DCPS will no longer let students bring open beverages into building

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These high schools need to come up with a better, more effective way to deal with what I'm sure if a minor alcohol problem. Don't punish an entire student body to stop a few bad eggs. Here's an idea, identify the bad eggs who bring alcohol onto school property and go straight to expulsion.

AMEN! Although I heard that it was bleach some kid smuggled in and dumped on a kid at a high school that provoked this extreme measure.

So expel the kid! Why is this such a struggle?

Press charges, counsel the kid, do something constructive, not punitive to the vast majority of law-abiding kids.

+1.

If there's some deranged teenager at Wilson willing to physically harm others, he's going to find other ways to do it. The only solution is to expel him (or her) and set a clear example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:just got a robocall that the policy was retracted!

Really??? Hahahah. DCPS cannot manage its way out of a paper bag. Or water bottle, for that matter.

[Anonymous]

Every single DCPS parent should send scathing emails en masse to the school administration to protest, even if the policy was retracted. It made students late to class, they had their food or drink confiscated, it stressed out everyone. They should apologize.

[jsteele]

Just to add to what the others have said about the policy being retracted (possibly the shortest-lived policy in DCPS history), here is the latest email from Wilson:

Attention Wilson, parents and guardians. The policy regarding open containers-that they may not be brought into DCPS middle and high schools, including Wilson HS-has been retracted. Please disregard earlier communications regarding open containers. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You guys, THIS ISN'T TRUE. There is zero percent chance it's true. I will eat my computer if DCPS is instituting a ban on water bottles.

the ban is on re-usable or previously opened bottles. It has to have an intact seal

Link to the policy, news release or coverage by a reputable news source now or shut the hell up. If your child attends Wilson and a hard copy "policy" went home, take a photo and post, now, or shut the hell up.

so much anger, and you're on the wrong side of history

[Anonymous]

DCPS did not make a policy about prohibiting these bottles. Individual schools did. Parents complained to DCPS and the school(s) in question were told that they could not institute such a policy. That is why you are seeing DCPS tweet that there is no such ban in place. If you want to blame someone blame the individual school AND ask what the idea was behind it to begin with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS did not make a policy about prohibiting these bottles. Individual schools did. Parents complained to DCPS and the school(s) in question were told that they could not institute such a policy. That is why you are seeing DCPS tweet that there is no such ban in place. If you want to blame someone blame the individual school AND ask what the idea was behind it to begin with.

"Per the directive from Chief John Davis below, unsealed containers containing liquids may no longer be brought into Wilson HS.

This includes hot beverages, smoothies, previously opened water/juice/soda bottles, and reusable containers of any type (Camelbak, Thermos, Contigo, etc.) EMPTY containers may be brought into the school.

All persons are expected to finish their open beverages before entering the building.

PLEASE SEE THE DIRECTIVE BELOW FROM CHIEF DAVIS, DATED 9/20

Policy on Open Containers in Schools
Due to recent security-related incidents involving students involving alcohol and bleach. DCPS's Office of School Security is recommending restricting the students, staff and visitors from bringing open containers into schools. This includes any open containers with liquids. Unopened containers of water, sports drinks and lawful beverages and liquids are allowed as long as the containers are unopened prior to entering the school. This policy should be effective immediately in middle and high schools.
(From Chief John Davis on 9/20/2016) " sounds like DCPS policy to me...

[Anonymous]

I'm confused. So John Davis send an email our w/o consulting with whom before the tweet went out indicating otherwise?

[Anonymous]

Its a miracle anyone manages to learn anything in such a dysfunctional environment.

[Anonymous]

The policy has been retraced. Let it go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its a miracle anyone manages to learn anything in such a dysfunctional environment.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The policy has been retraced. Let it go.

Yeah, what a waste of his 8 hours today.

[Anonymous]

Like a PP's child, my son at Wilson had to open his thermos today at the entrance today so that a security guard could verify that there was food inside. He was also made to throw out a bottle of lemonade he had purchased on the way to school (the guard said that there was no way to tell if the seal had been broken). There was no prior warning about this policy, and he and many other students were up to 20 minutes late for their first class because of the huge lines of students having their thermoses and bottles checked and/or confiscated.

Let's assume that there wasn't a clear and present threat this morning. As of the start of school today, this ill-fated policy hadn't been revealed to students or parents. (In fact, by the time I had a robocall about it, it was almost 5pm, and the retraction robocall came just 30 minutes later.) So whose idea was it to carry out the "new policy" in this manner at Wilson this morning?

[Anonymous]

The policy has been retraced. Let it go.

DCPS has also retracted the the policy.

[Anonymous]

Where was this posted? Not really sure it is DCPS policy. First time hearing of it.

Anonymous wrote:Including water bottles. Only sealed drinks are now allowed in.
I understand that kids may try to bring alcohol into the school, but this rule seems like it will generate a lot of plastic waste. Carrying in an empty water bottle is impractical, there aren't enough fountains for kids to fill up their bottles before/between classes, especially in a larger school like Wilson or Deal. And using the tap water from the bathroom is iffy, some taps still are labeled "Not for drinking"
Is there no other solution?