Student hospitalized after assault at Clarksburg

[Anonymous]

Any Clarksburg parents care to chime in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NO one can provide a link to this? Why is this thread still open?

The Clery Act requires schools to report any incidents that take place on campus, but it only applies to higher ed, not K-12. MCPS has an incentive to cover things up. Universities do too, that's why the Clery Act was passed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NO one can provide a link to this? Why is this thread still open?

The Clery Act requires schools to report any incidents that take place on campus, but it only applies to higher ed, not K-12. MCPS has an incentive to cover things up. Universities do too, that's why the Clery Act was passed.

We need to extend the Clery Act to K-12.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS Admin here - I wish parents understood how much our hands are tied when it comes to suspending students. The kids know we can't really do much. Our directors have to approve every suspension that we make and high suspension numbers reflect poorly on our school system for MSDE.

This might sound terrible, but school should be treated like more of a privilege than a right (FAPE). As an administrator, we're supposed to be instructional leaders. I cannot get into classrooms consistently to provide feedback on instruction because of how extreme student behaviors have become over the past decade.

As another poster mentioned, so many of society's issues are spilling into our school buildings and educators are expected to wear every hat under the sun. Truthfully, we shouldn't have to juggle all of these challenges. We all went to school to teach and that is becoming more and more challenging to do.

Parents don't understand how much of the crazy garbage going on schools is the result of MCPS responses to quiet yet incredibly stupid initiatives handed down from MSDE. Yet MSDE skates away scot-free from any responsibility for their ridiculousness. They set arbitrary numerical targets of what they think is an OK number of suspensions, and arbitrary numerical targets of how many IEP students are allowed to be in LRE-C (<40% of time in gen ed). Probably these come from some faddish university ivory tower bleeding hearts who were last in the classroom in 1993 and wrote some position papers.

And the knock on effect is that MCPS won't suspend students AND won't put them in self-contained classes so they won't get slapped by MSDE. So discipline falls to pieces, the school is full of students fighting and throwing chairs and vaping in the bathrooms with no consequences, parents and teachers think admin is feckless, admin has no time to do their jobs, teachers can't teach, students can't learn, but hey, MSDE got the numbers they wanted!

People should be demanding a lot more accountability and transparency from MSDE so the blame goes up the chain where it belongs. They rule school systems seemingly by fiat and they are useless, rigid wonks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS Admin here - I wish parents understood how much our hands are tied when it comes to suspending students. The kids know we can't really do much. Our directors have to approve every suspension that we make and high suspension numbers reflect poorly on our school system for MSDE.

This might sound terrible, but school should be treated like more of a privilege than a right (FAPE). As an administrator, we're supposed to be instructional leaders. I cannot get into classrooms consistently to provide feedback on instruction because of how extreme student behaviors have become over the past decade.

As another poster mentioned, so many of society's issues are spilling into our school buildings and educators are expected to wear every hat under the sun. Truthfully, we shouldn't have to juggle all of these challenges. We all went to school to teach and that is becoming more and more challenging to do.

Parents don't understand how much of the crazy garbage going on schools is the result of MCPS responses to quiet yet incredibly stupid initiatives handed down from MSDE. Yet MSDE skates away scot-free from any responsibility for their ridiculousness. They set arbitrary numerical targets of what they think is an OK number of suspensions, and arbitrary numerical targets of how many IEP students are allowed to be in LRE-C (<40% of time in gen ed). Probably these come from some faddish university ivory tower bleeding hearts who were last in the classroom in 1993 and wrote some position papers.

And the knock on effect is that MCPS won't suspend students AND won't put them in self-contained classes so they won't get slapped by MSDE. So discipline falls to pieces, the school is full of students fighting and throwing chairs and vaping in the bathrooms with no consequences, parents and teachers think admin is feckless, admin has no time to do their jobs, teachers can't teach, students can't learn, but hey, MSDE got the numbers they wanted!

People should be demanding a lot more accountability and transparency from MSDE so the blame goes up the chain where it belongs. They rule school systems seemingly by fiat and they are useless, rigid wonks.

Did MSDE make MCPS shut down Mark Twain?

[Anonymous]

They’re not doing right by the troubled kids either. A friend’s younger brother had to go to what I’ll call a reform school way back in the day (youngest of 8, the dad died).

He was wild and out of control. But at this school (probably like Mark Twain), he received intensive therapy and teachers looked out for him. Ended up going to NYU on full scholarship and is highly successful today with a family and a great job.

There has to be a better way than just ignoring the problem for the sake of data or a bad look.

[Anonymous]

The normal high school environment with all its drama and cliques etc is just an accelerant for a troubled kid.

[Anonymous]

Face injury from a fight. No weapons and they waited a while to call police/ambulance.
It’s still not ok but fights like this have been happening forever

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NO one can provide a link to this? Why is this thread still open?

I'm sorry you don't have the google.

https://gprivate.com/search/index.html?q=#gsc.q=Clarksburg+highschool+attack

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NO one can provide a link to this? Why is this thread still open?

I'm sorry you don't have the google.

https://gprivate.com/search/index.html?q=#gsc.q=Clarksburg+highschool+attack

That link shows no news reports of the event, just repeating the same rumor OP posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Face injury from a fight. No weapons and they waited a while to call police/ambulance.
It’s still not ok but fights like this have been happening forever

Ambulance? The kids has to pay $2500 for non emergency transport?Were the parents notified first?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Face injury from a fight. No weapons and they waited a while to call police/ambulance.
It’s still not ok but fights like this have been happening forever

Odds on the thug getting expelled?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Face injury from a fight. No weapons and they waited a while to call police/ambulance.
It’s still not ok but fights like this have been happening forever

Ambulance? The kids has to pay $2500 for non emergency transport?Were the parents notified first?

Umm no
You need to know the law
Insurance picks up the bill for an emergency transport. If no insurance there is no bill.
Non emergency transport is for when you are taken from one hospital to another, or a hospital to a rehab place, stuff like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Face injury from a fight. No weapons and they waited a while to call police/ambulance.
It’s still not ok but fights like this have been happening forever

Ambulance? The kids has to pay $2500 for non emergency transport?Were the parents notified first?

Umm no
You need to know the law
Insurance picks up the bill for an emergency transport. If no insurance there is no bill.
Non emergency transport is for when you are taken from one hospital to another, or a hospital to a rehab place, stuff like that.

You have to pay for the ambulance unless you are admitted to the hospital. That’s if you have insurance. Obviously if you don’t have insurance there is no bill like pp said and this also doesn’t apply to medicaid. But if you have private insurance you will need to pay for the ambulance unless you are admitted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Face injury from a fight. No weapons and they waited a while to call police/ambulance.
It’s still not ok but fights like this have been happening forever

Ambulance? The kids has to pay $2500 for non emergency transport?Were the parents notified first?

Umm no
You need to know the law
Insurance picks up the bill for an emergency transport. If no insurance there is no bill.
Non emergency transport is for when you are taken from one hospital to another, or a hospital to a rehab place, stuff like that.

You have to pay for the ambulance unless you are admitted to the hospital. That’s if you have insurance. Obviously if you don’t have insurance there is no bill like pp said and this also doesn’t apply to medicaid. But if you have private insurance you will need to pay for the ambulance unless you are admitted.

your comment contradicts itself. In moco You the person do not have to pay for an ambulance thats called thru 911 or in this type of situation. If you have insurance they get billed. If not, the county eats the cost.