Bullying - Eliot-Hines

[Anonymous]

Looks like another example of DCPS turning a blind-eye or a do-nothing response to bullying. MS child being beaten by an Eastern HS student. Same old response: we’re working on it.

https://wtop.com/dc/2019/05/principal-parents-react-video-dc-middle-school-beating/

[Anonymous]

Ugh, this is awful.

[Anonymous]

I guess . . . if it's recorded, then we have to take it seriously?

[Anonymous]

That school is a garbage dump.

[Anonymous]

The school had a 31% out of school suspension rate last year. It doesn't appear it has gotten much better. Safety is non-negotiable! We decided to pass....

[Anonymous]

DCPS struggles to provide a safe learning environment. Not sure what the issue is. Don’t they have an alternative school for kids who have bad behavioral issues? Or was this unique to my school district growing up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCPS struggles to provide a safe learning environment. Not sure what the issue is. Don’t they have an alternative school for kids who have bad behavioral issues? Or was this unique to my school district growing up?

They do have alternative school for kids with behavioral issues or who are caught doing things like drug dealing on campus. Placement can be a lengthy process, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS struggles to provide a safe learning environment. Not sure what the issue is. Don’t they have an alternative school for kids who have bad behavioral issues? Or was this unique to my school district growing up?

They do have alternative school for kids with behavioral issues or who are caught doing things like drug dealing on campus. Placement can be a lengthy process, however.

And students and their families have more legal rights to contest placements than they did when you grew up. And if behavioral issues are due to a disability, the school district has to try multiple interventions before such a restrictive placement can be made, including potentially filing a legal case against a parent who disagrees with sending the child to an alternative school.

It isn't simple. And the administrators cannot legally tell the victim's families what exactly they are doing or what they root cause is.

HOWEVER, if your child is being bullied and the school can't get it under control, you can seek a placement at an OOB school for safety ground and they are usually granted. It's what the chancellor discretion policy is supposed to be used for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DCPS struggles to provide a safe learning environment. Not sure what the issue is. Don’t they have an alternative school for kids who have bad behavioral issues? Or was this unique to my school district growing up?

They do have alternative school for kids with behavioral issues or who are caught doing things like drug dealing on campus. Placement can be a lengthy process, however.

And students and their families have more legal rights to contest placements than they did when you grew up. And if behavioral issues are due to a disability, the school district has to try multiple interventions before such a restrictive placement can be made, including potentially filing a legal case against a parent who disagrees with sending the child to an alternative school.

It isn't simple. And the administrators cannot legally tell the victim's families what exactly they are doing or what they root cause is.

HOWEVER, if your child is being bullied and the school can't get it under control, you can seek a placement at an OOB school for safety ground and they are usually granted. It's what the chancellor discretion policy is supposed to be used for.

Oh good to know because I feel like there is nothing offered to victims. I get the impression DCPS just doesn’t GAF about the kids who must deal with the bullying/physical assaults.

[Anonymous]

So the victim is forced to change schools but the bully can keep on tormenting kids at the current school. Got it DCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the victim is forced to change schools but the bully can keep on tormenting kids at the current school. Got it DCPS.

Not great. But far better than condemning them to stay put.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the victim is forced to change schools but the bully can keep on tormenting kids at the current school. Got it DCPS.

Kids who can’t behave or have IEPs on behavior are more important than the kids who can behave and don’t have IEPs on behavior. They have more rights.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the victim is forced to change schools but the bully can keep on tormenting kids at the current school. Got it DCPS.

Not great. But far better than condemning them to stay put.

I hope they at least get a Deal placement out of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the victim is forced to change schools but the bully can keep on tormenting kids at the current school. Got it DCPS.

Kids who can’t behave or have IEPs on behavior are more important than the kids who can behave and don’t have IEPs on behavior. They have more rights.

Stop scapgoating kids with IEPs. My son with an IEP is being bullied, which the way things usually go. The school response to bullying has nothing to do with IEP status. Kids with IEPs can and should be disciplined if they bully or hurt other kids. I know it's a nice fantasy that all school issues are caused by different kids who are nothing like your own, but that's not true. It's also unfair to the kids at Elliot-Hine who need actual resources to improve safety, no knee-jerk reactions based on stereotypes.

[Anonymous]

Note to self: get sweet, sensitive PreK kid into martial arts ASAP.

I'll be damned if my kid is a victim. I'll fight the bully, his mama, and his aunts if need be.