Neighbors harassing Blair students

[Anonymous]

As long as the car is parked legally, who cares?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope.
How do you know it’s neighbors and how do you know all the cars are legally parked?

Do you think it’s ok to smear dog shit on a car if it’s not legally parked?
Or to walk out of your house and yell at a teen and threaten them?

Reports are that all cars were parked legally at all times. I know nothing more than what is reported but it certainly sounds like neighbors and even if there was a parking irregularity it’s not ok to smear shit on someone’s car, is it?

No it’s not ok.
But just because someone said it doesn’t make it true.
I have a hard time believing a person smeared dog shit on a car in broad daylight that was legally parked. No it’s not ok if it’s illegally parked but I don’t live near a HS where entitled kids park however they like day after day instead of getting a school parking pass

The parking lot is covered with portables. There are likely very few spots for students available. I think students street parking is just part of living near a HS. Residents can request 2 hour parking limits but then their own guests are limited.

It’s very difficult for students to get parking passes.

There are school buses available for all of the students at Blair, and for that matter at every MCPS high school. There's no reason for students to drive to school.

There are plenty of reasons for students to drive. They may have after-school activities or jobs, or are responsible for a younger sibling, or take MC classes, or have an internship.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not made up. I know a girl who actually ran away from a lady screaming at her and taking pictures of her when she was legally parked in Woodmoor. I know this child and exactly where she was parked. She petitioned to get a parking pass to escape the situation.

Woodmoor loves being close to Blair for the DCC lottery, but is NOT a good neighbor to the school.

Oh stop it. Blair students get high in the neighborhood, wandering around when they feel like ditching school. They litter, and because there are not enough parking spaces in Blair's parking lot for them, they crowd the neighborhood streets with their vehicles. Residents might need to have deliveries or people do work at their houses - but it's tough to find a place for these vehicles to park on some streets.

Woodmoor neighborhood: please note the following link and get residential parking permits required for your streets. When you get them, continually call parking enforcement with the county to get tickets on all cars without residential or visitor permits.


https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Parking/RPP.html

“Residents might need deliveries or people do work at their houses”?!!! And? People parking on a public street do not prevent those things. Anyone who thinks it does needs to 1) not live in a busy intersection right next to the largest school in Maryland and one of the largest in the country and 2) consider moving to a gated community with a large driveway.

And if students are doing unsociable things in the neighborhood then address that with the school or police, don’t smear shit on other kids cars.

The neighborhood was there long before Blair, the largest school in Maryland and one of the largest in the country, was built next to it. Assuming you don't live in a gated community with a large driveway, you also need workers or deliver persons to park on the street at your home. So, you could perhaps understand why some Woodmoor neighbors are frustrated. And I don't excuse smearing shit on cars, if that even happened.

It happened, so trying to diminish it.

Most Woodmonr residents moved the after the school was built.

I have plenty of experience living in an area with very busy street parking and no drive. In fact much busier Street parking than in the streets surrounding Blair and also not just during school hours. Did I blame anyone, anyone at all when I had to park blocks away from my home, or when delivery people or contractors struggled to work out where to park? ABSOLUTELY NOT! And I certainly didn’t smear shit on the car of the or innocent person who just happened to park outside my house at that time. It’s a public street. This is life.

What I’m hearing is that the public street outside your home is for the convenience of homeowners only to 1) park their themselves or 2) be empty at all times in case a delivery person needs to park there? Is that correct? Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not made up. I know a girl who actually ran away from a lady screaming at her and taking pictures of her when she was legally parked in Woodmoor. I know this child and exactly where she was parked. She petitioned to get a parking pass to escape the situation.

Woodmoor loves being close to Blair for the DCC lottery, but is NOT a good neighbor to the school.

So you park in the streets in South Four Corners instead. It's also just across the street from Blair.

Why can’t people park in legal parking spaces?

They can. Just pointing out there are also legal parking spaces in SFC.

No, they can't. All parking in SFC for many blocks in is residential permit parking only. And it is strictly enforced. $100 tickets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not made up. I know a girl who actually ran away from a lady screaming at her and taking pictures of her when she was legally parked in Woodmoor. I know this child and exactly where she was parked. She petitioned to get a parking pass to escape the situation.

Woodmoor loves being close to Blair for the DCC lottery, but is NOT a good neighbor to the school.

So you park in the streets in South Four Corners instead. It's also just across the street from Blair.

Why can’t people park in legal parking spaces?

They can. Just pointing out there are also legal parking spaces in SFC.

No, they can't. All parking in SFC for many blocks in is residential permit parking only. And it is strictly enforced. $100 tickets.

Good for SFC! Follow their lead, Woodmoor.

[Anonymous]

I live in Woodmoor. The only thing that bothers me is when the kids just cross University Blvd anytime, anywhere. I’m so scared I’m going to hit someone, though that doesn’t seem to be as bad as it used to be.

[Anonymous]

dog poop bags in the grill of the car- not smeared, just pressed in, still in bag

Dog poop bag in hood of car

Dog poop bag inside the car on the drivers side floor

I know the child these things happened to. It must be just one crazy neighbor. I don’t believe all of Woodmoor is like that. But I agree they should get really strict parking restrictions if they don’t want students parking there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:dog poop bags in the grill of the car- not smeared, just pressed in, still in bag

Dog poop bag in hood of car

Dog poop bag inside the car on the drivers side floor

I know the child these things happened to. It must be just one crazy neighbor. I don’t believe all of Woodmoor is like that. But I agree they should get really strict parking restrictions if they don’t want students parking there.

I interpreted this as “smeared”, but I guess that was wrong?

“Before winter break there was poop (no bag) on the windshield wipers.”

[Anonymous]

Here is the process for obtaining Montgomery County Restricted Residential Parking Permits:

https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DOT-Parking/RPP.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:dog poop bags in the grill of the car- not smeared, just pressed in, still in bag

Dog poop bag in hood of car

Dog poop bag inside the car on the drivers side floor

I know the child these things happened to. It must be just one crazy neighbor. I don’t believe all of Woodmoor is like that. But I agree they should get really strict parking restrictions if they don’t want students parking there.

Assuming they wised up and started locking their car after the first incident where the inside of the car was accessed (in the hood, or on the floor), presumably the car was broken into in order to place at least one of these bags. You need to have access to the interior to pop the hood.

Did the child or parents call the police? What was their response?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:dog poop bags in the grill of the car- not smeared, just pressed in, still in bag

Dog poop bag in hood of car

Dog poop bag inside the car on the drivers side floor

I know the child these things happened to. It must be just one crazy neighbor. I don’t believe all of Woodmoor is like that. But I agree they should get really strict parking restrictions if they don’t want students parking there.

Assuming they wised up and started locking their car after the first incident where the inside of the car was accessed (in the hood, or on the floor), presumably the car was broken into in order to place at least one of these bags. You need to have access to the interior to pop the hood.

Did the child or parents call the police? What was their response?

To be clear, this thread is discussing the problem that one student has had with her car and it may be one, or maybe more than one neighbor. I hope the student moved to another street to park on. There are options.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nope.
How do you know it’s neighbors and how do you know all the cars are legally parked?

Do you think it’s ok to smear dog shit on a car if it’s not legally parked?
Or to walk out of your house and yell at a teen and threaten them?

Reports are that all cars were parked legally at all times. I know nothing more than what is reported but it certainly sounds like neighbors and even if there was a parking irregularity it’s not ok to smear shit on someone’s car, is it?

No it’s not ok.
But just because someone said it doesn’t make it true.
I have a hard time believing a person smeared dog shit on a car in broad daylight that was legally parked. No it’s not ok if it’s illegally parked but I don’t live near a HS where entitled kids park however they like day after day instead of getting a school parking pass

School parking passes are limited. Blair is lucky to have Metro and RideOn bus lines nearby so fewer students *need* to drive.

Very few students “need” to drive given that there are school buses.

My kid needed to drive because the country doesn’t have buses for the sports teams so the upperclassmen need to drive to get the kids to away games. I was really irritated by this. Also kids need to drive if they are in dual enrollment or have internships. The county outsources a lot of the education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:dog poop bags in the grill of the car- not smeared, just pressed in, still in bag

Dog poop bag in hood of car

Dog poop bag inside the car on the drivers side floor

I know the child these things happened to. It must be just one crazy neighbor. I don’t believe all of Woodmoor is like that. But I agree they should get really strict parking restrictions if they don’t want students parking there.

Assuming they wised up and started locking their car after the first incident where the inside of the car was accessed (in the hood, or on the floor), presumably the car was broken into in order to place at least one of these bags. You need to have access to the interior to pop the hood.

Did the child or parents call the police? What was their response?

To be clear, this thread is discussing the problem that one student has had with her car and it may be one, or maybe more than one neighbor. I hope the student moved to another street to park on. There are options.

ON the hood- typo, sorry. The one time it was in the car on the floor she’d left the car unlocked. She was able to move up in the queue for school parking because she told admin at Blair that she was being harassed in the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

There was more than one student targeted by these attacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was more than one student targeted by these attacks.

Maybe Blair parents should advocate to the BOE for a parking garage for their students.