Safety in schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What has having the retired Chief in MCPS done if anything?

Absolutely nothing. He’s an impotent figurehead.

And there goes more $????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Retired police chief now with mcps: "early stages of looking into weapons detection machines" ok, what type of timeline is that?" This school year, in another year, or like the purple line timeline?

So....
Mr.Jones had said mcps is in early stages of looking into weapons detection machines?
So, Mr.Jones, what stage is it in now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Retired police chief now with mcps: "early stages of looking into weapons detection machines" ok, what type of timeline is that?" This school year, in another year, or like the purple line timeline?

So....
Mr.Jones had said mcps is in early stages of looking into weapons detection machines?
So, Mr.Jones, what stage is it in now?

If you're counting on weapons detectors to make MCPS safe, you're in for a rude awakening.

[Anonymous]

Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[Safety concerns generate community discussion at Montgomery County’s Kennedy High School
Kate Ryan May 8, 2024, 6:00 PM

Concerns about safety and reports of drug use on campus at Kennedy High School in Montgomery County caused the Parent Teacher Student Association to call for a community meeting to discuss ways the school system and county officials can do more to keep the Maryland school safe.

Last month, Kennedy English teacher David Gebler and PTSA Vice President Ricky Ribeiro testified before the school board. This week, they expressed lingering concerns.

Ribeiro said he was alarmed last year when his son and his nephew, both of whom attended Kennedy, told him, “Kids were smoking Percocets in the bathroom.”

“I didn’t even know what that was,” Ribeiro said.

That same year, a Kennedy student died of an overdose off campus. Ribeiro said he’s been told by some parents that their kids were introduced to drugs at Kennedy.

“There are a lot of cracks in the system,” Ribeiro said.

Students continue to report problems, and some said they avoid the bathrooms altogether because they don’t feel safe, Gebler said.

“The kids often just say that they want the drugs gone,” he said, adding that he was speaking up out his own frustration.

When he testified before the Board of Education, Gebler said Kennedy is not alone in dealing with issues related to drugs and security.

“The kids at Kennedy are amazing, and they deserve better,” Gebler said.

Along with issues related to drug use and suspected drug transactions, there have been issues related to physical safety. Last month, someone carrying a knife trespassed on campus, causing the school to issue a “shelter-in-place.” That incident happened on the same day Montgomery County police held a news conference announcing the arrest of a student who was charged with a threat of mass violence at Wootton High School.

Ribeiro said he wants to see the same kind of response to security issues at Kennedy that he has seen at other schools, such as Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, where a community meeting was held after incidents, including a carjacking allegedly involving BCC students, were reported.

Ribeiro said he wants a frank discussion.

“There’s a lot that happens in schools that is whispered or talked about in private but not said out loud,” he said. “I want this conversation to happen out loud.”

Asked about the issues at Kennedy, Christopher Cram, spokesman for Montgomery County Public Schools, wrote in an email, “Security matters are of significant importance and despite all that we do with our security vestibules and our Visitor Management System and the requirements for all exterior doors to be locked, it is unfortunate when a student may open a door to a stranger. This endangers everyone and they know better. One important action is increased vigilance in monitoring doors and bathrooms, which school leaders are doing now as a result of reports.”

Ribeiro also said tackling the issues isn’t up to just Kennedy High School or the Board of Education. He invited county officials to the meeting, as well.

“I’m under no illusion that this one conversation is going to change things, but I hope it’s the start of, you know, our school system and our police department and our county council putting their heads together.”

The meeting was scheduled at Kennedy’s school cafeteria at 6 p.m. Wednesday.

“We need to start listening to the kids and we need to make the school safe. Because they deserve it,” Ribeiro said.]

A poster will come here to say: MCPS schools are independent, Montgomery County Council only approves budget. Jawando was seen at the safety meeting on Jan 29. Did we ever hear what safety measures have been taken after the discussion in Jan?

Did community find out what measures were taken?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

Isn't Taylor the Superintendent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

To be fair to Moran, those things were true of MCPS long before Peter became Chief of Schools.

It is fair to ask what is he doing to reverse those trends, but those things were broken in MCPS long before Peter Moran's ascension to Chief of Schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

To be fair to Moran, those things were true of MCPS long before Peter became Chief of Schools.

It is fair to ask what is he doing to reverse those trends, but those things were broken in MCPS long before Peter Moran's ascension to Chief of Schools.

Moran's been in CO since 2018. That's 4 superintendent's ago. The only constant is has been Moran. Are there any measures that MCPS is performing better (in performance or in perception) since then? He keeps getting paid more money as our students become less safe and less educated, as our teachers abandon the system, and as public confidence in his system craters.

When a corporate bureaucrat continues to enrich himself in the absence of results, it begs the question why? So I'll ask: What positive impact has this administrator made that allows our tax dollars to continue to pour into his pockets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

Isn't Taylor the Superintendent?

Taylor hired this joker. He’s as culpable as Sneaky Pete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

Isn't Taylor the Superintendent?

Taylor hired this joker. He’s as culpable as Sneaky Pete.

Who's next in line to be Super? Next.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

Isn't Taylor the Superintendent?

Taylor hired this joker. He’s as culpable as Sneaky Pete.

Peter was in CO and MCPS long before Taylor ever arrived on the scene. But Taylor did re-hire him for the Chief of Schools job though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nowhere is safe in MCPS (Moran’s Corrupt Political Scam).

and the Moran-basher has arrived! 😅

What's not to bash? He's in charge. According to this page that he and his minions monitor:

*Parents are scared to send their children to his schools due to safety concerns.

*Grades are meaningless and there is an absence of rigor in his schools.

*Teachers enjoy their students but hate working for his dishonest organization.

*Parents are gaslit by his office.

Under his reign, students aren't safe and don't learn, teaching has become babysitting, and parents and community are consistently lied to.

Exactly what about his performance should not be bashed?

To be fair to Moran, those things were true of MCPS long before Peter became Chief of Schools.

It is fair to ask what is he doing to reverse those trends, but those things were broken in MCPS long before Peter Moran's ascension to Chief of Schools.

Moran's been in CO since 2018. That's 4 superintendent's ago. The only constant is has been Moran. Are there any measures that MCPS is performing better (in performance or in perception) since then? He keeps getting paid more money as our students become less safe and less educated, as our teachers abandon the system, and as public confidence in his system craters.

When a corporate bureaucrat continues to enrich himself in the absence of results, it begs the question why? So I'll ask: What positive impact has this administrator made that allows our tax dollars to continue to pour into his pockets?

Love to know what Dr. Moran did to you, Chicken Little.

[Anonymous]

And if Moran is out, what next, not-liking-Moran PP?