Glasgow Middle School NOTHING FOR 8 TH GRADUATION

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: WE DID NOTHING. WHY DIDN'T OUR SCHOOL DO ANYTHING FOR OUR 8TH GRADERS THAT ARE GRADUTING FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL?

SOME KIDS WILL NEVER EVER GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

WHY DIDN'T THEY DO ANYTHING?

I AM LEAVING FCPS. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK

They aren't graduating. That's why

[Anonymous]

I'm starting to think that this thread is sock-puppeted by teenage OP who just wants to write in all caps everywhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:THERES ONLY ONE SRO AND HES OVERWORKED. GLASGOW IS AN SCARY PLACE WITH UNRULY STUDENTS SO NO WAY IS THERE ENOIGH SECURITY TO SAFELY HOST ANY HUGE EVENT THERE

Stop shouting at us.

IM COPYING OP

GLASGOW IS LOUD AND CHAOTIC ON A NORMAL DAY WITH EVERYONE SHOUTING AND FIGHTS IN THE HALL ALSO THE RADIOS SQUAWKING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS MAKE TOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ON A PRISON

I USED TO WORK THERE AND HATED IT

bet you will call two kids wresting a fight. MY kid got in trouble with his best friend for FIGHTING, they were not fighting they were playing wresting but whatever.

Nope and I’m PP former staff member, seasoned parent, taught in 7 states.

I meant what I said. Fights on the school bus. In the health room. In the hallway. Acts of vandalism during class changes. Students screeching at the SRO. Not enough security staff. Violent outbursts and students assaulting teachers.

I quit when I realized I wasn’t safe there.

[Anonymous]

I’m not sure what you expected. The 8th graders were celebrated. Glasgow had an 8th grade dance and an awards ceremony. The dance was open to all 8th grade students and parents had the opportunity to be involved. Parents were only invited to the awards ceremony if the students received an award.

No 8th grade class that I’m aware of in FCPS has a graduation ceremony.

And to the folks disparaging Glasgow that it’s too rough to celebrate their students, do a Google search. They weren’t forsaken. Your poor students are too rough to deserve nice things perspective is really not nice.

[Anonymous]

Why would any school hold an 8th grade graduation? It’s not graduation, it’s a normal grade promotion. Unless the kids are in a split feeder situation or a private school that ends after 8th grade, where classmates will be attending different high schools, there’s no need to do anything.

[Anonymous]

Glasgow parents have been asking FCPS for years (tempted to use upper case but won’t) to downsize the school, and Ricardy Anderson has raised this repeated on their behalf. Nearby Holmes and Poe are much smaller and have capacity.

They get ignored and told it can be addressed as part of the county-wide review. Thru them proposed changes that would add more kids to Glasgow, not reduce the enrollment. I can understand why people there are losing their minds. 1700 kids at a middle school is too many, no matter how big the building is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure what you expected. The 8th graders were celebrated. Glasgow had an 8th grade dance and an awards ceremony. The dance was open to all 8th grade students and parents had the opportunity to be involved. Parents were only invited to the awards ceremony if the students received an award.

No 8th grade class that I’m aware of in FCPS has a graduation ceremony.

And to the folks disparaging Glasgow that it’s too rough to celebrate their students, do a Google search. They weren’t forsaken. Your poor students are too rough to deserve nice things perspective is really not nice.

Care to comment, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is usually planned by the PTA. WHY DIDNT YOU JOIN THE PTA AND PLAN SOMETHING?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure what you expected. The 8th graders were celebrated. Glasgow had an 8th grade dance and an awards ceremony. The dance was open to all 8th grade students and parents had the opportunity to be involved. Parents were only invited to the awards ceremony if the students received an award.

No 8th grade class that I’m aware of in FCPS has a graduation ceremony.

And to the folks disparaging Glasgow that it’s too rough to celebrate their students, do a Google search. They weren’t forsaken. Your poor students are too rough to deserve nice things perspective is really not nice.

My eight grader in fcps had a promotion ceremony- the broke it up over two days (four sessions total). Now I really appreciate our admins given that other schools did not. I can tell it required a lot of work and coordination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Glasgow parents have been asking FCPS for years (tempted to use upper case but won’t) to downsize the school, and Ricardy Anderson has raised this repeated on their behalf. Nearby Holmes and Poe are much smaller and have capacity.

They get ignored and told it can be addressed as part of the county-wide review. Thru them proposed changes that would add more kids to Glasgow, not reduce the enrollment. I can understand why people there are losing their minds. 1700 kids at a middle school is too many, no matter how big the building is.

Maybe they should convert the nearby Willston School building into ann additional intermediate/middle school. Either a 7-8th grade school or a 6-8th grade school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not sure what you expected. The 8th graders were celebrated. Glasgow had an 8th grade dance and an awards ceremony. The dance was open to all 8th grade students and parents had the opportunity to be involved. Parents were only invited to the awards ceremony if the students received an award.

No 8th grade class that I’m aware of in FCPS has a graduation ceremony.

And to the folks disparaging Glasgow that it’s too rough to celebrate their students, do a Google search. They weren’t forsaken. Your poor students are too rough to deserve nice things perspective is really not nice.

My eight grader in fcps had a promotion ceremony- the broke it up over two days (four sessions total). Now I really appreciate our admins given that other schools did not. I can tell it required a lot of work and coordination.

I would guess that the only way to hold a promotion ceremony would be to do it by team, at least at Carson they call the groups of kids teams. There simply isn't space in the building to do something for the entire school. The gym was packed for the NJHS society program for the 7th graders and that is about 1/4 of the school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is usually planned by the PTA. WHY DIDNT YOU JOIN THE PTA AND PLAN SOMETHING?

I am a dad and I work

Excuse me? You think that having a job and a Y chromosome excuses you from school involvement? And then you have the unmitigated gall to come on here and yell your head off that your kid wasn't adequately feted by the school???

My kids' elementary, middle and high school PTAs all had/have fathers and mothers who worked. In fact, two out of the three had WORKING FATHERS as PTA Presidents!

Don't you dare complain if you were not involved. What a poor excuse for a parent you are. All entitlement and no community engagement. I hope your kids don't take after you.

Different poster, but also a working dad:

- screw your misandrist views, PP. seriously.

First you rudely tell the OP to join the PTA. When he explained, you rudely attached him AGAIN (probably because you hate all men).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is usually planned by the PTA. WHY DIDNT YOU JOIN THE PTA AND PLAN SOMETHING?

I am a dad and I work

Excuse me? You think that having a job and a Y chromosome excuses you from school involvement? And then you have the unmitigated gall to come on here and yell your head off that your kid wasn't adequately feted by the school???

My kids' elementary, middle and high school PTAs all had/have fathers and mothers who worked. In fact, two out of the three had WORKING FATHERS as PTA Presidents!

Don't you dare complain if you were not involved. What a poor excuse for a parent you are. All entitlement and no community engagement. I hope your kids don't take after you.

Different poster, but also a working dad:

- screw your misandrist views, PP. seriously.

First you rudely tell the OP to join the PTA. When he explained, you rudely attached him AGAIN (probably because you hate all men).

And for your information, my wife tried to get involved in our PTA; know when they scheduled PTA meetings? 10:30AM.

Fine. She took annual leave for one, and guess who showed up: 100% stay-at-home-mommies. Not a single person there had a paid job. Not one man was there.

Go back to your Feminism 101 class, and take your unrealistic expectations with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:THERES ONLY ONE SRO AND HES OVERWORKED. GLASGOW IS AN SCARY PLACE WITH UNRULY STUDENTS SO NO WAY IS THERE ENOIGH SECURITY TO SAFELY HOST ANY HUGE EVENT THERE

Stop shouting at us.

IM COPYING OP

GLASGOW IS LOUD AND CHAOTIC ON A NORMAL DAY WITH EVERYONE SHOUTING AND FIGHTS IN THE HALL ALSO THE RADIOS SQUAWKING AND ANNOUNCEMENTS MAKE TOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE ON A PRISON

I USED TO WORK THERE AND HATED IT

West Potomac has problems too.

Agree. It seems like there are persistent problems with violence, drugs, and vandalism at both Glasgow and West Potomac.

Why isn’t the school board / Superintendent Reid doing anything about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is usually planned by the PTA. WHY DIDNT YOU JOIN THE PTA AND PLAN SOMETHING?

I am a dad and I work

Excuse me? You think that having a job and a Y chromosome excuses you from school involvement? And then you have the unmitigated gall to come on here and yell your head off that your kid wasn't adequately feted by the school???

My kids' elementary, middle and high school PTAs all had/have fathers and mothers who worked. In fact, two out of the three had WORKING FATHERS as PTA Presidents!

Don't you dare complain if you were not involved. What a poor excuse for a parent you are. All entitlement and no community engagement. I hope your kids don't take after you.

Different poster, but also a working dad:

- screw your misandrist views, PP. seriously.

First you rudely tell the OP to join the PTA. When he explained, you rudely attached him AGAIN (probably because you hate all men).

And for your information, my wife tried to get involved in our PTA; know when they scheduled PTA meetings? 10:30AM.

Fine. She took annual leave for one, and guess who showed up: 100% stay-at-home-mommies. Not a single person there had a paid job. Not one man was there.

Go back to your Feminism 101 class, and take your unrealistic expectations with you.

Were the 10:30 am PTA meetings at Glasgow? If they were at a different school, your wife’s experience is irrelevant.

OP didn’t say he was a working dad; he listed being a dad AND working as reasons he couldn’t join the PTA. Being a dad doesn’t preclude him from membership or involvement. Being employed doesn’t preclude most people. Most PTAs are made up of working parents — which is most parents.