Reported hazing incident involving Damascus High School JV Football team

[Anonymous]

Let's not even talk about what the little heathens do that builds up to big heathens. My daughter's old school was horrible!!! 7 or 8 year olds molesting kids, fighting causing head injuries, kids running off property, cursing kids and staff out and throwing scary tantrums. We moved immediately. It was not a " bad" school either. Imagine schools like Gaithersburg or South Lake ES?? The principal just says restorative justice. Wtf is that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let's not even talk about what the little heathens do that builds up to big heathens. My daughter's old school was horrible!!! 7 or 8 year olds molesting kids, fighting causing head injuries, kids running off property, cursing kids and staff out and throwing scary tantrums. We moved immediately. It was not a " bad" school either. Imagine schools like Gaithersburg or South Lake ES?? The principal just says restorative justice. Wtf is that?

I think this can happen at any elementary school. Our school uses PBIS. We have assemblies and there is this huge, intricate reward system in place, but zero punishments. The kids know they can get away with all sorts of crazy stuff, and worst of all, there is a push for the other kids in the class (the ones who do actually pay attention and do work) to spend time talking about how they can help the kid who throws tantrums. Gimme a break.

We have a kid in DD’s ES class who throws chairs. He yells at the teacher. He has run out of the classroom. He has beat up other kids. He finished out last year and is back at the same school again this year. We have kids who cause issues on the bus. One kid did actually get taken off the bus for a few days, but then was allowed right back on and is causing trouble again. My other, younger DD has someone in her class who hit the teacher. Yes, he hit the teacher!

I wish we could go private, because I truly feel that MCPS does not care about my average kid learning and being safe at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Blair Ewing center used to be where kids who are expelled would be reassigned to for their educational needs. It doesn't have a football team though and there have been budget cuts for this type of service. It was cheaper for MCPS to transfer a student to Damascus HS then to send him to a special program like Blair Ewing. But why grant him an athletic waiver with the transfer?

The student who was transferred from Clarksburg was the ring leader for that group of kids. It was his idea that raping kids was a fun team bonding experience.

MCPS is broken system wide. You can choose a different cluster to live in other than Damascus but it doesn't mean your children will be any safer. There are no safe schools in MCPS.

So a kid was transferred? I do believe that MCPS cut the lines, sending kids in Clarksburg to Damascus. I know they transfer kids all the time - "making deals." That was a big thing in the DCC and NEC. A Kennedy kid would be sent to Springbrook, for example. It was a hot mess, but this wheeling and dealing was done behind the scenes.

I wish principals would stand up. It's devastating to schools when their own leaders are spineless. And yes, I do blame them as much as I blame teachers who are too fearful to speak up. I used to receive emails all the time saying, "We support you. You have a lot of support behind the scenes." yada yaday - But that did me no good. I'm one person.

But again, until the masses rise up, we will continue to abuse ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Stay tuned for more on Damascus...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay tuned for more on Damascus...

The teacher - student affair and their children?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay tuned for more on Damascus...

The teacher - student affair and their children?

What? Any creditable source?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay tuned for more on Damascus...

The teacher - student affair and their children?

Wait . . .

So a teacher had an affair with a student, and they had kids together????

Please tell me this is a rumor! ugh

[Anonymous]

anyone know?

[Anonymous]

Something is wrong at Damascus. This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom. Why does this keep happening? And ABC7 reports that one of the individuals charged in Juvenile Court is on the JV football team?
https://wjla.com/news/local/damascus-teens-humiliating-photo-autism

And again, nothing from Smith. He needs to be fired too. Sick and tired of kids being abused at Damascus HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something is wrong at Damascus. This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom. Why does this keep happening? And ABC7 reports that one of the individuals charged in Juvenile Court is on the JV football team?
https://wjla.com/news/local/damascus-teens-humiliating-photo-autism

And again, nothing from Smith. He needs to be fired too. Sick and tired of kids being abused at Damascus HS.

8:32 here. This is what I was talking about. JV football player....again. The entire football program should be suspended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something is wrong at Damascus. This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom. Why does this keep happening? And ABC7 reports that one of the individuals charged in Juvenile Court is on the JV football team?
https://wjla.com/news/local/damascus-teens-humiliating-photo-autism

And again, nothing from Smith. He needs to be fired too. Sick and tired of kids being abused at Damascus HS.

This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom.

Adding emphasis to this. Culture needs to change now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something is wrong at Damascus. This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom. Why does this keep happening? And ABC7 reports that one of the individuals charged in Juvenile Court is on the JV football team?
https://wjla.com/news/local/damascus-teens-humiliating-photo-autism

And again, nothing from Smith. He needs to be fired too. Sick and tired of kids being abused at Damascus HS.

This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom.

Adding emphasis to this. Culture needs to change now.

This is getting worse every day, so it seems. There is a culture issue here. What is the best way to change the culture of the entire school, and all the students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something is wrong at Damascus. This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom. Why does this keep happening? And ABC7 reports that one of the individuals charged in Juvenile Court is on the JV football team?
https://wjla.com/news/local/damascus-teens-humiliating-photo-autism

And again, nothing from Smith. He needs to be fired too. Sick and tired of kids being abused at Damascus HS.

Did the school inform parents that this was going on? Or did parents find out on the news? Possibly other victims?

Obviously there is a systemic problem with the JV Football program.

[Anonymous]

Also, this came up with the Rockville case. Why is a 20 year old man (who I realize is the victim here) attending HS with 15 year old girls?

Doesn’t Montgomery County have separate programs for adults?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something is wrong at Damascus. This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom. Why does this keep happening? And ABC7 reports that one of the individuals charged in Juvenile Court is on the JV football team?
https://wjla.com/news/local/damascus-teens-humiliating-photo-autism

And again, nothing from Smith. He needs to be fired too. Sick and tired of kids being abused at Damascus HS.

This is the second incident of a special needs student being photographed in the bathroom.

Adding emphasis to this. Culture needs to change now.

This is getting worse every day, so it seems. There is a culture issue here. What is the best way to change the culture of the entire school, and all the students?

If you make it a whole school thing, then it minimizes the issue with the football program. The past 2 incidents were a direct result of kids on the JV football team. It's clear there's an issue with the football teams in Damascus. I say both JV and Varsity because the JV players will eventually move on to varsity. Start with the football program and the result will be felt across the school.