Deal Behavior

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Anonymous wrote:The kid was taken to the hospital. Lots of blood. My kid came home with the story.

So what's the story exactly?

My dc said the boy was being annoying so the girl pushed him down the stairs. DC said the girl has pretty bad anger issues.

Additionally dc said the vast majority of kids are well behaved for middle schoolers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So how many people whose kids with witnessing illegal or violent behavior are withdrawing your students.

I’m not. Most everything discussed, excluding the girl pushing the boy down the stairs—only because we didn’t have any, happened at my middle school. Pretty normal, IMHO. I think DC has a large number of pearl-clutching parents who want their kids to have some small town middle school experience. They just can’t deal with the reality that their children are attending a large urban middle school so they lash out at minorities, OOB, and poor kids. They have a chip on their shoulder that they can’t afford Sidwell or St. Albans/NCS.

Because it happened at your school makes it OK? What about higher expectations?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So how many people whose kids with witnessing illegal or violent behavior are withdrawing your students.

I’m not. Most everything discussed, excluding the girl pushing the boy down the stairs—only because we didn’t have any, happened at my middle school. Pretty normal, IMHO. I think DC has a large number of pearl-clutching parents who want their kids to have some small town middle school experience. They just can’t deal with the reality that their children are attending a large urban middle school so they lash out at minorities, OOB, and poor kids. They have a chip on their shoulder that they can’t afford Sidwell or St. Albans/NCS.

Because it happened at your school makes it OK? What about higher expectations?

+1!

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Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Or the child has a 504 plan or an IEP that allows them to leave the classroom when needed. Tell your kid to worry about themselves.

If your child is seeing someone stealing phones or fighting, they need to report it, obviously. But there are other explanations for 'wandering' which may be legitimate.

So their 504 or IEP allows them to roam the halls all day and go in and out of other classrooms as they please when class is in session? I don't think so.
I don't know why you're set on defending this behavior or pretending it doesn't exist at Deal. I have 2 kids there and have many Deal students over to my house each week. They all see this going on because it does and if you ask them, they'll tell you about it. Either that or they're all in a giant conspiracy to make things up. I hear about it from both of my kids and from whatever kids they're with.
Regarding 6th grade: there are about a half-dozen 6th graders that just do what they please.
There have been fights in the hallways. Lots of illicit cell phone use. Lots of disrespect to teachers, including cursing at teachers. Tons of profanity, period. This is all 6th grade. My kid is learning but it's not a serene environment. I can imagine it would
be difficult for a kid who is easily distracted or otherwise more sensitive.

In general DCPS does a crappy job with special needs kids. This isn’t a Deal problem but rather a DCPS problem in all schools. If your kid is in the faster-paced classes, there is less behavioral problems. My DC uses this as motivation to be on the honor roll every term.

Which faster paced classes?

Yeah, this isn’t a thing. Tracking happens only in math, and it’s mostly based on iReady scores. Otherwise, classes are heterogeneous. Honor roll has nothing to do with class placement.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kid was taken to the hospital. Lots of blood. My kid came home with the story.

So what's the story exactly?

My dc said the boy was being annoying so the girl pushed him down the stairs. DC said the girl has pretty bad anger issues.

The girl had been suspended earlier this year for another incident of violence as well. The stair push was her second suspension. She was angry because of an unrelated issue (not being able to go skiing) and pushed the boy because she was frustrated and then ran away when he fell.
He ended up in the hospital for several days.
My kids say that the stairwells are a zoo because there are hundreds of kids on them at every transition.

[Anonymous]

I have had at least one kid in Deal since 2011. And have one kid in 6th grade now. I can’t say it is off the rails. It is a big school with a wide range of kids. Sure there are fights but nothing more than in previous years. When we have had the rare problem I have found Ms. Neal very approachable and quick to deal with it. Me. Rottman is the bomb too. Obviously not withdrawing my kids. They have all done really well there.

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I don’t think it’s appropriate to post here about specific kids, good or bad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So how many people whose kids with witnessing illegal or violent behavior are withdrawing your students.

I’m not. Most everything discussed, excluding the girl pushing the boy down the stairs—only because we didn’t have any, happened at my middle school. Pretty normal, IMHO. I think DC has a large number of pearl-clutching parents who want their kids to have some small town middle school experience. They just can’t deal with the reality that their children are attending a large urban middle school so they lash out at minorities, OOB, and poor kids. They have a chip on their shoulder that they can’t afford Sidwell or St. Albans/NCS.

But are these the kids, generally, who are causing the problems? Be honest.

I have to say my kid seems to get harassed by all types - boys, girls, black, white, from “good homes” - and I am counting those who one would expect had good home training.

+1

At our ES, many of the worst behavior problems are from UMC homes. The parents are either oblivious, or have given up.

I attended an elementary school in another state. Many of the parents were professors at a nationally ranked university. Plenty of behavior problems there. Either the parents were checked out, or the kids had severe ADHD.

[Anonymous]

Great schools rating of 9 but 48% math passing. DCPS is a dump.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The kid was taken to the hospital. Lots of blood. My kid came home with the story.

So what's the story exactly?

My dc said the boy was being annoying so the girl pushed him down the stairs. DC said the girl has pretty bad anger issues.

The girl had been suspended earlier this year for another incident of violence as well. The stair push was her second suspension. She was angry because of an unrelated issue (not being able to go skiing) and pushed the boy because she was frustrated and then ran away when he fell.
He ended up in the hospital for several days.
My kids say that the stairwells are a zoo because there are hundreds of kids on them at every transition.

That "lady" belongs in some juvi facility, not Deal.

[Anonymous]

I heard from my kid who attends there that a girl had a cigarette lighter at school yesterday and tried to light an unsuspecting boys hair on fire... WTF !!!

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The teacher turnover rate at Deal is shockingly high for being the best DCPS middle school. When I asked one teacher couple years ago why he was leaving, he said teachers get no support with discipline and behavior problems and the admin don’t favour giving any consequences for misbehavior unless something truly egregious happens

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So glad my kid is at Hardy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So glad my kid is at Hardy.

Hahahahahaha

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So glad my kid is at Hardy.

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