Bullying, physical and sexual assaults at DCPS elementary and nothing being done by principal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Male principal + Capital Hill = Logan, Ludlow-Taylor, Tyler and Brent.

SWS would also fit the criteria

SWS kids are all adorable puppies and fart unicorn rainbows. At least that is what we hear.

Seriously OP, contact the Principal again in writing, copy the Chancellor and Ombudsman and contact MPD separately with a clear recitation of the facts.

[Anonymous]

Dcps K teacher here who has had to deal with every one of these incidents in my classroom. OP I am sorry this happening to you and even more sorry
these situations are not isolated and seem to be system wide. I don't teach on cap hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dcps K teacher here who has had to deal with every one of these incidents in my classroom. OP I am sorry this happening to you and even more sorry
these situations are not isolated and seem to be system wide. I don't teach on cap hill.

How routine is bullying at the early elementary level? I'm a parent of a kindergartner at an EOTP school, and I haven't heard of anything of the sort in kids this young. It seems out of the norm that bullying as severe and systematic as OP has described would go on in K or 1st grade. Maybe I'm naive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dcps K teacher here who has had to deal with every one of these incidents in my classroom. OP I am sorry this happening to you and even more sorry
these situations are not isolated and seem to be system wide. I don't teach on cap hill.

How routine is bullying at the early elementary level? I'm a parent of a kindergartner at an EOTP school, and I haven't heard of anything of the sort in kids this young. It seems out of the norm that bullying as severe and systematic as OP has described would go on in K or 1st grade. Maybe I'm naive?

I am not the OP - but got the sense that these were older children (3rd graders) bullying a K.

At the charter my children attend, older kids wrote nasty things about younger kids on the bathroom walls. Also - not bullying - but not nice - my PreK boy was in the hall bathroom and older kids were there. They asked my 4YO if his older brother was _____. My son said yes. The older boys started saying things that were not nice about my older son (he has a medical condition)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dcps K teacher here who has had to deal with every one of these incidents in my classroom. OP I am sorry this happening to you and even more sorry
these situations are not isolated and seem to be system wide. I don't teach on cap hill.

How routine is bullying at the early elementary level? I'm a parent of a kindergartner at an EOTP school, and I haven't heard of anything of the sort in kids this young. It seems out of the norm that bullying as severe and systematic as OP has described would go on in K or 1st grade. Maybe I'm naive?

I am not the OP - but got the sense that these were older children (3rd graders) bullying a K.

At the charter my children attend, older kids wrote nasty things about younger kids on the bathroom walls. Also - not bullying - but not nice - my PreK boy was in the hall bathroom and older kids were there. They asked my 4YO if his older brother was _____. My son said yes. The older boys started saying things that were not nice about my older son (he has a medical condition)

PP here. I thought the OP mentioned 1st graders, not 3rd graders? Just seems surprising to me.

[Anonymous]

OP -- no suggestions, but I feel terrible for you and your son and I hope DCPS admin can resolve this issue quickly. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Male principal + Capital Hill = Logan, Ludlow-Taylor, Tyler and Brent.

SWS would also fit the criteria

SWS kids are all adorable puppies and fart unicorn rainbows. At least that is what we hear.

Seriously OP, contact the Principal again in writing, copy the Chancellor and Ombudsman and contact MPD separately with a clear recitation of the facts.

SWS and Logan don't have uniforms = "school shirt" so my guess is Tyler, though it could be Brent.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody is even gently asking whether a 5-year-old's reports may not be fully accurate?

OP- I have pictures of him from today. The entire back right sleeve of his shirt is covered in brown dirt and his shoulddr is scrapped up and low back red/bruised. The day the incident in the bathroom happened I was standing right outside because it was after school. I saw 4 boys run out of the bathroom and then my 4 year old come out screaming cover saying someone peed on him. Sure enough- covered in pee from the knee down. My little one still says sometimes, "No one peed on me in the bathroom" when we have to use it while we are there. Then when my older son tells me the same kid watched him pee, etc. I believed him. Would you question your own? The very next day my 5 year old who was sleeping in underwear at 2.5 had an accident at school because he was too scared to use the hall bathroom with the older kids. He must be a liar to pee his pants! Please. Oh, and the time he was choked out in the library by the 3rd grader. His friend was there and saw it, but you know they got together and made that one up! And if the teacher didn't see it; it didn't happen! I could go on...but I don't need to prove myself on the Internet. Just looking for advice and I appreciate all the nice comments so far.

Kindergartners and 3rd graders were in the library at the same time? Was this also in aftercare? I don't know any aftercare program that puts kindergarteners together with 3rd graders, and I can't figure out when the two grades would mix during the school day. Does Logan mix up the grades like this?

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I don't think it's Tyler, as that school doesn't have free playground time. Tyler is one of the Playworks schools, where recess time means kids are directed in guided activities, instead of just running around on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son is a Kindergartener and has been the victim of sexual and ongoing physical assaults and bullying at his school.. The majority of these incidents occur on the playground and involve about 6-7 of 1st grade boys who single out my son, kick, hit, jump on him and call him names. Other incidents have included being watched by another student while using the bathroom and the student making inappropriatel comments about his private parts. The same student also peed on my younger son while he was washing his hands(after school). My son was also choked in the library and threatened to be killed if he told on the kid for throwing pencils at him. None of these incidents were reported to me by school staff- I had to hear them first from my son!! Whenever I speak to the principal it's always, well we talked to the kids and that's not how they said things happened and since no one saw what happened we can't do anything. Today I was ready to pull him from school and homeschool for the remainder of the year. We are new to DCPS. What are my options here? How do I get something done about this? Is this just a lost cause? Help!

Call the police. I'm serious - that will get the school's attention. A lawyer wouldn't hurt, either.

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I'm going to guess L-T.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a racial thing

Please explain op

Wtf??! What difference does it make? Are you talking about race of kids? Principal? If it's white on white does that make it different then black on white, black on white, or black on black??? It's ludicrous that it's happening regardless of race of parties. Please explain PP. you are what I despise about DCUM.

Not the PP. I suspect she's wanting to know if a child is being targeted because of race. Not an illegitimate question - hate crime statutes exist for a reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nobody is even gently asking whether a 5-year-old's reports may not be fully accurate?

OP- I have pictures of him from today. The entire back right sleeve of his shirt is covered in brown dirt and his shoulddr is scrapped up and low back red/bruised. The day the incident in the bathroom happened I was standing right outside because it was after school. I saw 4 boys run out of the bathroom and then my 4 year old come out screaming cover saying someone peed on him. Sure enough- covered in pee from the knee down. My little one still says sometimes, "No one peed on me in the bathroom" when we have to use it while we are there. Then when my older son tells me the same kid watched him pee, etc. I believed him. Would you question your own? The very next day my 5 year old who was sleeping in underwear at 2.5 had an accident at school because he was too scared to use the hall bathroom with the older kids. He must be a liar to pee his pants! Please. Oh, and the time he was choked out in the library by the 3rd grader. His friend was there and saw it, but you know they got together and made that one up! And if the teacher didn't see it; it didn't happen! I could go on...but I don't need to prove myself on the Internet. Just looking for advice and I appreciate all the nice comments so far.

Kindergartners and 3rd graders were in the library at the same time? Was this also in aftercare? I don't know any aftercare program that puts kindergarteners together with 3rd graders, and I can't figure out when the two grades would mix during the school day. Does Logan mix up the grades like this?


These are separate events. The librarian at this school told me that he has a problem with kids abusing bathroom passes and coming into the library to hang out. He said he wants the library to be a welcoming place so he doesn't always make them leave right away. My sons class was in the library for scheduled library time. The incident that happened in the bathroom was after school and involved 1st graders who should have been in aftercare or had aftercare supervision.

[Anonymous]

So sorry OP. I hope this ends immediately and your son has a wonderful school life for the rest of his life! Hugs to you and your family!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a racial thing

Please explain op

Wtf??! What difference does it make? Are you talking about race of kids? Principal? If it's white on white does that make it different then black on white, black on white, or black on black??? It's ludicrous that it's happening regardless of race of parties. Please explain PP. you are what I despise about DCUM.

Not the PP. I suspect she's wanting to know if a child is being targeted because of race. Not an illegitimate question - hate crime statutes exist for a reason.

New poster, but race can be a complicating factor in DCPS with such cases. I unfortunately speak from experience, as several years ago my preschool-agechild was repeatedly attacked quite brutally at school. We had multiple witnesses and incident reports, including from multiple teachers, as well as an outside medical report, but the fact that my high-SES white child was the victim of a black student in a rapidly gentrifying school made it more complicated for the Principal to take effective action. There were just certain political realities related to race that made the (white) Principal more hesitant to act at the time.... (there were other factors at play, too, of course.)

Different DPCS school than OP, and a few years ago.