Report of a massive fight at Clarksburg HS

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Anonymous wrote:A “tip” lol

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Nobody with a journalism background goes on an unverified “tip”, so a teenager told you something… lol and you reported it?

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Or the source could be a teacher and a known reliable source to Moderately MoCo? Why do you presume it was a teen? He’s had multiple teachers and MCPS staff guest post and interviewed on his blog.

The credibility bar for the conservative website moderately moco is low.

Does conservative just mean 'reports on things Kristin Mink doesn't like?"

I think general spread of fear is a corner stone.

Moderately MoCo doesn’t spread fear. It’s actually refreshing to see news that hasn’t gone through the normal MoCo filters.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child just got home from school (Clarksburg High School). They said there were 7 fights. One involved a fight between a student and security guard, and one was a fight between student and teacher with the teacher being sent to the hospital. The remaining fights were between students.

good lord. I hope the security guard and teacher are ok.

I also went to a rough HS where a bunch of kids (gang bangers, yes I'm old) knifed a security guard. Fights daily. I saw my chem teacher trying to break up a fight between two boys in front of our class. Chem teacher was an old guy, and those two boys were big boys.

I would never ever be a teacher. I'm thankful for those who do teach.

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Anonymous wrote:A “tip” lol

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Nobody with a journalism background goes on an unverified “tip”, so a teenager told you something… lol and you reported it?

Or the source could be a teacher and a known reliable source to Moderately MoCo? Why do you presume it was a teen? He’s had multiple teachers and MCPS staff guest post and interviewed on his blog.

Either way nobody reports on just 1 tip.

You at least have a 2nd source, check with police, etc.

It’s shotty reporting.

Except that he's usually right. And given the ZERO other local reporting outlets in MoCo, I'm glad we have them.

There are several reliable reporting outlets that cover MoCo.

Moco police is pretty reliable

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Anonymous wrote:A “tip” lol

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Nobody with a journalism background goes on an unverified “tip”, so a teenager told you something… lol and you reported it?

Or the source could be a teacher and a known reliable source to Moderately MoCo? Why do you presume it was a teen? He’s had multiple teachers and MCPS staff guest post and interviewed on his blog.

The credibility bar for the conservative website moderately moco is low.

Has he published false news?

I’m not sure it’s fair to say he published “news”.

In other words, you don’t have any examples.

This thread is an example dimwit .. was it 1 massive fight or 7 individual fights. Hmmm

[Anonymous]

I don't know how administration can conduct performance reviews when there are mental health, safety concerns , and retaliation for reporting concerns that teachers have. We are just put between a rock and a hard place at every situation and we get no support, low pay, and further no fair playing field for us to demonstrate our abilities as there is no autonomy. Just us pushing mgmts flawed resource depleted curriculum( or lack there of). It's just not a respected profession.

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Anonymous wrote:A “tip” lol

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Nobody with a journalism background goes on an unverified “tip”, so a teenager told you something… lol and you reported it?

Or the source could be a teacher and a known reliable source to Moderately MoCo? Why do you presume it was a teen? He’s had multiple teachers and MCPS staff guest post and interviewed on his blog.

The credibility bar for the conservative website moderately moco is low.

Has he published false news?

I’m not sure it’s fair to say he published “news”.

In other words, you don’t have any examples.

This thread is an example dimwit .. was it 1 massive fight or 7 individual fights. Hmmm

OK, MTG.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is getting absurd. When is enough enough for MCPS Admin and Principals? Suspend and expel these kids and instead of returning them to school reopen up a school for kids with behavior problems.

MCPS admin here - we are not allowed to suspend without permission from our area director. School systems try their hardest to keep suspension numbers down since it affects our rankings. I don't think parents realize that restorative practices are now required as a part of school discipline policies due to a MD bill passed back in 2019. As we've seen, these practices are not working and are making the jobs for the adults in our buildings almost impossible. Not to mention the disruption these behaviors cause for our students desperately trying to learn while feeling safe. Enough is enough.

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Anonymous wrote:This is getting absurd. When is enough enough for MCPS Admin and Principals? Suspend and expel these kids and instead of returning them to school reopen up a school for kids with behavior problems.

MCPS admin here - we are not allowed to suspend without permission from our area director. School systems try their hardest to keep suspension numbers down since it affects our rankings. I don't think parents realize that restorative practices are now required as a part of school discipline policies due to a MD bill passed back in 2019. As we've seen, these practices are not working and are making the jobs for the adults in our buildings almost impossible. Not to mention the disruption these behaviors cause for our students desperately trying to learn while feeling safe. Enough is enough.

So we need to petition GreatSchools to include "staff hospitalizations" as a ranking factor to balance out the suspension suppression?

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Anonymous wrote:Clarksburg has a program for Emotionally disabled students.

“Emotionally disabled”?

Essentially kids who have been removed from their home for extreme abuse.

Not restricted to kids that have been removed from their home for abuse…the majority of kids in a ED program live at home but have extreme behavior issues. It takes a LONG time for MCPS to actually put kids in a ED (Emotional Disorder) program. I teach at an elem school and we have multiple kids who qualify for these accommodations but I have only had one student that was successfully placed out. Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) is being used to justify keeping these kids in their home schools (multiple instances of violent or aggressive incidents, fighting, throwing chairs, tearing apart classrooms to the point of the class needing to evacuate for safety, etc.). Not sure what happens in this particular incident but wanted to clear up the misconception that ED programs are only for students who have suffered abuse and removed from their homes.

But it is essential kids who were severely abused and many taken from their parents.

Sorry but no it’s not. I don’t wanna argue semantics but that is a common misconception. While many kids in the program may have experienced poor parenting (and there are ED kids with parents that are fighting for them to be in an environment with more support), the biggest issue is the refusal by MCPS to quickly and appropriately place kids in these programs. How many violent incidences need to occur before MCPS realizes our schools are increasingly becoming less and less safe for students?

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Anonymous wrote:According to moderately Moco. Says they can’t punish the known problems because their suspension rate is already too high

Would be helpful to actually post the tweets here, OP.

SO many lazy OPs like this one.

[Anonymous]

Moco schools are bad as a whole

It’s no longer what it used to be in the 90’s and earlier

[Anonymous]

God bless this admin for letting us know their perspective about what is really going on and not gaslighting and blaming teachers for the misbehavior. This one admin making this public statement is quite honestly the most noble thing I ever saw an admin ever do. Thank you again for being honest and supportive for us to confront serious problems with education and how bullying is used as a tool in mcps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know how administration can conduct performance reviews when there are mental health, safety concerns , and retaliation for reporting concerns that teachers have. We are just put between a rock and a hard place at every situation and we get no support, low pay, and further no fair playing field for us to demonstrate our abilities as there is no autonomy. Just us pushing mgmts flawed resource depleted curriculum( or lack there of). It's just not a respected profession.

Most teachers are paid decently for a 10 month job. The other staff like bus drivers, support staff, etc are not paid well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Moco schools are bad as a whole

It’s no longer what it used to be in the 90’s and earlier

It was bad in the 90s too. Plenty of issues at bcc then.

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Anonymous wrote:Moco schools are bad as a whole

It’s no longer what it used to be in the 90’s and earlier

It was bad in the 90s too. Plenty of issues at bcc then.

We had a senior long we could smoke in.