DCPS will no longer let students bring open beverages into building

[Anonymous]

They already have this policy at Banneker HS.

[Anonymous]

These high schools need to come up with a better, more effective way to deal with what I'm sure if a minor alcohol problem. Don't punish an entire student body to stop a few bad eggs. Here's an idea, identify the bad eggs who bring alcohol onto school property and go straight to expulsion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This isn't in anticipation of a possible problem, it's in response to a real one (kids bringing in alcohol).

Support the school and don't keep alcohol in an unlocked cabinet in your home.

Why don't the schools expel the repeat offenders, instead of trying to enforce this new non-sensical policy on everyone else?

Probably some of the posters on this board who work with federal agencies and and are responsible for federal regs can tell you why it's often problematic when school administrators try to discipline those offenders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These high schools need to come up with a better, more effective way to deal with what I'm sure if a minor alcohol problem. Don't punish an entire student body to stop a few bad eggs. Here's an idea, identify the bad eggs who bring alcohol onto school property and go straight to expulsion.

nope...not allowed

[Anonymous]

This is DC, we don't believe in taking an anti-crime stance.

It's racist!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On the one hand, I get the outrage. On the other hand...just send your kid with a sealed bottle of water.

yeah, it's slightly wasteful. But it is recycled. And everything we do is slightly wasteful.

Not just wasteful, it's also expensive!!

Not really. You can get a case of 24 bottles of water @ Safeway for $3.99. You can get a year's worth for about $20.

Maybe for one person that drinks 32 oz a day. I drink about 100oz per day on active days which is almost every day (6-8 of those water bottles). My family of 5 would go through that 24 Safeway pack in one day so the cost would be closer to $1400 per year. It's so wasteful and expensive. And yes there is energy and expense that goes into recycling.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:https://twitter.com/dcpublicschools/status/778598381631442944

DCPS does not have a policy prohibiting students from bringing water bottles to school. We want students to stay hydrated during the day.

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This tweet does nothing to address the question at hand. Are unsealed and reusable water bottles allowed?

[Anonymous]

This has nothing to do with alcohol, a student brought bleach into the school and threw it on a girls face. The whole situation is completely true, students had to empty reusable water bottle before school and only sealed bottles were allowed in

[Anonymous]

I think the lot of you need to be more educated about these topics before you go on for three pages about something that's just completely untrue

[jsteele]

This just came from Wilson:

Per the directive from Chief John Davis below, unsealed containers containing liquids may no longer be brought into Wilson HS.

This includes hot beverages, smoothies, previously opened water/juice/soda bottles, and reusable containers of any type (Camelbak, Thermos, Contigo, etc.) EMPTY containers may be brought into the school.

All persons are expected to finish their open beverages before entering the building.

PLEASE SEE THE DIRECTIVE BELOW FROM CHIEF DAVIS, DATED 9/20

Policy on Open Containers in Schools
Due to recent security-related incidents involving students involving alcohol and bleach. DCPS's Office of School Security is recommending restricting the students, staff and visitors from bringing open containers into schools. This includes any open containers with liquids. Unopened containers of water, sports drinks and lawful beverages and liquids are allowed as long as the containers are unopened prior to entering the school. This policy should be effective immediately in middle and high schools.
(From Chief John Davis on 9/20/2016)

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I think the lot of you need to be more educated about these topics before you go on for three pages about something that's just completely untrue

You hit "submit" just a second too soon

[Anonymous]

Yet another DCPS asinine policy that attempts to solve one problem by creating more. What a horrible system!

[Anonymous]

I hope DCPS will now be providing unlimited bottled water to students.

[Anonymous]

Water fountains people. People survived without water bottles for generations.

WTH bleach? Alcohol? Can we have a little more outrage about that.

[Anonymous]

What does DCPS propose that Wilson do with the 2,000 disposable bottles that will now be trashed at school every day? (Few will be recycled.)

FYI: no, 2,000 students can't all fill up reusable water bottles every morning upon arriving at Wilson. The flow at the handful of water fountains doesn't rise high enough to fill a bottle (I tried at back-to-school night), and the bathroom sinks are all marked "do not drink" because the water is unfiltered and a possible lead hazard. Plus, the hallways are so crowded that students can't stop to open their lockers between classes, let alone stand in line at a water fountain.

WHAT ENORMOUS PROBLEM IS THIS DRASTIC PLAN ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE? The problem--present at every high school in America--of a small handful of miscreants smuggling vodka in to school once a year?

Has our interim chancellor ever visited Wilson during the school day?