What in the world is happening at Carson?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope the younger kids parents now understand why those older kids parents want to stay, in order to stay far away from those problematic kids from those problematic school.

HUH?

Carsons demographics are wierd

They sure are.
Are there any Southeast Asian parents in here willing to discuss what types of parental consequences/behavior expectations you have?
Do you find the permissive parenting style common in the communities here or something else?
I am seriously and genuinely curious.
I'm not talking grades btw, think behavior, how others are treated, manners, etc.

Southeast Asia? You are asking only parents from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore to answer your question? I am very confused here. Why just these families?

You forgot India.

[Anonymous]

I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.

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Anonymous wrote:they shutdown school for years what do they expect? COVID shutdown was way worse the people talk about

If you are still blaming COVID for your kids behavior today then you are not doing your job. Never mind that you didn't do a good job during COVID, if your kids behavior is poor you need to address it.

Oh, I think PP is blaming other kids' behavior on Covid.

Yes, because how do they how to act when they have to be looking at a screen for 8 hours.

DCUM exaggerates like crazy. No one is on screens 8 hours a day at school....maybe at home....

This is not an exaggeration. Post COVID all instruction and assignments are screens as a general rule. Carson kids are some of the worst behaved— the combination of smart with zero limits at home and full entitlement is rough. Coupled with “not my kid, he would never” attitude of parents, and the cover ups by admin who just want their precious TJ feeder rep maintained and it’s been a disaster ever since old principal left. As a retired teacher, now very part-time sub, I never teach there anymore. Three or four years ago it was my favorite.

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Anonymous wrote:There is for sure drug issue at Carson, the drug issue can only get worse when those kids are in HS.

The Crossfield/Navy AAP moms are out of control here. Why is it that you always bragged about your kids going to Carson up until about a month ago?

Carson had a school within a school.

Really? My kid is at Carson and has classes with kids for a variety of ES. He is in the AAP classes at Carson. If you are arguing that AAP is its own school, then that is far more then Navy and Crossfield. That includes kids from all of the ES that feed into Carson.

It's just referring to the level of interaction. If you're in aap there and mostly taking stem electives you don't get a chance to meet many other kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is for sure drug issue at Carson, the drug issue can only get worse when those kids are in HS.

The Crossfield/Navy AAP moms are out of control here. Why is it that you always bragged about your kids going to Carson up until about a month ago?

Carson had a school within a school.

Really? My kid is at Carson and has classes with kids for a variety of ES. He is in the AAP classes at Carson. If you are arguing that AAP is its own school, then that is far more then Navy and Crossfield. That includes kids from all of the ES that feed into Carson.

It's just referring to the level of interaction. If you're in aap there and mostly taking stem electives you don't get a chance to meet many other kids.

Just how many "stem electives" are there?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just got this and my son says he has no idea why, and definitely did not see anything on TV. Am I missing something? We never received this when older son was at Carson.

12/01/2025
Dear Carson Middle School Parents and Families,

I am writing to you today to address an important topic, student behavior. Carson Middle School is dedicated to fostering a Ready, Respectful, and Responsible learning environment for all students, and we need your partnership to reinforce these core values.

While we understand the normal enthusiasm and camaraderie that comes with being middle school students, it is critical that we continue to address behaviors that require our collective attention and correction. We are seeing an increased amount of hands-on horseplaying between students. While this often begins innocently and playfully, it can, and at times does, escalate into unnecessary arguments and friction among peers.
In order to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment, our students must demonstrate respect towards their teachers and every adult in the building, themselves, one another, and respect for school property. 
Here at Carson MS, our expectations are explicitly tied to the 3 R's:
* Ready: Students need to show up to class on time and ready to learn. This means being prepared with materials and a mindset focused on instruction.
* Respectful: It is not okay for students to distract their teachers from teaching or impede the learning of others in their classrooms. Students must treat every member of our community and our shared spaces with courtesy.
* Responsible: This includes making sound choices that support a positive school environment.

Just like in the classroom, we need students to be mindful of their actions in all school areas. In the hallways, while it is okay to talk to friends, these conversations need to happen while students are actively making their way to their classrooms, so that they are in class by the time the bell rings and ready to learn. In the cafeteria, students need to eat their lunch, talk using inside voices, stay at their lunch seat until it is time to throw away their trash (which they are given directions when to do so) and practice responsibility by cleaning up after themselves, leaving their tables ready for the next group of students to use.

When we observe student actions that are not aligned with our school’s core values of being Ready, Respectful, and Responsible, appropriate consequences will continue to be applied and increased as needed. Students who choose to make poor choices will face consequences aligned with the FCPS Students Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R).
It is imperative that we, as a community, understand the impact of such behaviors. They can significantly disrupt the learning environment and process for both students and teachers and, most critically, can create unsafe conditions. Please know that we take matters like this very seriously. We will continue to revisit our expectations around the 3 R's, as well as hold future discussions with students around the FCPS SR&R and the consequences for not following county and school guidelines. Additionally, your children saw a video this morning on RCTV from myself, reiterating expectations around appropriate school behavior.

Most importantly, addressing student behavior is a partnership. I encourage each of you to speak with your children about appropriate behaviors and help reinforce school-wide expectations at home. We will be reaching out to families directly in cases where a student's behavior requires individual attention, support, and consequences.

I have no doubt that by working together, we can ensure that Carson Middle School remains a welcoming, positive, and safe place for all.

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Tony Washington
Principal

This email could have been sent by my FCPS middle school principal - we see the same thing all day long at our middle school and it's tiring.

+1 This sounds just like our MS, too! The behavior is abysmal. The kids cuss in front of the teachers. They are constantly horse playing. They smack, chokehold, hit in back of head, call one another the N word, draw symbols, and fool around in the bathrooms and hallways. They are generally unkind to others and think of themselves first.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There is for sure drug issue at Carson, the drug issue can only get worse when those kids are in HS.

The Crossfield/Navy AAP moms are out of control here. Why is it that you always bragged about your kids going to Carson up until about a month ago?

Carson had a school within a school.

Really? My kid is at Carson and has classes with kids for a variety of ES. He is in the AAP classes at Carson. If you are arguing that AAP is its own school, then that is far more then Navy and Crossfield. That includes kids from all of the ES that feed into Carson.

It's just referring to the level of interaction. If you're in aap there and mostly taking stem electives you don't get a chance to meet many other kids.

There are non-AAP kids in my kids Engineering class and foreign language class and PE class. He hangs out with his friends from ES who are not in AAP and his friends from activities who are not in AAP. I am not sure why you think that AAP kids are segregated from the other students because they are not. AAP kids who are coming to Carson as a Center school might be because the only kids that they know from ES are in AAAP but the kids who have Carson as a base school know plenty of kids who are not in AAP.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is for sure drug issue at Carson, the drug issue can only get worse when those kids are in HS.

The Crossfield/Navy AAP moms are out of control here. Why is it that you always bragged about your kids going to Carson up until about a month ago?

Carson had a school within a school.

Really? My kid is at Carson and has classes with kids for a variety of ES. He is in the AAP classes at Carson. If you are arguing that AAP is its own school, then that is far more then Navy and Crossfield. That includes kids from all of the ES that feed into Carson.

It's just referring to the level of interaction. If you're in aap there and mostly taking stem electives you don't get a chance to meet many other kids.

what are these stem electives?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just got this and my son says he has no idea why, and definitely did not see anything on TV. Am I missing something? We never received this when older son was at Carson.

12/01/2025
Dear Carson Middle School Parents and Families,

I am writing to you today to address an important topic, student behavior. Carson Middle School is dedicated to fostering a Ready, Respectful, and Responsible learning environment for all students, and we need your partnership to reinforce these core values.

While we understand the normal enthusiasm and camaraderie that comes with being middle school students, it is critical that we continue to address behaviors that require our collective attention and correction. We are seeing an increased amount of hands-on horseplaying between students. While this often begins innocently and playfully, it can, and at times does, escalate into unnecessary arguments and friction among peers.
In order to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment, our students must demonstrate respect towards their teachers and every adult in the building, themselves, one another, and respect for school property. 
Here at Carson MS, our expectations are explicitly tied to the 3 R's:
* Ready: Students need to show up to class on time and ready to learn. This means being prepared with materials and a mindset focused on instruction.
* Respectful: It is not okay for students to distract their teachers from teaching or impede the learning of others in their classrooms. Students must treat every member of our community and our shared spaces with courtesy.
* Responsible: This includes making sound choices that support a positive school environment.

Just like in the classroom, we need students to be mindful of their actions in all school areas. In the hallways, while it is okay to talk to friends, these conversations need to happen while students are actively making their way to their classrooms, so that they are in class by the time the bell rings and ready to learn. In the cafeteria, students need to eat their lunch, talk using inside voices, stay at their lunch seat until it is time to throw away their trash (which they are given directions when to do so) and practice responsibility by cleaning up after themselves, leaving their tables ready for the next group of students to use.

When we observe student actions that are not aligned with our school’s core values of being Ready, Respectful, and Responsible, appropriate consequences will continue to be applied and increased as needed. Students who choose to make poor choices will face consequences aligned with the FCPS Students Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R).
It is imperative that we, as a community, understand the impact of such behaviors. They can significantly disrupt the learning environment and process for both students and teachers and, most critically, can create unsafe conditions. Please know that we take matters like this very seriously. We will continue to revisit our expectations around the 3 R's, as well as hold future discussions with students around the FCPS SR&R and the consequences for not following county and school guidelines. Additionally, your children saw a video this morning on RCTV from myself, reiterating expectations around appropriate school behavior.

Most importantly, addressing student behavior is a partnership. I encourage each of you to speak with your children about appropriate behaviors and help reinforce school-wide expectations at home. We will be reaching out to families directly in cases where a student's behavior requires individual attention, support, and consequences.

I have no doubt that by working together, we can ensure that Carson Middle School remains a welcoming, positive, and safe place for all.

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Tony Washington
Principal

This email could have been sent by my FCPS middle school principal - we see the same thing all day long at our middle school and it's tiring.

+1 This sounds just like our MS, too! The behavior is abysmal. The kids cuss in front of the teachers. They are constantly horse playing. They smack, chokehold, hit in back of head, call one another the N word, draw symbols, and fool around in the bathrooms and hallways. They are generally unkind to others and think of themselves first.

They are reflecting the aggressive behaviors that they see and the racists talks that they hear at home. It’s the parents responsibility to model kindness and true empathy. The other part to this is social media. The content creators use bad takes language, and display selfish, rude, inconsiderate behavior. Children are influenced.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.

Parents have completely failed at parenting if their kids are so socially-stunted that they are unable to function as civilized humans. What have these parents been doing for the past 4.5 years, since school returned to in-person instruction? Clearly they haven't been doing their job.

If they are relying on school to "socialize" their children, they've failed as parents.

If they are blaming the lock down that was 4.5 to 5.5 years ago, for their children's sociopathic behavior, they've failed as parents.

My kids can be challenging at times, but we nip that in the bud. If we ever hear that they are misbehaving at school-- causing disruption, destroying property, being rude, or constantly touching others-- they will face consequences and loss of privileges at home, and I will beg the schools to also assign consequences. There is no excuse for acting feral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got this and my son says he has no idea why, and definitely did not see anything on TV. Am I missing something? We never received this when older son was at Carson.

12/01/2025
Dear Carson Middle School Parents and Families,

I am writing to you today to address an important topic, student behavior. Carson Middle School is dedicated to fostering a Ready, Respectful, and Responsible learning environment for all students, and we need your partnership to reinforce these core values.

While we understand the normal enthusiasm and camaraderie that comes with being middle school students, it is critical that we continue to address behaviors that require our collective attention and correction. We are seeing an increased amount of hands-on horseplaying between students. While this often begins innocently and playfully, it can, and at times does, escalate into unnecessary arguments and friction among peers.
In order to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment, our students must demonstrate respect towards their teachers and every adult in the building, themselves, one another, and respect for school property. 
Here at Carson MS, our expectations are explicitly tied to the 3 R's:
* Ready: Students need to show up to class on time and ready to learn. This means being prepared with materials and a mindset focused on instruction.
* Respectful: It is not okay for students to distract their teachers from teaching or impede the learning of others in their classrooms. Students must treat every member of our community and our shared spaces with courtesy.
* Responsible: This includes making sound choices that support a positive school environment.

Just like in the classroom, we need students to be mindful of their actions in all school areas. In the hallways, while it is okay to talk to friends, these conversations need to happen while students are actively making their way to their classrooms, so that they are in class by the time the bell rings and ready to learn. In the cafeteria, students need to eat their lunch, talk using inside voices, stay at their lunch seat until it is time to throw away their trash (which they are given directions when to do so) and practice responsibility by cleaning up after themselves, leaving their tables ready for the next group of students to use.

When we observe student actions that are not aligned with our school’s core values of being Ready, Respectful, and Responsible, appropriate consequences will continue to be applied and increased as needed. Students who choose to make poor choices will face consequences aligned with the FCPS Students Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R).
It is imperative that we, as a community, understand the impact of such behaviors. They can significantly disrupt the learning environment and process for both students and teachers and, most critically, can create unsafe conditions. Please know that we take matters like this very seriously. We will continue to revisit our expectations around the 3 R's, as well as hold future discussions with students around the FCPS SR&R and the consequences for not following county and school guidelines. Additionally, your children saw a video this morning on RCTV from myself, reiterating expectations around appropriate school behavior.

Most importantly, addressing student behavior is a partnership. I encourage each of you to speak with your children about appropriate behaviors and help reinforce school-wide expectations at home. We will be reaching out to families directly in cases where a student's behavior requires individual attention, support, and consequences.

I have no doubt that by working together, we can ensure that Carson Middle School remains a welcoming, positive, and safe place for all.

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Tony Washington
Principal

Yes shut your children up and start into the computer screen and shut up and learn peons!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the younger kids parents now understand why those older kids parents want to stay, in order to stay far away from those problematic kids from those problematic school.

HUH?

Carsons demographics are wierd

They sure are.
Are there any Southeast Asian parents in here willing to discuss what types of parental consequences/behavior expectations you have?
Do you find the permissive parenting style common in the communities here or something else?
I am seriously and genuinely curious.
I'm not talking grades btw, think behavior, how others are treated, manners, etc.

Southeast Asia? You are asking only parents from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore to answer your question? I am very confused here. Why just these families?

You forgot India.

That is not South EAST Asia. Learn geography.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it’s getting old to keep pointing to Covid, but I genuinely think this particular cohort—mostly the current 7th graders, also likely some current 6th and 8th graders—missed a key window of social development after spending a full year in virtual school (for today’s 7th graders, that meant the second half of 1st grade and almost all of 2nd). At my DC’s elementary school, the administration could not wait for that 6th grade group to move on because their collective behavior was the worst they’d seen, and that same cohort came back noticeably more challenging in 3rd grade than they had been in 1st. I don’t have a student at Carson, but at another FCPS middle school, horseplay seems to be pretty common. This isn’t to excuse the behavior, just to offer a possible explanation for why it seems to be increasing.

It was not the second half of 1st grade. It was three months. And they started again in March of the following year. My child's school got all the kids back in the classroom every day. I get that others did not and teachers still had to teach to the 2-3 kids who stayed at home, but my kid was only out of school for a year, and we were smart enough to ensure that she had friends to play with. If you didn't let your child outside, that's on you. This is a parenting thing if your child still has "social impacts from Covid"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is for sure drug issue at Carson, the drug issue can only get worse when those kids are in HS.

The Crossfield/Navy AAP moms are out of control here. Why is it that you always bragged about your kids going to Carson up until about a month ago?

Carson had a school within a school.

Really? My kid is at Carson and has classes with kids for a variety of ES. He is in the AAP classes at Carson. If you are arguing that AAP is its own school, then that is far more then Navy and Crossfield. That includes kids from all of the ES that feed into Carson.

It's just referring to the level of interaction. If you're in aap there and mostly taking stem electives you don't get a chance to meet many other kids.

Just how many "stem electives" are there?

This is bizarre because my gen ed kid is taking the engineering electives and it is definitely not all AAP kids. Not even close.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is for sure drug issue at Carson, the drug issue can only get worse when those kids are in HS.

The Crossfield/Navy AAP moms are out of control here. Why is it that you always bragged about your kids going to Carson up until about a month ago?

Carson had a school within a school.

Really? My kid is at Carson and has classes with kids for a variety of ES. He is in the AAP classes at Carson. If you are arguing that AAP is its own school, then that is far more then Navy and Crossfield. That includes kids from all of the ES that feed into Carson.

It's just referring to the level of interaction. If you're in aap there and mostly taking stem electives you don't get a chance to meet many other kids.

Just how many "stem electives" are there?

This is bizarre because my gen ed kid is taking the engineering electives and it is definitely not all AAP kids. Not even close.

Some of the AAP parents think their kids are hot house plants and constantly sheltered from "others."
It amazes me that they think that gened kids are "less than."

I remember when DD went to third grade and the homework level increased dramatically--in gened. AAP parents compare AAP to second grade experience and assume that is what Gened is.