Silver Creek Incident with Edibles

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're a government family, so we've moved all over the country and a few different countries... Montgomery County astounds me in the worst way possible. Parents here seem to absolve themselves of ANY responsibility whatsoever and instead of fixing the problems at home, they get on forums like this vent and complain about other people not doing THEIR job. The amount of whining I've seen..the thread about a parent who couldn't deal with a phone call at 5:40 in the morning...grow up? I've lived in third world countries with parents doing a much better job than most of the ones here. (Obviously, I don't mean ALL parents here. Some of you are doing a great job.) But overall...just...wow. Start taking responsibility and accountability for your child. That is YOUR role as a parent. It isn''t up to teachers, admin, schools, school districts, etc. to raise your kids. That is on you or what are you even doing with children?

Cool. You sound like you have some answers! Maybe you can help us parents out.

My kid does not smoke week (as far as I know). However, she has complained that she will walk into the school bathroom and have to walk right back out because it smells so heavily of weed. This is during the school day.

As a parent, how can I parent MY child to ensure that she has access to weed-free bathrooms at school?

my child has told me the same. we can’t sanitize the world for them. it is our job to prepare them for the world as it is and as it will be. i’ve told mine “wow, that is a shame. are there any non-smokey bathrooms? can you go when you’re out at lunch?”
it’s not ideal, but that’s life.

Where do you work? Do you have people smoking weed in your work bathroom daily? Vaping in your work restrooms?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love the irony of PP coming to DCUM to complain about parents complaining on DCUM.

DP but it’s not ironic at all. Pp was complaining about parents. The parents here are blaming everyone but themselves for their kids horrific behavior and their own actions as parents. Might wanna look up irony first. You seem to have the alanis morissette version

PP is a parent complaining on DCUM about parents complaining on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're a government family, so we've moved all over the country and a few different countries... Montgomery County astounds me in the worst way possible. Parents here seem to absolve themselves of ANY responsibility whatsoever and instead of fixing the problems at home, they get on forums like this vent and complain about other people not doing THEIR job. The amount of whining I've seen..the thread about a parent who couldn't deal with a phone call at 5:40 in the morning...grow up? I've lived in third world countries with parents doing a much better job than most of the ones here. (Obviously, I don't mean ALL parents here. Some of you are doing a great job.) But overall...just...wow. Start taking responsibility and accountability for your child. That is YOUR role as a parent. It isn''t up to teachers, admin, schools, school districts, etc. to raise your kids. That is on you or what are you even doing with children?

Cool. You sound like you have some answers! Maybe you can help us parents out.

My kid does not smoke week (as far as I know). However, she has complained that she will walk into the school bathroom and have to walk right back out because it smells so heavily of weed. This is during the school day.

As a parent, how can I parent MY child to ensure that she has access to weed-free bathrooms at school?

Weed-free bathrooms are an aspect of white supremacy.

Wait! I thought the white W schools had the most drugs!

Is that what you overhead at the Takoma Park Co-Op?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what happens when kids are not challenged or have no standards or high expectations or expectations of decency. If there are no real world consequences kids have no motivation to do the right thing just because it's the right thing. That is higher level thinking but to get there you must master lower level thinking which is more focused around consequences.

Exactly. And they seem to graduate from school misbehavior to criminal activity by the age of 15 or 16. They’re begging for guardrails - rules and restrictions, and sadly won’t get them until they’re charged as adults.

Sick of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think what is happening at Silver Creek is similar to what is happening across MCPS middle schools.

This. We are not at Silver Creek, but I have a 6th grader at another MCPS middle school. He has already reported multiple fights. Often at lunch, but even at other times of the day. Kids are vaping the hallways and on the bus and using other drugs.

It's really hard for admin to get a handle on this. Admin isn't really allowed to administer meaningful consequences, so the kids know they can get away with horrible behavior. My older kid is in HS and it just gets worse - multiple MCPS high schools have had issues with drug overdoses (fentanyl).

Do we need to stage a parent strike? The schools are failing our kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rich kids behaving badly...

Ha, ha. More like the new neighbors in the new building are acting up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sit in on your children's classes! I can not express this enough, as a teacher and a parent. As a parent, I sit in on my childrens classes. I want to know my childs teacher and how their teaching style. I want to know what engagement and participation looks like. I want to know what classroom management look likes. I want to know if there are disturbances in the class, beyond the teachers control, that would disrupt my childs learning process. I want to observe any other students behavior issues that could impact my childs education. As a teacher, I welcome parents in my classroom. Come see how your child interacts in my class, other classes, their transitions, how their social interactions with peers look, how engaged they are, their behavior, how I run the classroom, etc. Come see the fights that break out and how I have to protect the other kids. I welcome you to go complain because my complaints are not enough. Come see the behavior child that chucks pencils and scissors across the room and I am just told that I must remove those from the classroom. Come see the students that fill my classroom with the smell of weed and I can not do a thing but open the window. Stop relying on what the kids have to say when they go home. When you observe it, witness and document it, then will admin be forced to intervene.

Exactly. And don’t forget to copy the area superintendent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love the irony of PP coming to DCUM to complain about parents complaining on DCUM.

DP but it’s not ironic at all. Pp was complaining about parents. The parents here are blaming everyone but themselves for their kids horrific behavior and their own actions as parents. Might wanna look up irony first. You seem to have the alanis morissette version

PP is a parent complaining on DCUM about parents complaining on DCUM.

If you could used a little thing called reading comprehension, you’d see they weren’t complaining at all… it was a commentary on how parents in this community will find anything to blame other people on which is accurate. You sound offended so something they said must have struck a nerve. Hope you get better soon!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have drilled into my children that they are not to share food or take food from ANYONE, not even their best friends or teachers.

I have too. And then my kid had a terrible headache last week and took something from a friend. I got her some tylenol to keep in her bag along with some protein bars just in case. It can happen to any of us though.

This is against MCPS policy and she could get in trouble if she gets caught taking painkillers at school, FYI.

Oh, but you can kick a kid in the head and not get in trouble? Vape in the bathrooms? Etc…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Love the irony of PP coming to DCUM to complain about parents complaining on DCUM.

DP but it’s not ironic at all. Pp was complaining about parents. The parents here are blaming everyone but themselves for their kids horrific behavior and their own actions as parents. Might wanna look up irony first. You seem to have the alanis morissette version

PP is a parent complaining on DCUM about parents complaining on DCUM.

If you could used a little thing called reading comprehension, you’d see they weren’t complaining at all… it was a commentary on how parents in this community will find anything to blame other people on which is accurate. You sound offended so something they said must have struck a nerve. Hope you get better soon!

She is absolutely complaining about parents in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Low-income
(27% of students)

At SCMS? Per MCPS, it’s 35.7%
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is what happens when kids are not challenged or have no standards or high expectations or expectations of decency. If there are no real world consequences kids have no motivation to do the right thing just because it's the right thing. That is higher level thinking but to get there you must master lower level thinking which is more focused around consequences.

Does anyone even train kids on proper expected behavior or what is the right thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is what happens when kids are not challenged or have no standards or high expectations or expectations of decency. If there are no real world consequences kids have no motivation to do the right thing just because it's the right thing. That is higher level thinking but to get there you must master lower level thinking which is more focused around consequences.

Does anyone even train kids on proper expected behavior or what is the right thing?

Yes the people/place doing the training is school. Hence why you see all the behaviors.

[Anonymous]

This has been going on tat w feeders for decades. Nothing new to see here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're a government family, so we've moved all over the country and a few different countries... Montgomery County astounds me in the worst way possible. Parents here seem to absolve themselves of ANY responsibility whatsoever and instead of fixing the problems at home, they get on forums like this vent and complain about other people not doing THEIR job. The amount of whining I've seen..the thread about a parent who couldn't deal with a phone call at 5:40 in the morning...grow up? I've lived in third world countries with parents doing a much better job than most of the ones here. (Obviously, I don't mean ALL parents here. Some of you are doing a great job.) But overall...just...wow. Start taking responsibility and accountability for your child. That is YOUR role as a parent. It isn''t up to teachers, admin, schools, school districts, etc. to raise your kids. That is on you or what are you even doing with children?

Cool. You sound like you have some answers! Maybe you can help us parents out.

My kid does not smoke week (as far as I know). However, she has complained that she will walk into the school bathroom and have to walk right back out because it smells so heavily of weed. This is during the school day.

As a parent, how can I parent MY child to ensure that she has access to weed-free bathrooms at school?

my child has told me the same. we can’t sanitize the world for them. it is our job to prepare them for the world as it is and as it will be. i’ve told mine “wow, that is a shame. are there any non-smokey bathrooms? can you go when you’re out at lunch?”
it’s not ideal, but that’s life.

Where do you work? Do you have people smoking weed in your work bathroom daily? Vaping in your work restrooms?

DCUM has already established that school =/= workplace for students. If we’re reconsidering that, there need to be a number of student behaviors we discuss.