No Hall Sweeps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:We need to go back to the policy of lates/tardies/skipping resulting in failing quarters. The current system is just not effective at getting kids into classrooms and learning. It is designed to ensure failing is difficult and to guarantee graduation rates.

I feel like there was a post not too long ago about this very thing. Why does MCPS not see this? Or care?

Equity. MCPS doesn’t want to punish kids of certain races, so it chooses to not punish kids of all races.

And rightly so. Demanding that students be in class on time creates an oppressive culture that perpetuates white supremacy.

At our school, my kid got detention for showing up 2 minutes late for their first period. They're a walker. Some of you seem to be posting from an alternate reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Even WJ has gangs. Stop deluding yourselves. These problems aren't localized to what you call the "bad areas".

I know! A roving gang of nerds with pocket protectors was bullying my kids.

WJ is the school that just recently had a kid arrested for bringing a gun to school. You can't pass WJ off as if it's only got academically-minded, well-behaved children. Get a grip, Gertrude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need to go back to the policy of lates/tardies/skipping resulting in failing quarters. The current system is just not effective at getting kids into classrooms and learning. It is designed to ensure failing is difficult and to guarantee graduation rates.

I feel like there was a post not too long ago about this very thing. Why does MCPS not see this? Or care?

Equity. MCPS doesn’t want to punish kids of certain races, so it chooses to not punish kids of all races.

And rightly so. Demanding that students be in class on time creates an oppressive culture that perpetuates white supremacy.

At our school, my kid got detention for showing up 2 minutes late for their first period. They're a walker. Some of you seem to be posting from an alternate reality.

Or maybe your experience and your school is not the only one that's happening in a school system that serves 160,000 students? Maybe that could be it?

[Anonymous]

Hall sweeps sounds like a prison thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hall sweeps sounds like a prison thing.

It's funny you should say that because I was hoping they could hire former prison guards to work the schoolyard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hall sweeps sounds like a prison thing.

Some people in education's obsession with equating rules, discipline and enforcement of rules as equivalent to prison would be hilarious, if it didn't have such a detrimental impact on our society as they attempt to peel back any semblance of structure and consequence from the education setting.

Newsflash: Kids are supposed to be in class. Having an admin or staff usher them into class does not mean the school environment is a prison.

Are ushers in churches turning the church into a prison by asking people to stay in their seats or return to their seats and enforcing the church's rules during service? No. Stop the tom foolery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What happens with tardies or absences? Is there a school consequence? And, are parents/guardians called?

If I got a call that one of my kids
was not in class, they’d be in trouble - lose the phone, etc.

Don’t update their contact info.
Don’t answer the phone.
Don’t listen to voicemails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach at a community college. The only way I can get students to show up on time is to give quizzes during the first 10 minutes of class. If they show up after the quiz has begun, they can't take it (can't earn points).

It feels punitive but I've tried lots of "carrots", none of which have worked. Can you do something similar in your class?

Sounds like the MCPS kids hanging out in the hallway end up at your community college!

For what it's worth, I (a MCPS parent with various advanced degrees) have recently taken a lot of classes at our community college, and I've been really impressed with the students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put lateness on top of 20 minutes it takes to settle them down then 10 minutes to do a 5 minute warmup you only have 5 minutes left in a 45 min period to do a lesson. Then the consultant teachers blame write up and fire the new teachers. Welcome to education or lack there of it pretty messed up for teachers who will get blamed all day and have to do it again tomorrow. The kids know they can cuss you out and you have to take it.

My friend’s DD is finishing her fall student teaching placement. She said “If I want to be a masochist, I can get paid a lot more for it.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hall sweeps sounds like a prison thing.

Some people in education's obsession with equating rules, discipline and enforcement of rules as equivalent to prison would be hilarious, if it didn't have such a detrimental impact on our society as they attempt to peel back any semblance of structure and consequence from the education setting.

Newsflash: Kids are supposed to be in class. Having an admin or staff usher them into class does not mean the school environment is a prison.

Are ushers in churches turning the church into a prison by asking people to stay in their seats or return to their seats and enforcing the church's rules during service? No. Stop the tom foolery.

That's not the purpose of church ushers. They direct traffic, not enforce rules.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I teach at a community college. The only way I can get students to show up on time is to give quizzes during the first 10 minutes of class. If they show up after the quiz has begun, they can't take it (can't earn points).

It feels punitive but I've tried lots of "carrots", none of which have worked. Can you do something similar in your class?

Sounds like the MCPS kids hanging out in the hallway end up at your community college!

For what it's worth, I (a MCPS parent with various advanced degrees) have recently taken a lot of classes at our community college, and I've been really impressed with the students.

Shh! DCUM hates Community Colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens with tardies or absences? Is there a school consequence? And, are parents/guardians called?

If I got a call that one of my kids
was not in class, they’d be in trouble - lose the phone, etc.

Don’t update their contact info.
Don’t answer the phone.
Don’t listen to voicemails.

Then you kick the kid out of school until the parent has a meeting with the school. Easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens with tardies or absences? Is there a school consequence? And, are parents/guardians called?

If I got a call that one of my kids
was not in class, they’d be in trouble - lose the phone, etc.

Don’t update their contact info.
Don’t answer the phone.
Don’t listen to voicemails.

Then you kick the kid out of school until the parent has a meeting with the school. Easy.

Simple mind, simple solution. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens with tardies or absences? Is there a school consequence? And, are parents/guardians called?

If I got a call that one of my kids
was not in class, they’d be in trouble - lose the phone, etc.

Don’t update their contact info.
Don’t answer the phone.
Don’t listen to voicemails.

Then you kick the kid out of school until the parent has a meeting with the school. Easy.

And yet not how school or state policies work because of this tricky thing called politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What happens with tardies or absences? Is there a school consequence? And, are parents/guardians called?

If I got a call that one of my kids
was not in class, they’d be in trouble - lose the phone, etc.

Don’t update their contact info.
Don’t answer the phone.
Don’t listen to voicemails.

Then you kick the kid out of school until the parent has a meeting with the school. Easy.

How is the weather from wherever you are posting from?