How is Ritchie Park these days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who revived this thread so they could talk about how amazing rp is? It's tiresome.

I don't think anyone has stated that RP is an amazing school, just that's it's not horrible like some people are making it out to be. Like a PP stated, every school has issues, and there are some schools that might be better than RP and others that are worse.

RP is very diverse, both racially and SES. I like that about it. It's over crowded - I hate this about it. Most of the teachers so far that we've experienced have been great; they are not perfect, but they saw the potential in my kids and kept pushing them up. Maybe some of it was enrichment at home, but the teachers still saw the potential and challenged them instead of dumbing them down. For now, that's all I can ask for in the teachers. Plus, this year, both my DCs absolutely love their teachers - so this helps. I don't know what's going to happen next year. Maybe DCs will hate it. We'll see.

[Anonymous]

Well put, PP.

I guess the BFES or Wayside or Potomac ES parent who keeps coming back to this thread to dump on RP will not be too happy with you. Same with the parent whose kids was scolded by the mean lunch lady and is now using a scorched earth policy against anyone who dares walk the halls of RP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well put, PP.

I guess the BFES or Wayside or Potomac ES parent who keeps coming back to this thread to dump on RP will not be too happy with you. Same with the parent whose kids was scolded by the mean lunch lady and is now using a scorched earth policy against anyone who dares walk the halls of RP.

LOL. I volunteer there sometimes, and yea, one lunch lady is mean. But you know what, it's like a zoo in there. I mean really, a zoo. The lady has to be mean and strict otherwise it would be absolutely chaotic and the decibel level would blow out the windows. Just think about how many kids are in there. RP is over capacity. Also, some of the kids there are so disrespectful, even to the adults that are supervising. If I were that lady, I'd be mean, too, sometimes. I politely told a very young ES kid to please keep hands to yourself as the kid was disturbing another kid, and the kid blew me off. I so wanted to give that kid a spanking. Of course I didn't. If all the kids were angels the mean lunch lady might not be so mean...who knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well put, PP.

I guess the BFES or Wayside or Potomac ES parent who keeps coming back to this thread to dump on RP will not be too happy with you. Same with the parent whose kids was scolded by the mean lunch lady and is now using a scorched earth policy against anyone who dares walk the halls of RP.

LOL. I volunteer there sometimes, and yea, one lunch lady is mean. But you know what, it's like a zoo in there. I mean really, a zoo. The lady has to be mean and strict otherwise it would be absolutely chaotic and the decibel level would blow out the windows. Just think about how many kids are in there. RP is over capacity. Also, some of the kids there are so disrespectful, even to the adults that are supervising. If I were that lady, I'd be mean, too, sometimes. I politely told a very young ES kid to please keep hands to yourself as the kid was disturbing another kid, and the kid blew me off. I so wanted to give that kid a spanking. Of course I didn't. If all the kids were angels the mean lunch lady might not be so mean...who knows.

you wanted to give someone else's child a spanking? And your volunteering at school?

[Anonymous]

Those lunch ladies have no control over the kids. They yell, scream, and threaten things they don't back up. They need a new crew in there and a principal that backs them up and a phone calls to parents to come get their kids for the day, if it doesn't resolve. Then they eat in the office meeting room for a week before being allowed back in the lunch room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those lunch ladies have no control over the kids. They yell, scream, and threaten things they don't back up. They need a new crew in there and a principal that backs them up and a phone calls to parents to come get their kids for the day, if it doesn't resolve. Then they eat in the office meeting room for a week before being allowed back in the lunch room.

You can't send kids home for a day in MCPS without very specific reasons. It is considered a suspension.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well put, PP.

I guess the BFES or Wayside or Potomac ES parent who keeps coming back to this thread to dump on RP will not be too happy with you. Same with the parent whose kids was scolded by the mean lunch lady and is now using a scorched earth policy against anyone who dares walk the halls of RP.

LOL. I volunteer there sometimes, and yea, one lunch lady is mean. But you know what, it's like a zoo in there. I mean really, a zoo. The lady has to be mean and strict otherwise it would be absolutely chaotic and the decibel level would blow out the windows. Just think about how many kids are in there. RP is over capacity. Also, some of the kids there are so disrespectful, even to the adults that are supervising. If I were that lady, I'd be mean, too, sometimes. I politely told a very young ES kid to please keep hands to yourself as the kid was disturbing another kid, and the kid blew me off. I so wanted to give that kid a spanking. Of course I didn't. If all the kids were angels the mean lunch lady might not be so mean...who knows.

you wanted to give someone else's child a spanking? And your volunteering at school?

Seriously PP, it was in jest. But sometimes, yea I think such kids need spankings. Do you volunteer at your kid's school lunches/recess? Have you ever dealt with out of control, disrespectful kids that bother other kids? So tell me, if you came across an ES student who was bothering your child during lunch, and you asked this kid politely to stop and this kid just laughed at you and ignored what you said, what would you do? Give the child a note? This kid is like this every time I see this kid. I'm venturing to guess that no amount of notes this kid has received is changing the kid's behavior. I have a higher tolerance for bad behavior from kids that are not mine, but this kid would try the patience of a saint. If you have a such a kid, discipline your kids and don't expect the people at school to do it for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those lunch ladies have no control over the kids. They yell, scream, and threaten things they don't back up. They need a new crew in there and a principal that backs them up and a phone calls to parents to come get their kids for the day, if it doesn't resolve. Then they eat in the office meeting room for a week before being allowed back in the lunch room.

You can't send kids home for a day in MCPS without very specific reasons. It is considered a suspension.

Okay, then isolate them for a week for lunch and recess. No one to laugh at their stupid antics. Lunch room should be a priveledge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those lunch ladies have no control over the kids. They yell, scream, and threaten things they don't back up. They need a new crew in there and a principal that backs them up and a phone calls to parents to come get their kids for the day, if it doesn't resolve. Then they eat in the office meeting room for a week before being allowed back in the lunch room.

You can't send kids home for a day in MCPS without very specific reasons. It is considered a suspension.

Okay, then isolate them for a week for lunch and recess. No one to laugh at their stupid antics. Lunch room should be a priveledge.

Please learn how to spell before you get so high and mighty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those lunch ladies have no control over the kids. They yell, scream, and threaten things they don't back up. They need a new crew in there and a principal that backs them up and a phone calls to parents to come get their kids for the day, if it doesn't resolve. Then they eat in the office meeting room for a week before being allowed back in the lunch room.

You can't send kids home for a day in MCPS without very specific reasons. It is considered a suspension.

Okay, then isolate them for a week for lunch and recess. No one to laugh at their stupid antics. Lunch room should be a priveledge.

Please learn how to spell before you get so high and mighty.

I hate it when people have nothing else to post than correcting someone's grammar or spelling. It's a forum, not the freakin' Harvard Law review. People type on tablets or smartphones which is hard to type on or autocorrects. I type really quickly and don't review everything I type. It seems people who have nothing else to contribute usually pick on these aspects of the PP. If you have nothing else to contribute, just stop posting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Those lunch ladies have no control over the kids. They yell, scream, and threaten things they don't back up. They need a new crew in there and a principal that backs them up and a phone calls to parents to come get their kids for the day, if it doesn't resolve. Then they eat in the office meeting room for a week before being allowed back in the lunch room.

You can't send kids home for a day in MCPS without very specific reasons. It is considered a suspension.

Okay, then isolate them for a week for lunch and recess. No one to laugh at their stupid antics. Lunch room should be a priveledge.

RP is over crowded. The lunch room sometimes has no free tables. Where would you isolate this child in the lunchroom? If you have several kids that are acting out at lunch, I don't think there's enough rooms in the school to separate each child to eat alone, plus you'd have to staff each room to supervise the child.

The only thing they seem to be able to do is give the kid a bad note, which the parent is supposed to sign. IMO, it's the parent that should be disciplining the child. I wonder if these kids get disciplined at home for the note or do the parents just lecture them, sign the note and that's the end of it. I've had both my kids get a note from the lunch lady, but only once. They both got disciplined at home for the note. I'm not saying the staff are great. I'm just saying the parents are equally, if not more, responsible to make sure the kids behave at school, whether in the class, lunch or recess.

[Anonymous]

We left RP last year and moved to another public school.
I liked the teachers and the parents at RP. Good families.
The parking is not too bad, you can park on the street.
HOWEVER, I must say that the pricipal is not well liked. I did not like her. We had my son in an enrichment program after school for science. We had to pull him out when he complained about the teacher being really mean. We spoke with the people who ran the science program and they said that the teacher was indeed strict, but only because the PRINCIPAL of RP told her that she needed to be really firm with "these kids". That is, RP students can get out of hand if you aren't firm. ?%$#? The principal is setting the foundation for bad relationships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well put, PP.

I guess the BFES or Wayside or Potomac ES parent who keeps coming back to this thread to dump on RP will not be too happy with you. Same with the parent whose kids was scolded by the mean lunch lady and is now using a scorched earth policy against anyone who dares walk the halls of RP.

LOL. I volunteer there sometimes, and yea, one lunch lady is mean. But you know what, it's like a zoo in there. I mean really, a zoo. The lady has to be mean and strict otherwise it would be absolutely chaotic and the decibel level would blow out the windows. Just think about how many kids are in there. RP is over capacity. Also, some of the kids there are so disrespectful, even to the adults that are supervising. If I were that lady, I'd be mean, too, sometimes. I politely told a very young ES kid to please keep hands to yourself as the kid was disturbing another kid, and the kid blew me off. I so wanted to give that kid a spanking. Of course I didn't. If all the kids were angels the mean lunch lady might not be so mean...who knows.

At our former elem. school a man walked around yelling in a bull horn at lunchtime!
Yes, lunch of K or 1st graders can be a zoo, but this was over the top to me.

No wonder some of these schools don't want parents in the school participating or helping out, b/c we might actually see what's going on behind the curtain!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well put, PP.

I guess the BFES or Wayside or Potomac ES parent who keeps coming back to this thread to dump on RP will not be too happy with you. Same with the parent whose kids was scolded by the mean lunch lady and is now using a scorched earth policy against anyone who dares walk the halls of RP.

LOL. I volunteer there sometimes, and yea, one lunch lady is mean. But you know what, it's like a zoo in there. I mean really, a zoo. The lady has to be mean and strict otherwise it would be absolutely chaotic and the decibel level would blow out the windows. Just think about how many kids are in there. RP is over capacity. Also, some of the kids there are so disrespectful, even to the adults that are supervising. If I were that lady, I'd be mean, too, sometimes. I politely told a very young ES kid to please keep hands to yourself as the kid was disturbing another kid, and the kid blew me off. I so wanted to give that kid a spanking. Of course I didn't. If all the kids were angels the mean lunch lady might not be so mean...who knows.

you wanted to give someone else's child a spanking? And your volunteering at school?

Seriously PP, it was in jest. But sometimes, yea I think such kids need spankings. Do you volunteer at your kid's school lunches/recess? Have you ever dealt with out of control, disrespectful kids that bother other kids? So tell me, if you came across an ES student who was bothering your child during lunch, and you asked this kid politely to stop and this kid just laughed at you and ignored what you said, what would you do? Give the child a note? This kid is like this every time I see this kid. I'm venturing to guess that no amount of notes this kid has received is changing the kid's behavior. I have a higher tolerance for bad behavior from kids that are not mine, but this kid would try the patience of a saint. If you have a such a kid, discipline your kids and don't expect the people at school to do it for you.

Perhaps move this kid to another location. Maybe the noise and crowdedness bothers him and he needs a different eating situation. The school admin. should be looking for a solution and not just let it roll. And, a note a day or even weekly is not going to do the trick.

[Anonymous]

Behavior notes don't change behavior. Every study will tell you positive consequences and rewards change behavior, not negative.