Quince Orchard Public Library = Daytime Student Lounge?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has happened before in other areas of the county. I’m not going to say where as to not out the situation but schools do not ways know where your kids are and they do not care. I’ve seen high school kids terrorize shopping centers and steal and no one does anything. They leave drug paraphernalia and even sell drugs out in these areas they find to hang out in where no one can tell them to leave. It will get worse as the weather gets warmer. I have no advice; just recognize no one in “power” will do anything. Maybe call the local city council rep but they will be back again.

This was clearly the case when that robbery occurred at RM. The victims were students from Gaithersburg HS who simply walked out of GHS during the school day and took the bus to RMHS. They were supposed to be in school, in class, at GHS.

Nobody knew they were gone or if they knew, nobody cared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have half days and at lunch many do go out, especially to the Starbucks, I've never had an issue with them. They're kids. I'm sure one or so did smell like weed, doesn't mean they were all doing it or actually vaping in the library. Admin can't do anything and neither can librarians, you just have to hope parents are on top of their own students' attendance and habits. It's not the county's job to raise them.

Agree that parents need to be on top of their students’ habits. But some parents simply can’t or won’t do that. What do we do for those kids? Just let them smoke weed and flunk out of school?

[Anonymous]

The police were called last year when a student fight broke out at the QO library during lunchtime. Police were then present for a few weeks after this.
It’s mostly just annoying when they take up all the seating (which is already limited) in the children’s section, and are just chatting (not always the most child-appropriate topics or words).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have half days and at lunch many do go out, especially to the Starbucks, I've never had an issue with them. They're kids. I'm sure one or so did smell like weed, doesn't mean they were all doing it or actually vaping in the library. Admin can't do anything and neither can librarians, you just have to hope parents are on top of their own students' attendance and habits. It's not the county's job to raise them.

Quince Orchard has a closed lunch. They're not supposed to be off campus for lunch.

QO allows Juniors and Seniors off campus for lunch. Also some seniors have an abbreviated schedule so could be done with classes before last period. The library seems a very appropriate place for students to be if done with class for the day —abbreviated schedule- and waiting until the busses at dismissal. And… heaven forbid… some students stay longer to hang out and even do homework at the library.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has happened before in other areas of the county. I’m not going to say where as to not out the situation but schools do not ways know where your kids are and they do not care. I’ve seen high school kids terrorize shopping centers and steal and no one does anything. They leave drug paraphernalia and even sell drugs out in these areas they find to hang out in where no one can tell them to leave. It will get worse as the weather gets warmer. I have no advice; just recognize no one in “power” will do anything. Maybe call the local city council rep but they will be back again.

This is true. I’ve seen it at the Montgomery Mall. It’s horrible and the salespeople feel helpless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have half days and at lunch many do go out, especially to the Starbucks, I've never had an issue with them. They're kids. I'm sure one or so did smell like weed, doesn't mean they were all doing it or actually vaping in the library. Admin can't do anything and neither can librarians, you just have to hope parents are on top of their own students' attendance and habits. It's not the county's job to raise them.

Quince Orchard has a closed lunch. They're not supposed to be off campus for lunch.

When was that implemented? When I went we had open lunch, which was convenient because there's many walkable places to eat. If closed lunch is not enforced I am not surprised kids would just walk out to eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have half days and at lunch many do go out, especially to the Starbucks, I've never had an issue with them. They're kids. I'm sure one or so did smell like weed, doesn't mean they were all doing it or actually vaping in the library. Admin can't do anything and neither can librarians, you just have to hope parents are on top of their own students' attendance and habits. It's not the county's job to raise them.

Quince Orchard has a closed lunch. They're not supposed to be off campus for lunch.

When was that implemented? When I went we had open lunch, which was convenient because there's many walkable places to eat. If closed lunch is not enforced I am not surprised kids would just walk out to eat.

The poster about closed lunch is simply wrong. Juniors and Seniors have open lunch.

[Anonymous]

The libraries filled most school days with HS kids. Some kids are legit studying others play video games. What bothers me are the kids screaming obscenities and fighting. The
Librarians look terrified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has happened before in other areas of the county. I’m not going to say where as to not out the situation but schools do not ways know where your kids are and they do not care. I’ve seen high school kids terrorize shopping centers and steal and no one does anything. They leave drug paraphernalia and even sell drugs out in these areas they find to hang out in where no one can tell them to leave. It will get worse as the weather gets warmer. I have no advice; just recognize no one in “power” will do anything. Maybe call the local city council rep but they will be back again.

This is true. I’ve seen it at the Montgomery Mall. It’s horrible and the salespeople feel helpless.

Same. Our local Safeway had fights break out after school and the shoplifting is horrible. It’s annoying for other customers and terrible for the workers who have to clean up.

The shoplifting is out of control. The kids just walk out of the Safeway and the CVS taking what they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IF they are smoking pot inside the library then the police needs to be called. Get the kids out of the library and back to school.

Just stop. Let’s the librarians do their job. Don’t call the police. Just tell staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Call the superintendent to come get them.

LOL!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have half days and at lunch many do go out, especially to the Starbucks, I've never had an issue with them. They're kids. I'm sure one or so did smell like weed, doesn't mean they were all doing it or actually vaping in the library. Admin can't do anything and neither can librarians, you just have to hope parents are on top of their own students' attendance and habits. It's not the county's job to raise them.

Quince Orchard has a closed lunch. They're not supposed to be off campus for lunch.

QO allows Juniors and Seniors off campus for lunch. Also some seniors have an abbreviated schedule so could be done with classes before last period. The library seems a very appropriate place for students to be if done with class for the day —abbreviated schedule- and waiting until the busses at dismissal. And… heaven forbid… some students stay longer to hang out and even do homework at the library.

Nobody is complaining about kids doing homework at the library.

The issue is the kids who hang out and vape/smoke, fight, leave their garbage everywhere and are yelling obscenities. There are some kids who are definitely being disruptive. Staff is powerless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you check IDs to be sure they were QO kids?

I saw them walking over.

Get a life! Mind your business. Better they’re at the library than the mall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IF they are smoking pot inside the library then the police needs to be called. Get the kids out of the library and back to school.

Just stop. Let’s the librarians do their job. Don’t call the police. Just tell staff.

No way. The poor librarians should not have to handle confrontations with aggressive teens that could be twice their size. Not their job and they are not trained to physically remove patrons from the premises. My neighbor is a librarian and she is 5 foot tall on a good day. I don’t expect her to clear out the library of drug using teens.

Agree that it makes more sense to call the police. Better if a patron does it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you check IDs to be sure they were QO kids?

I saw them walking over.

Get a life! Mind your business. Better they’re at the library than the mall.

Why is it better if they are at the library disrupting people who actually do want to study or get work done?

Get a life! Let them hang out at your house.