Fights break out after BCC vs WJ Football game

[Anonymous]

It was pure stupidity on the part of MCPS to schedule this as the first game of the season on a Friday night after what happened last year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There was apparently some vandalism in Silver Spring with anti BCC statements, but the neighborhood blessed with this graffiti is zoned to Einstein.

This has nothing to do with Einstein. This is BCC and WJ students constantly getting into fights.

I assumed whoever did it thought they were graffitiing a BCC neighborhood.

Is there an Einstein neighborhood that looks like it could afford BCC? News to me.

Yes, there are plenty of very comfortable to wealthy families in Einstein and lots of houses now going for over a million.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was pure stupidity on the part of MCPS to schedule this as the first game of the season on a Friday night after what happened last year.

This. Have the game at 5pm. Or Sat morning. They should know better at this point. Can't wait to hear about what happens after basketball

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was apparently some vandalism in Silver Spring with anti BCC statements, but the neighborhood blessed with this graffiti is zoned to Einstein.

This has nothing to do with Einstein. This is BCC and WJ students constantly getting into fights.

I assumed whoever did it thought they were graffitiing a BCC neighborhood.

Is there an Einstein neighborhood that looks like it could afford BCC? News to me.

Yes, there are plenty of very comfortable to wealthy families in Einstein and lots of houses now going for over a million.

And plenty of areas in BCC that are not in the 1mil range as well as apartments and condos in Bethesda-ChevyChase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

https://moco360.media/2024/09/05/two-mcps-students-arrested-gun-involved-incident/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was pure stupidity on the part of MCPS to schedule this as the first game of the season on a Friday night after what happened last year.

This. Have the game at 5pm. Or Sat morning. They should know better at this point. Can't wait to hear about what happens after basketball

Of coures, how stupid of them! If they held the games closer to the school day, they would be a violence-free as the school day is!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

You're comparing a kid slapping a kid to a shooting?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go to G square all the time and I’m having trouble recognizing anything in those videos. Is this the alleyway behind not your average joes leading over to the DSw? Are the videographers standing over in front of where the cofffee shop used to be? I would clearly be a terrible witness.

Cell phones are lot worse than eyes at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

You're comparing a kid slapping a kid to a shooting?

I’m comparing a police-involved incident with students to another police-involved incident with students.

Or did you not see the police intervening in the videos posted? Your attempt to minimize the report of numerous fights down to merely down to merely a slap, despite a complete absence of additional information, belies an allegiance that you are hiding. Are you the parent of one of the students involved or are you a BCC admin who doesn’t want to take the blame for your students making the news for bad behavior once again?

[Anonymous]

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It’s Deja vu. How many times are BCC kids going to be allowed to disrupt and assault freely after football games? You would have thought after how things got out of hand last year that things would be different this year, but nope, it’s more of the same.

Whatever MCPS did last year with those kids, which likely involved RJ, clearly didn’t work.

When there are no consequences for violent actions in MCPS, this will continue to happen. Keep voting incumbents for the BOE if you are cool with this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

You're comparing a kid slapping a kid to a shooting?

I’m comparing a police-involved incident with students to another police-involved incident with students.

Or did you not see the police intervening in the videos posted? Your attempt to minimize the report of numerous fights down to merely down to merely a slap, despite a complete absence of additional information, belies an allegiance that you are hiding. Are you the parent of one of the students involved or are you a BCC admin who doesn’t want to take the blame for your students making the news for bad behavior once again?

Whoa. So now BCC admin are responsible for the behavior of students after hours? Is that in their job description? Where were the students' parents or guardians? Were these students aged 18? Why are you questioning HS admin about actions of students they are not responsible for after school hours? And if the altercation was off school site (yet to be confirmed based on comments here).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

You're comparing a kid slapping a kid to a shooting?

I’m comparing a police-involved incident with students to another police-involved incident with students.

Or did you not see the police intervening in the videos posted? Your attempt to minimize the report of numerous fights down to merely down to merely a slap, despite a complete absence of additional information, belies an allegiance that you are hiding. Are you the parent of one of the students involved or are you a BCC admin who doesn’t want to take the blame for your students making the news for bad behavior once again?

Whoa. So now BCC admin are responsible for the behavior of students after hours? Is that in their job description? Where were the students' parents or guardians? Were these students aged 18? Why are you questioning HS admin about actions of students they are not responsible for after school hours? And if the altercation was off school site (yet to be confirmed based on comments here).

This is not a genuine question, but I’m going to answer it anyway for the benefit of onlookers:

Admin are responsible for school climate and culture. A school climate where violence and aggression are tolerated and perpetuated is absolutely an admin problem. Given that BCC has a track record of fights breaking out after football and basketball games, as evidenced and noted by several posters in this thread, it is clear there is a longstanding culture and climate problem at BCC that admin have failed to address.

If this doesn’t compute for you, then that says more about you and your comprehension and critical thinking limitations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was apparently some vandalism in Silver Spring with anti BCC statements, but the neighborhood blessed with this graffiti is zoned to Einstein.

This has nothing to do with Einstein. This is BCC and WJ students constantly getting into fights.

I assumed whoever did it thought they were graffitiing a BCC neighborhood.

Is there an Einstein neighborhood that looks like it could afford BCC? News to me.

Yes, there are plenty of very comfortable to wealthy families in Einstein and lots of houses now going for over a million.

And plenty of areas in BCC that are not in the 1mil range as well as apartments and condos in Bethesda-ChevyChase.

It's basically Ganglandia at BCC these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the official statement from WJ and BCC principals or newly hired Jones? Or are they waiting on MCPS communications to fine tune their letters?

Why would a letter to the community be needed? The necessary precautions were in place to ensure a safe game. Parents didn’t pick up their kids after and two individuals got in a fight in the nearby shopping center.

Because MCPS routinely puts out community letters about things that involve MCPS students and public safety/criminal matters.

In fact, just this last week, the principals of Odessa Shannon MS, Kennedy and Wheaton HS just put out a joint community letter after students from those three schools engaged in a shootout at the Glenmont shopping center after school hours.

You're comparing a kid slapping a kid to a shooting?

I’m comparing a police-involved incident with students to another police-involved incident with students.

Or did you not see the police intervening in the videos posted? Your attempt to minimize the report of numerous fights down to merely down to merely a slap, despite a complete absence of additional information, belies an allegiance that you are hiding. Are you the parent of one of the students involved or are you a BCC admin who doesn’t want to take the blame for your students making the news for bad behavior once again?

Whoa. So now BCC admin are responsible for the behavior of students after hours? Is that in their job description? Where were the students' parents or guardians? Were these students aged 18? Why are you questioning HS admin about actions of students they are not responsible for after school hours? And if the altercation was off school site (yet to be confirmed based on comments here).

This is not a genuine question, but I’m going to answer it anyway for the benefit of onlookers:

Admin are responsible for school climate and culture. A school climate where violence and aggression are tolerated and perpetuated is absolutely an admin problem. Given that BCC has a track record of fights breaking out after football and basketball games, as evidenced and noted by several posters in this thread, it is clear there is a longstanding culture and climate problem at BCC that admin have failed to address.

If this doesn’t compute for you, then that says more about you and your comprehension and critical thinking limitations.

Poster, please explain your perspective on the parents’ role.