Bathrooms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is Northwood is a lot smaller than Woodward has capacity for, so it makes sense to me to close “unneeded” space.

Bathrooms = unneeded

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is Northwood is a lot smaller than Woodward has capacity for, so it makes sense to me to close “unneeded” space.

Bathrooms = unneeded

DP. No, just that they may not need every bathroom in the building for the smaller population currently occupying it.

[Anonymous]

What surprises me the most is how calm and accepting upper-middle class, white families have been in the face of this practice and failed state of basic security and rights when it comes to their kids.

[Anonymous]

Thank you—and to the “unneeded” poster—are you simple?

If you have 75% of the students the school has room for, you only need 75% of the bathrooms/classrooms. So make life easier for the teachers/security assistants (whose ratio matches the number of students not the number of classrooms) and close off excess space, which makes everyone safer.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is Northwood is a lot smaller than Woodward has capacity for, so it makes sense to me to close “unneeded” space.

Bathrooms = unneeded

DP. No, just that they may not need every bathroom in the building for the smaller population currently occupying it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What surprises me the most is how calm and accepting upper-middle class, white families have been in the face of this practice and failed state of basic security and rights when it comes to their kids.

They arent. They are pulling hairs, writing, shouting at apathetic "leaders". wonder if those "leaders" have kids in mcps middle and high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What surprises me the most is how calm and accepting upper-middle class, white families have been in the face of this practice and failed state of basic security and rights when it comes to their kids.

What do you propose be done with the current budget shortfall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is currently a junior at Northwood High School. He is saying that very few bathrooms are ever open at the school, and the ones that are open, are often crowded with students vaping, gambling, etc. He once heard a story about a student who had a trash can thrown at them while they were in a stall. This doesn’t sound like a safe environment. Almost all the bathrooms are closed during lunch. He has other friends (boys and girls) who have the same problem. When will this change?

Update: the doors at the entrance to student bathrooms were removed today at Northwood/Woodward. Wonder if they caught wind of our thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is currently a junior at Northwood High School. He is saying that very few bathrooms are ever open at the school, and the ones that are open, are often crowded with students vaping, gambling, etc. He once heard a story about a student who had a trash can thrown at them while they were in a stall. This doesn’t sound like a safe environment. Almost all the bathrooms are closed during lunch. He has other friends (boys and girls) who have the same problem. When will this change?

Update: the doors at the entrance to student bathrooms were removed today at Northwood/Woodward. Wonder if they caught wind of our thread?

Are you new around here?
So a brand new school's front bathroom doors are removed? Already in the first year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My understanding is Northwood is a lot smaller than Woodward has capacity for, so it makes sense to me to close “unneeded” space.

There is zero excuse for closing bathrooms. Our school has had locked bathrooms for a few years. They need to have at least a dozen, if not more security guards at every MS and HS.

[Anonymous]

If they knew bathrooms are a problem, wasn't there any way for them to design the school bathrooms differently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What surprises me the most is how calm and accepting upper-middle class, white families have been in the face of this practice and failed state of basic security and rights when it comes to their kids.

I gave up after they did nothing after Magruder. And I don't mean the staff. The security team is top notch. But real change had to come from the top. And it never did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What surprises me the most is how calm and accepting upper-middle class, white families have been in the face of this practice and failed state of basic security and rights when it comes to their kids.

I gave up after they did nothing after Magruder. And I don't mean the staff. The security team is top notch. But real change had to come from the top. And it never did.

Just more word salad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What surprises me the most is how calm and accepting upper-middle class, white families have been in the face of this practice and failed state of basic security and rights when it comes to their kids.

I gave up after they did nothing after Magruder. And I don't mean the staff. The security team is top notch. But real change had to come from the top. And it never did.

MCPS is allergic to outcomes and accountability.

[Anonymous]

This is a major issue with both of the candidates running for Student Member of the Board.

I don't think it as easy as just keeping the bathrooms unlocked. We really need to address the vaping, fights, assaults and vandalism that happens in the bathrooms. Do we just ignore those things? My daughter won't use some bathrooms because of these things happening. And even if bathrooms are open, some students will just sit in stalls to skip, so they aren't available any way.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps if there were any real consequences for all the “bad” things that happened in the bathrooms they would be used only for what they were intended for.