is no wonder there is so much violence with 4,000+ students!

Titan Lunch was not re-established for the new year and about a thousand students protested earlier this week because of it.

Yeah. They left and sat in the bleachers for a while. I’m not sure what impact that will make. Central office will do what it’s gonna do, regardless.

Is Titan Lunch the same as the open campus lunch back in the olden days at the old TC campus. The old TC had a very small cafeteria which is why students were allowed to eat off campus.

No. Its an extended lunch period (on campus) in which students can go for extra help and participate in club activities. Its not a bad idea in and of itself—eg, it opens open clubs to kids who have after-school jobs and allows kids who are challenging themselves in difficult classes extra time to consult with teachers—but, as with all things, the size of the school makes it more difficult than it needs to be. What it seems like is that central office is being ultra conservative about it bc of all of the violence last year. So the majority of kids who behave and benefit are being penalized because of the actions of some students. Unfortunate.

If ACHS is already too large to control, maybe the facilities planners should just make the new Minnie Howard a junior high school (grades 7-9). And revert either GW or Hammond back to a senior high school (grades 10-12). Then the city would have two high schools and two junior high schools. (With the new housing developments at Landmark, the city's population will surely increase further.)

the city is never going to build another high school because it allows politics to influence their decisions and its leadership has taken the position that anything more than 1 high school is racist and they're willing to die on this hill, even if students have died because of it.

That's the irony. The students most harmed by one HS are students of color.

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And recall that the people of color on the school board at the time were the ones that voted for a second high school. It was the white people who voted against it under the guise of anti-racist unity. SMH

SMH at your lack of knowledge. Black Superintendent Hutchings advocated for one high school. Black school board member Jacinta Greene voted for one high school. Hispanic (are they still people of color in your world?) school board member Chris Suarez voted for one high school. 2 of the 3 dissenters were black. But by my private school math, that's three People of Color voting to keep one high school and two people of color voting for more than one high school. Which public school did you go to?

https://thezebra.org/2019/09/27/alexandria-city-school-board-votes-for-one-connected-high-school/

I do recall Heather Thornton and Meagan Alderton speaking at length about their dissent votes.

I’m Latina but did not realize Chris Suarez’s identified as POC.

The Superintendent is not a member of the elected school board and does not vote. The fact is, the majority of the six people who voted for one high school were white.

Boom. Served.

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at a townhouse in Fairlington near Bradley shopping center and decided not to buy it because it was too close to Bradlee for comfort.

A+ trolling

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Really sad. Anyone know if ACHS students were involved in this most recent shooting incident among teens?

https://www.alxnow.com/2023/01/29/juvenile-shot-to-death-in-west-end-hotel-friday-night/?fbclid=IwAR1ilAllIamKzFZrf8RjQslHWD1YsbHK8xry6lrcAyLOv_uTrzuY-AGUkjE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at a townhouse in Fairlington near Bradley shopping center and decided not to buy it because it was too close to Bradlee for comfort.

Smart move. I avoid it completely. Feel sorry for the stores but not sorry enough to go back when nothing is being done.

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at a townhouse in Fairlington near Bradley shopping center and decided not to buy it because it was too close to Bradlee for comfort.

Smart move. I avoid it completely. Feel sorry for the stores but not sorry enough to go back when nothing is being done.

I do not go to Bradlee just after school hours or on a school day when the students leave early after testing. I have been to Bradlee in the evenings, weekends, and mornings with no problem. Yes, there is a safety issue at ACHS and close by after school but I don’t think it makes Bradlee or Fairlington (or Seminary hill) generally unsafe (or at least more unsafe than the DMV suburbs generally)

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Anonymous wrote:Really sad. Anyone know if ACHS students were involved in this most recent shooting incident among teens?

https://www.alxnow.com/2023/01/29/juvenile-shot-to-death-in-west-end-hotel-friday-night/?fbclid=IwAR1ilAllIamKzFZrf8RjQslHWD1YsbHK8xry6lrcAyLOv_uTrzuY-AGUkjE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Arlington teens. They didn't even go to ACHS. This is the hotel by the shopping center with the CVS and Aldi with the medical office building in the outparcel, across from Hammond and 395.

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at a townhouse in Fairlington near Bradley shopping center and decided not to buy it because it was too close to Bradlee for comfort.

Smart move. I avoid it completely. Feel sorry for the stores but not sorry enough to go back when nothing is being done.

There are townhouse right next to Bradlee and those are in ACPS -if you cross the street to Fairlington proper than you are in APS - except for a sliver that is actually City of Alexandria

I am at Bradlee all the time as we live close by. I am not there during after school hours and yes I would avoid it as probably other shoppers do. Besides that time period, I have never had any concerns when visiting there unless you count the crappy parking situation near the Starbucks. I was there on Saturday for example at 10 AM and almost the entire Bradlee lot was filled so I think the stores are just fine. s

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Bradlee Shopping center is now called Stablee shopping center.

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I was once there during lunch with my smaller kids (I live in fairlington). I can see how it gets out of control quickly.

We were seated in a booth by the window and in less than a minute there were about 65 high schoolers flooding the restaurant.

First, I am a POC. Second, I grew up in not a great area of Philly so I’m not easily frightened and I’ve seen my fair share of stuff. But if a fight had broken out we couldn’t have gotten out of the restaurant. There were also several older retired folks there having coffee who were much more rattled than me.

It gets loud and borders on out of control quickly. I don’t see how you make it better without some sort of security presence, but even that could really end poorly for the students.

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Anonymous wrote:I was once there during lunch with my smaller kids (I live in fairlington). I can see how it gets out of control quickly.

We were seated in a booth by the window and in less than a minute there were about 65 high schoolers flooding the restaurant.

First, I am a POC. Second, I grew up in not a great area of Philly so I’m not easily frightened and I’ve seen my fair share of stuff. But if a fight had broken out we couldn’t have gotten out of the restaurant. There were also several older retired folks there having coffee who were much more rattled than me.

It gets loud and borders on out of control quickly. I don’t see how you make it better without some sort of security presence, but even that could really end poorly for the students.

Every restaurant has a back door. Use it to keep you and your kids safe.

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I'm very confused about how the ACHS open/closed campus works.

I was driving by Bradlee this morning at 10:30am. About 20 students were congregated at the bus stop in front of McDonalds. Students were walking on West Braddock as well.

Is it a closed campus? Can ACHS students got back and forth to the rapey Minnie Howard and vice versa?

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Anonymous wrote:I was once there during lunch with my smaller kids (I live in fairlington). I can see how it gets out of control quickly.

We were seated in a booth by the window and in less than a minute there were about 65 high schoolers flooding the restaurant.

First, I am a POC. Second, I grew up in not a great area of Philly so I’m not easily frightened and I’ve seen my fair share of stuff. But if a fight had broken out we couldn’t have gotten out of the restaurant. There were also several older retired folks there having coffee who were much more rattled than me.

It gets loud and borders on out of control quickly. I don’t see how you make it better without some sort of security presence, but even that could really end poorly for the students.

Every restaurant has a back door. Use it to keep you and your kids safe.

The way this McDonald’s is set up is there are two side doors. This one is kind of a weird set up and has a more “modern” seating arrangement which actually makes the flow cramped.

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Anonymous wrote:I was once there during lunch with my smaller kids (I live in fairlington). I can see how it gets out of control quickly.

We were seated in a booth by the window and in less than a minute there were about 65 high schoolers flooding the restaurant.

First, I am a POC. Second, I grew up in not a great area of Philly so I’m not easily frightened and I’ve seen my fair share of stuff. But if a fight had broken out we couldn’t have gotten out of the restaurant. There were also several older retired folks there having coffee who were much more rattled than me.

It gets loud and borders on out of control quickly. I don’t see how you make it better without some sort of security presence, but even that could really end poorly for the students.

Every restaurant has a back door. Use it to keep you and your kids safe.

The way this McDonald’s is set up is there are two side doors. This one is kind of a weird set up and has a more “modern” seating arrangement which actually makes the flow cramped.

I know the layout. I also know that there is a back door out the kitchen where deliveries come in. Don't limit yourself when it comes to your safety.

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Anonymous wrote:I was once there during lunch with my smaller kids (I live in fairlington). I can see how it gets out of control quickly.

We were seated in a booth by the window and in less than a minute there were about 65 high schoolers flooding the restaurant.

First, I am a POC. Second, I grew up in not a great area of Philly so I’m not easily frightened and I’ve seen my fair share of stuff. But if a fight had broken out we couldn’t have gotten out of the restaurant. There were also several older retired folks there having coffee who were much more rattled than me.

It gets loud and borders on out of control quickly. I don’t see how you make it better without some sort of security presence, but even that could really end poorly for the students.

Every restaurant has a back door. Use it to keep you and your kids safe.

The way this McDonald’s is set up is there are two side doors. This one is kind of a weird set up and has a more “modern” seating arrangement which actually makes the flow cramped.

I know the layout. I also know that there is a back door out the kitchen where deliveries come in. Don't limit yourself when it comes to your safety.

ok you win. For the most stupid idea ever.
The person mentioned sitting in a booth. The booths border the restaurant and the middle is an open arrangement. That’s where the kids congregate - in the middle. A fight starts there and you are in a booth in the middle of the back wall between and you aren’t getting out . Not to the close by side doors . Not to the far away kitchen exit.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was once there during lunch with my smaller kids (I live in fairlington). I can see how it gets out of control quickly.

We were seated in a booth by the window and in less than a minute there were about 65 high schoolers flooding the restaurant.

First, I am a POC. Second, I grew up in not a great area of Philly so I’m not easily frightened and I’ve seen my fair share of stuff. But if a fight had broken out we couldn’t have gotten out of the restaurant. There were also several older retired folks there having coffee who were much more rattled than me.

It gets loud and borders on out of control quickly. I don’t see how you make it better without some sort of security presence, but even that could really end poorly for the students.

Every restaurant has a back door. Use it to keep you and your kids safe.

The way this McDonald’s is set up is there are two side doors. This one is kind of a weird set up and has a more “modern” seating arrangement which actually makes the flow cramped.

I know the layout. I also know that there is a back door out the kitchen where deliveries come in. Don't limit yourself when it comes to your safety.

NP here. Are you supposed to climb over a mob of teenagers to get to the back door? You're being purposefully difficult, because why? The teens are likely blocking the people in the booth. How are you supposed to get to the entrance near the drive through, the entrance near the door or the back kitchen delivery door if you can't even get out of the dining area or your booth. I live near there and am at Bradlee all the time. I know exactly the layout. Like you just think someone can get out of the booth, climb over the teens, jump over the counter and race out the back, so super easy? FFS.

Also is anyone going to get rid of the homeless man who drinks all day and now is harassing people (including teen girls)?