'Rampant' drug use raises concern at Kennedy High School in Montgomery County

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Anonymous wrote:Vapes have really normalized the behaviors. Easy to hide. You can do it easily in a stairwell or bathroom. I have seen students use them in class. Completely different world from what many of you remember. There is much easier access to marijuana products and much easier sneakier ways to consume them.

what I remember is people smoking pot while sitting on their cars in the high school parking lot

That’s the point. They were rarely smoking in the school building the .

You'll have to explain to me why it's completely different for kids to smoke pot in the high school bathroom during school vs. in the high school parking lot during school.

kid is doing stuff in THEIR car, let the parents parent their kid. But inside the school? All students have a right to access clean and drug free school bathrooms to pee poop or for menstrual needs.

So to be clear, you are only concerned about kids smoking pot when they're smoking in the bathroom, thereby preventing other students from having pot-free bathrooms to use for bathroom use? Really?

Pp but not that poster: in a nutshell, yes. I want my son and daughter to be able to use the bathrooms to be able to walk the hallways to be able to take the school bus without having to walk through secondhand marijuana. It’s crazy right to think that I would want a drug free learning environment for my kids. It’s nuts, right? /s

Would you consider it a drug free learning environment for your kids if the other kids are smoking pot but just not in the bathrooms, hallways, or school bus? I don't.

Yes, I do. Don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs on school property. It’s not that hard to understand.

The school parking lot is on school property.

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Anonymous wrote:Vapes have really normalized the behaviors. Easy to hide. You can do it easily in a stairwell or bathroom. I have seen students use them in class. Completely different world from what many of you remember. There is much easier access to marijuana products and much easier sneakier ways to consume them.

what I remember is people smoking pot while sitting on their cars in the high school parking lot

That’s the point. They were rarely smoking in the school building the .

You'll have to explain to me why it's completely different for kids to smoke pot in the high school bathroom during school vs. in the high school parking lot during school.

kid is doing stuff in THEIR car, let the parents parent their kid. But inside the school? All students have a right to access clean and drug free school bathrooms to pee poop or for menstrual needs.

So to be clear, you are only concerned about kids smoking pot when they're smoking in the bathroom, thereby preventing other students from having pot-free bathrooms to use for bathroom use? Really?

Pp but not that poster: in a nutshell, yes. I want my son and daughter to be able to use the bathrooms to be able to walk the hallways to be able to take the school bus without having to walk through secondhand marijuana. It’s crazy right to think that I would want a drug free learning environment for my kids. It’s nuts, right? /s

Would you consider it a drug free learning environment for your kids if the other kids are smoking pot but just not in the bathrooms, hallways, or school bus? I don't.

Yes, I do. Don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs on school property. It’s not that hard to understand.

The school parking lot is on school property.

You are right- so let me clarify. Off school property.

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Anonymous wrote:Vapes have really normalized the behaviors. Easy to hide. You can do it easily in a stairwell or bathroom. I have seen students use them in class. Completely different world from what many of you remember. There is much easier access to marijuana products and much easier sneakier ways to consume them.

what I remember is people smoking pot while sitting on their cars in the high school parking lot

That’s the point. They were rarely smoking in the school building the .

You'll have to explain to me why it's completely different for kids to smoke pot in the high school bathroom during school vs. in the high school parking lot during school.

kid is doing stuff in THEIR car, let the parents parent their kid. But inside the school? All students have a right to access clean and drug free school bathrooms to pee poop or for menstrual needs.

So to be clear, you are only concerned about kids smoking pot when they're smoking in the bathroom, thereby preventing other students from having pot-free bathrooms to use for bathroom use? Really?

Pp but not that poster: in a nutshell, yes. I want my son and daughter to be able to use the bathrooms to be able to walk the hallways to be able to take the school bus without having to walk through secondhand marijuana. It’s crazy right to think that I would want a drug free learning environment for my kids. It’s nuts, right? /s

Would you consider it a drug free learning environment for your kids if the other kids are smoking pot but just not in the bathrooms, hallways, or school bus? I don't.

Yes, I do. Don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs on school property. It’s not that hard to understand.

The school parking lot is on school property.

You are right- so let me clarify. Off school property.

I’m pp- but I rather in thier cars than in the school and bus.

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Anonymous wrote:I smoked pot almost every day when I was attending an MCPS high school 30 years ago. This is not new.

The pot of today is different - stronger and mixed with chemicals in a different delivery method.

DP. That's what they said 30 years ago too, when I was in high school (not in MCPS, and I never smoked pot).

There is plenty of research about how dangerous this is for adolescents. The fact that 30 years later you still defend the pothead lifestyle is exactly the apathetic, brain-damaged result we would expect.

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That Kennedy teacher needs to move to elementary school if it's all too much for him at Kennedy. As many have posted, drugs are everywhere in high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Vapes have really normalized the behaviors. Easy to hide. You can do it easily in a stairwell or bathroom. I have seen students use them in class. Completely different world from what many of you remember. There is much easier access to marijuana products and much easier sneakier ways to consume them.

what I remember is people smoking pot while sitting on their cars in the high school parking lot

That’s the point. They were rarely smoking in the school building the .

You'll have to explain to me why it's completely different for kids to smoke pot in the high school bathroom during school vs. in the high school parking lot during school.

kid is doing stuff in THEIR car, let the parents parent their kid. But inside the school? All students have a right to access clean and drug free school bathrooms to pee poop or for menstrual needs.

So to be clear, you are only concerned about kids smoking pot when they're smoking in the bathroom, thereby preventing other students from having pot-free bathrooms to use for bathroom use? Really?

Pp but not that poster: in a nutshell, yes. I want my son and daughter to be able to use the bathrooms to be able to walk the hallways to be able to take the school bus without having to walk through secondhand marijuana. It’s crazy right to think that I would want a drug free learning environment for my kids. It’s nuts, right? /s

Would you consider it a drug free learning environment for your kids if the other kids are smoking pot but just not in the bathrooms, hallways, or school bus? I don't.

Yes, I do. Don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs on school property. It’s not that hard to understand.

Remember drug free school zones? I thought there was supposed to be harsher penalties for being caught using, selling or having drugs on school property? Oh wait, admin would have to call in the police and report the students. They don't involve the police for some reason....

[Anonymous]

My kid is at RMHS and it is all definitely a problem at our school. I wish they could do something to make it better for the kids and staff who choose not to do drugs or vape.

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Anonymous wrote:I smoked pot almost every day when I was attending an MCPS high school 30 years ago. This is not new.

The pot of today is different - stronger and mixed with chemicals in a different delivery method.

DP. That's what they said 30 years ago too, when I was in high school (not in MCPS, and I never smoked pot).

There is plenty of research about how dangerous this is for adolescents. The fact that 30 years later you still defend the pothead lifestyle is exactly the apathetic, brain-damaged result we would expect.

I'm the PP you're responding to. Please explain how it's "defending the pothead lifestyle" to point out that people have been saying "But pot is different now! It's stronger!" for at least 40 years, if not longer? I don't smoke pot, I don't like pot, I think pot is generally bad for people and especially adolescents. However, another thing that is generally bad for people and especially adolescents is alarmist misinformation.

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Anonymous wrote:That Kennedy teacher needs to move to elementary school if it's all too much for him at Kennedy. As many have posted, drugs are everywhere in high school.

If you think this response is the right response, you are the problem. I hope you aren't an educator.

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Anonymous wrote:Vapes have really normalized the behaviors. Easy to hide. You can do it easily in a stairwell or bathroom. I have seen students use them in class. Completely different world from what many of you remember. There is much easier access to marijuana products and much easier sneakier ways to consume them.

what I remember is people smoking pot while sitting on their cars in the high school parking lot

That’s the point. They were rarely smoking in the school building the .

You'll have to explain to me why it's completely different for kids to smoke pot in the high school bathroom during school vs. in the high school parking lot during school.

kid is doing stuff in THEIR car, let the parents parent their kid. But inside the school? All students have a right to access clean and drug free school bathrooms to pee poop or for menstrual needs.

So to be clear, you are only concerned about kids smoking pot when they're smoking in the bathroom, thereby preventing other students from having pot-free bathrooms to use for bathroom use? Really?

Pp but not that poster: in a nutshell, yes. I want my son and daughter to be able to use the bathrooms to be able to walk the hallways to be able to take the school bus without having to walk through secondhand marijuana. It’s crazy right to think that I would want a drug free learning environment for my kids. It’s nuts, right? /s

Would you consider it a drug free learning environment for your kids if the other kids are smoking pot but just not in the bathrooms, hallways, or school bus? I don't.

Yes, I do. Don’t drink, smoke, or do drugs on school property. It’s not that hard to understand.

Remember drug free school zones? I thought there was supposed to be harsher penalties for being caught using, selling or having drugs on school property? Oh wait, admin would have to call in the police and report the students. They don't involve the police for some reason....

The Drug-Free School Zone signs are still outside MCPS high schools even though that claim is clearly false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I smoked pot almost every day when I was attending an MCPS high school 30 years ago. This is not new.

The pot of today is different - stronger and mixed with chemicals in a different delivery method.

DP. That's what they said 30 years ago too, when I was in high school (not in MCPS, and I never smoked pot).

There is plenty of research about how dangerous this is for adolescents. The fact that 30 years later you still defend the pothead lifestyle is exactly the apathetic, brain-damaged result we would expect.

I'm the PP you're responding to. Please explain how it's "defending the pothead lifestyle" to point out that people have been saying "But pot is different now! It's stronger!" for at least 40 years, if not longer? I don't smoke pot, I don't like pot, I think pot is generally bad for people and especially adolescents. However, another thing that is generally bad for people and especially adolescents is alarmist misinformation.

We are not ONLY talking about pot. We're talking about fentanyl and other hard drugs. And kids are overdosing in school.

There's plenty to be alarmist about.

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Anonymous wrote:That Kennedy teacher needs to move to elementary school if it's all too much for him at Kennedy. As many have posted, drugs are everywhere in high school.

But they shouldn’t be. Catch and release to parents. That’s how it was done at my HS back in the day. I never smoked in the bathroom again after my parents got through with me.

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Anonymous wrote:That Kennedy teacher needs to move to elementary school if it's all too much for him at Kennedy. As many have posted, drugs are everywhere in high school.

If you think this response is the right response, you are the problem. I hope you aren't an educator.

+1 MCPS just announced that half the 10th graders are not on grade level. Maybe if some of those kids spent more time studying rather than doing drugs, they'd be able to pass the exams. Instead, what MCPS will do is lower the bar, and force teachers to pass these kids. Oh wait, that's already happened. They discovered that kids with passing grades weren't actually on grade level, and the books that are part of the curriculum are below grade level.

Seems to me that some of these MCPS admins are also smoking some strong stuff, and the MCPS apologists (employees probably) think we're as dumb as they are. That PP also probably thinks the bathroom issues are nbd, but if they were made to find an open bathroom in 3 minutes and do their business, they'd probably get really mad and complain to HR about it.

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Anonymous wrote:That Kennedy teacher needs to move to elementary school if it's all too much for him at Kennedy. As many have posted, drugs are everywhere in high school.

And elementary schools. Our elementary school sent out an email about 5th graders vaping.

Nice how you try to find fault in the teacher (who is trying to make things better for our kids) instead of focusing your blame on our MCPS leadership.

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Anonymous wrote:That Kennedy teacher needs to move to elementary school if it's all too much for him at Kennedy. As many have posted, drugs are everywhere in high school.

If you think this response is the right response, you are the problem. I hope you aren't an educator.

+1 MCPS just announced that half the 10th graders are not on grade level. Maybe if some of those kids spent more time studying rather than doing drugs, they'd be able to pass the exams. Instead, what MCPS will do is lower the bar, and force teachers to pass these kids. Oh wait, that's already happened. They discovered that kids with passing grades weren't actually on grade level, and the books that are part of the curriculum are below grade level.

Seems to me that some of these MCPS admins are also smoking some strong stuff, and the MCPS apologists (employees probably) think we're as dumb as they are. That PP also probably thinks the bathroom issues are nbd, but if they were made to find an open bathroom in 3 minutes and do their business, they'd probably get really mad and complain to HR about it.

Reality is by 10th grade it's a bit late to be worrying if kids are behind. This is the ES fault as they don't have a strong curriculum, they don't teach the basics, and they don't catch reading and other issues early and help remediate them. Everyone blames the HS when it really starts in ES and the ES is failing the kids. Every kid should be reading by 1st grade or they should be getting an evaluation and extra support.