Eastern HS Students Implicated In Recdnt Calitol Hill Crimes

[Anonymous]

Last week several teenagers with EHS shirts were seen participating in a flash mob robbery at the 7-11 on Barracks Row. This afternoon MPD issued a lookout for three males wearing EHS shirts who robbed someone on H Street at knifepoint. This is very disturbing.

[Anonymous]

I wonder why they wore the shirts?

[Anonymous]

no suprise, i see kids all the time and they even cut class and go to pentagon city mall. I don't why they don't lock them out of the metro during the school day.

[Anonymous]

While I agree action should be taken, locking kids out of metro would not be feasible. Many kids have internships or other legitimate reasons to use metro during the school day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:While I agree action should be taken, locking kids out of metro would not be feasible. Many kids have internships or other legitimate reasons to use metro during the school day.

+1. I don't even know how they would do this. Ban children from using metro during the school day? Make Metro station managers act as truancy officers?

[Anonymous]

DCPS could use the WMATA records of their travels as proof of truancy. Not all of the students are angelically going to any from their many internships and volunteers work.

Doesn't excessive truancy eventually involve CPS and the parents? And wouldn't it be good, if the parents are checked-out, to get those wrap-around services to the students who need them?

[Anonymous]

Until someone hold these parents accountable. These situations will continue to happen.

[Anonymous]

What a great use of big data!

DC is paying for "free metro" I think it is fine to use this data and mine it for truancy.

[Anonymous]

Be honest with yourselves now you can't always blame the parents. Some YOU CAN some do know that their kids may not be going to school each day or hooking class but the others of parents who make sure their kids go to school or literally drop them off and watch them walk in the building how would you really know. And ask yourself how many off you parents as kids not went to school or cut school without your parents knowing what happened. It takes a village to raise kids now and nowadays some adults don't want to get involved because some of these kids may threatened them or harm them because of the lack of respect the kids have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS could use the WMATA records of their travels as proof of truancy. Not all of the students are angelically going to any from their many internships and volunteers work.

Doesn't excessive truancy eventually involve CPS and the parents? And wouldn't it be good, if the parents are checked-out, to get those wrap-around services to the students who need them?

Yes, and it's a known problem in DC. A guide for parents is here: http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/Truancy%20Guide-ONLINE-021014.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be honest with yourselves now you can't always blame the parents. Some YOU CAN some do know that their kids may not be going to school each day or hooking class but the others of parents who make sure their kids go to school or literally drop them off and watch them walk in the building how would you really know. And ask yourself how many off you parents as kids not went to school or cut school without your parents knowing what happened. It takes a village to raise kids now and nowadays some adults don't want to get involved because some of these kids may threatened them or harm them because of the lack of respect the kids have.

Doesn't that go back to parenting when kids threatened adults. Its only two places the blame can go the child or parents imo.

[Anonymous]

Did this happen during school time? If not then I would use the term EHS students implicated in recent crimes, lightly. Hell, if they live on Capitol Hill (Potomac Gardens)...then it would be in your best interest to say that Capitol Hill residents committing crimes. The difference between a flash mob, gang and just a group of unruly children is dependent on the uniform...I guess? As for banning kids from the metro...that would be impossible as many schools have varying times for arrivals and departures. Free transportation is the least of the problems...hell female students at Ellington are fighting at an all time high...so what's the problem at that campus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be honest with yourselves now you can't always blame the parents. Some YOU CAN some do know that their kids may not be going to school each day or hooking class but the others of parents who make sure their kids go to school or literally drop them off and watch them walk in the building how would you really know. And ask yourself how many off you parents as kids not went to school or cut school without your parents knowing what happened. It takes a village to raise kids now and nowadays some adults don't want to get involved because some of these kids may threatened them or harm them because of the lack of respect the kids have.

Actually, this one is easy. I'm now getting a call every time my kid is marked absent from even just a period. No excuse on that front! Sure, some may have missed the boat telling their kids off or may be altogether absent even receiving those calls. Then it's up to the authorities and the rest of us to step it up. Still no excuse. However, what's important to keep in mind before screaming "lock them out" or "lock them up" is that research shows - for a vast majority of them - criminal behavior is a phase. Not one should be shrugged at but one that needs to be treated as something in passing and in need of redirection, not mass incarceration and further criminalization. If we don't get that, then we'll actually help perpetuate the problem.

[Anonymous]

Shame the parents as well

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Be honest with yourselves now you can't always blame the parents. Some YOU CAN some do know that their kids may not be going to school each day or hooking class but the others of parents who make sure their kids go to school or literally drop them off and watch them walk in the building how would you really know. And ask yourself how many off you parents as kids not went to school or cut school without your parents knowing what happened. It takes a village to raise kids now and nowadays some adults don't want to get involved because some of these kids may threatened them or harm them because of the lack of respect the kids have.

Actually, this one is easy. I'm now getting a call every time my kid is marked absent from even just a period. No excuse on that front! Sure, some may have missed the boat telling their kids off or may be altogether absent even receiving those calls. Then it's up to the authorities and the rest of us to step it up. Still no excuse. However, what's important to keep in mind before screaming "lock them out" or "lock them up" is that research shows - for a vast majority of them - criminal behavior is a phase. Not one should be shrugged at but one that needs to be treated as something in passing and in need of redirection, not mass incarceration and further criminalization. If we don't get that, then we'll actually help perpetuate the problem.

So what is an acceptable punishment in this case?