DCPS will no longer let students bring open beverages into building

[Anonymous]

This is hilarious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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?

if you read the thread...

[Anonymous]

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

DCPS families should NOT let this go. Whoever thought of this should be fired. It's an example of the complete disrespect the schools have for their students, and they need to suffer consequences at some point.

[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.

Nice try, Mr. Davis. Did Kaya train you herself?

[Anonymous]

Given that DCPS (Davis or otherwise - plus, honestly, this doesn't sound like his style and DCPS should get credit for one thing: putting things on proper letter head, which this isn't) hasn't come out to declare anything like it, isn't the following a more likely scenario: A struggling principal faced with some misdeeds in school calls the central office to say "don't we have a policy? isn't there a tool I could use? back home I could...". Someone up the chain calls back to say, "well, there isn't a policy here, but of course you're free to make one for your school...". The principal then writes it all up and - as so many inexperienced or wobbly leaders do - promptly blames the next up to avoid backlash.

Or here is another scenario: Someone truly has it in for Mr. Davis. I've seen him in action and was impressed with his focus and efficiency. He is no none-sense and probably does have his share of enemies at this time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given that DCPS (Davis or otherwise - plus, honestly, this doesn't sound like his style and DCPS should get credit for one thing: putting things on proper letter head, which this isn't) hasn't come out to declare anything like it, isn't the following a more likely scenario: A struggling principal faced with some misdeeds in school calls the central office to say "don't we have a policy? isn't there a tool I could use? back home I could...". Someone up the chain calls back to say, "well, there isn't a policy here, but of course you're free to make one for your school...". The principal then writes it all up and - as so many inexperienced or wobbly leaders do - promptly blames the next up to avoid backlash.

Or here is another scenario: Someone truly has it in for Mr. Davis. I've seen him in action and was impressed with his focus and efficiency. He is no none-sense and probably does have his share of enemies at this time.

Please. This is ridiculous to imply that central office didn't botch it. It's classic DCPS to make rash decisions without thinking them through. And I've had plenty of interaction with Davis and have never been impressed.

[Anonymous]

Did any schools other than Wilson send out email/robocalls about the policy? (We had one of each from Wilson and also a retraction by both methods, so 4 contacts in one afternoon.) Did any other schools begin to enforce the policy (as Wilson did, before publicizing it)?

Does anyone know at what school the purported bleach incident actually occurred?

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/09/22/dc-public-schools-briefly-banned-students-bringing-beverages/

[Anonymous]

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.

Would expulsion be an acceptable consequence if your child was caught bringing alcohol into school, or would you use the Brock Turner?Ethan Couch defense?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

DCPS families should NOT let this go. Whoever thought of this should be fired. It's an example of the complete disrespect the schools have for their students, and they need to suffer consequences at some point.

Agreed. Plus, it's just an example of what we have to go through with DCPS - why do they waste our time and our kids? Why can't they get their act together and manage the school system? Why? Why? Why?