Secondary school BATHROOMS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In which Board of Ed meeting has MCPS discussed installing detectors in bathrooms? Do you know the date of the meeting? Or is this just "talk?"

Will they install weapons detectors in bathrooms? Apparently, the BCC student that was seen with a firearm happened in a school bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In addition to physical limitations (closing facilities) many schools also limit numbers of passes for students. I counted what my child is "entitled to" based on the policies at his school and he can go 5x/class during a marking period, and has 7 classes, so he can go to the bathroom 35/45 days. I guess the other days he just has to go during lunch or hold it.

I have given him permission to just leave the room if he's denied access to a bathroom and needs it. I'll deal with the discipline. His doctor is willing to write a note because my kid has suffered from health consequences related to holding pee and poop before.

+1 we ended up in the ER due to blockage from DC holding it too much.

It really makes me mad that all kids are being punished for the actions of a few. If those kids want to vape, let them vape their little hearts out. Why should my kid be punished for the bad things those kids do?

In my day we had a student smoking lounge. Maybe it's time to bring those back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In addition to physical limitations (closing facilities) many schools also limit numbers of passes for students. I counted what my child is "entitled to" based on the policies at his school and he can go 5x/class during a marking period, and has 7 classes, so he can go to the bathroom 35/45 days. I guess the other days he just has to go during lunch or hold it.

I have given him permission to just leave the room if he's denied access to a bathroom and needs it. I'll deal with the discipline. His doctor is willing to write a note because my kid has suffered from health consequences related to holding pee and poop before.

+1 we ended up in the ER due to blockage from DC holding it too much.

It really makes me mad that all kids are being punished for the actions of a few. If those kids want to vape, let them vape their little hearts out. Why should my kid be punished for the bad things those kids do?

In my day we had a student smoking lounge. Maybe it's time to bring those back.

Or as they build the new HS which are set to open in a few years, they should build bathrooms AND bathrooms that are really lounges.

Reality these days is ALL spaces have become a lounge. The dirty hallways and even classrooms. Is academic learning online, socializing in person the future? Not sure they even socialize in person. Students will sit in hallways next to each other waiting for first class to begin but all will be on their phones usually have headphones plugged in and texting sometimes even with the person sitting next to them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In which Board of Ed meeting has MCPS discussed installing detectors in bathrooms? Do you know the date of the meeting? Or is this just "talk?"

Will they install weapons detectors in bathrooms? Apparently, the BCC student that was seen with a firearm happened in a school bathroom.

I thought all the bathrooms were locked. How'd this happen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In which Board of Ed meeting has MCPS discussed installing detectors in bathrooms? Do you know the date of the meeting? Or is this just "talk?"

Will they install weapons detectors in bathrooms? Apparently, the BCC student that was seen with a firearm happened in a school bathroom.

I thought all the bathrooms were locked. How'd this happen?

Are bathrooms at BCC locked too?

[Anonymous]

Now that Maryland amended the clean indoor air act, vaping in indoor public places is banned. Will MCPS now be able to do more to implement and enforce disciplinary actions to prevent vaping inside school buildings?

What has the new dude talked about in his first two days on the job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that Maryland amended the clean indoor air act, vaping in indoor public places is banned. Will MCPS now be able to do more to implement and enforce disciplinary actions to prevent vaping inside school buildings?

What has the new dude talked about in his first two days on the job?

He was too busy having to worry about a spreadsheet. How can he tackle *small* issues such as bathrooms the first week on the job?

[Anonymous]

Vape Detectors were set up at Northwood and then removed because they were going off too much and there was no actual consequence for the behavior 💀

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vape Detectors were set up at Northwood and then removed because they were going off too much and there was no actual consequence for the behavior 💀

They were removed everywhere. My friend works high school security and they said they were completely useless because of lots of false alarms because of perfume or there was no way of knowing who actually doing the vaping in a crowded bathroom and parents would flip out if you accused their “innocent” child without airtight proof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vape Detectors were set up at Northwood and then removed because they were going off too much and there was no actual consequence for the behavior 💀

They were removed everywhere. My friend works high school security and they said they were completely useless because of lots of false alarms because of perfume or there was no way of knowing who actually doing the vaping in a crowded bathroom and parents would flip out if you accused their “innocent” child without airtight proof.

Them worrying about parents reaction so much is part of the problem. They need to just plan for their reactions and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Maryland amended the clean indoor air act, vaping in indoor public places is banned. Will MCPS now be able to do more to implement and enforce disciplinary actions to prevent vaping inside school buildings?

What has the new dude talked about in his first two days on the job?

He was too busy having to worry about a spreadsheet. How can he tackle *small* issues such as bathrooms the first week on the job?

What spreadsheet?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In addition to physical limitations (closing facilities) many schools also limit numbers of passes for students. I counted what my child is "entitled to" based on the policies at his school and he can go 5x/class during a marking period, and has 7 classes, so he can go to the bathroom 35/45 days. I guess the other days he just has to go during lunch or hold it.

I have given him permission to just leave the room if he's denied access to a bathroom and needs it. I'll deal with the discipline. His doctor is willing to write a note because my kid has suffered from health consequences related to holding pee and poop before.

+1 we ended up in the ER due to blockage from DC holding it too much.

It really makes me mad that all kids are being punished for the actions of a few. If those kids want to vape, let them vape their little hearts out. Why should my kid be punished for the bad things those kids do?

Really? I love that they're enforcing these rules and expecting kids to deal with the consequences of their choices. It's about time MCPS stopped coddling these brats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In addition to physical limitations (closing facilities) many schools also limit numbers of passes for students. I counted what my child is "entitled to" based on the policies at his school and he can go 5x/class during a marking period, and has 7 classes, so he can go to the bathroom 35/45 days. I guess the other days he just has to go during lunch or hold it.

I have given him permission to just leave the room if he's denied access to a bathroom and needs it. I'll deal with the discipline. His doctor is willing to write a note because my kid has suffered from health consequences related to holding pee and poop before.

+1 we ended up in the ER due to blockage from DC holding it too much.

It really makes me mad that all kids are being punished for the actions of a few. If those kids want to vape, let them vape their little hearts out. Why should my kid be punished for the bad things those kids do?

Really? I love that they're enforcing these rules and expecting kids to deal with the consequences of their choices. It's about time MCPS stopped coddling these brats.

All students are brats? You teach where?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Now that Maryland amended the clean indoor air act, vaping in indoor public places is banned. Will MCPS now be able to do more to implement and enforce disciplinary actions to prevent vaping inside school buildings?

What has the new dude talked about in his first two days on the job?

He was too busy having to worry about a spreadsheet. How can he tackle *small* issues such as bathrooms the first week on the job?

What spreadsheet?

The one with responses to his survey. Where they showed all the response including the ones that included personal identification info like name, phone, email. Then had to correct so as not to show that info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In which Board of Ed meeting has MCPS discussed installing detectors in bathrooms? Do you know the date of the meeting? Or is this just "talk?"

Will they install weapons detectors in bathrooms? Apparently, the BCC student that was seen with a firearm happened in a school bathroom.

I thought all the bathrooms were locked. How'd this happen?

Are bathrooms at BCC locked too?

Yes, kids are getting drunk in there and passing out. They've abused their privileges. Now they have to deal with the fallout.