Tell me about Hoover Middle Scho

[Anonymous]

I know that’s a very general request, sorry. We are pretty new to the area and I am trying to decide if a large public school is the right fit for all of my kids (I have more than the average bear, ?). Of course everyone’s experience will be different, but cal parents of kids there tell me how they like it? Is there a lot of bullying? What about sports and after school activities? Are there resources for special ed? My kids are in the Chinese program and active in sports, music and theater.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Ugh, I wish you could edit posts! Sorry for the typos.

[Anonymous]

Zero bullying. Few sports and theater is one play a year in cafeteria. They have Chinese immersion which I personally don’t get. Everyone in the program already speaks Chinese.

Everyone takes lunch same time and nearly everyone gets a bus

No after school stuff at all as clubs happen at lunch time. Unless a sport or in that one play

Academics good

[Anonymous]

Zero bullying? I went there 20 years ago, so the times may be different, but I was definitely bullied. And I can’t imagine the culture of Potomac has changed that much since then..,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero bullying? I went there 20 years ago, so the times may be different, but I was definitely bullied. And I can’t imagine the culture of Potomac has changed that much since then..,

Sorry my definition of bullying is physical violence. Sure kids say stuff like the N word pass thing or posting someone is fat on-line or not sitting near you on bus. But it is middle school not church

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero bullying? I went there 20 years ago, so the times may be different, but I was definitely bullied. And I can’t imagine the culture of Potomac has changed that much since then..,

Sorry my definition of bullying is physical violence. Sure kids say stuff like the N word pass thing or posting someone is fat on-line or not sitting near you on bus. But it is middle school not church

Kids have committed suicide over the very things you are describing. It matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero bullying. Few sports and theater is one play a year in cafeteria. They have Chinese immersion which I personally don’t get. Everyone in the program already speaks Chinese.

Everyone takes lunch same time and nearly everyone gets a bus

No after school stuff at all as clubs happen at lunch time. Unless a sport or in that one play

Academics good

Bolded is surprising. Maybe it's because most of the kids have after school activities outside of schools, so they don't bother with in-school after school activities. How long is lunch time? Do they have enough time to do anything in the club during lunch?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know that’s a very general request, sorry. We are pretty new to the area and I am trying to decide if a large public school is the right fit for all of my kids (I have more than the average bear, ?). Of course everyone’s experience will be different, but cal parents of kids there tell me how they like it? Is there a lot of bullying? What about sports and after school activities? Are there resources for special ed? My kids are in the Chinese program and active in sports, music and theater.

Thanks!

We had very good experience with Hoover's special ed staff -- they were great !

[Anonymous]

There’s still bullying and some of it is racial in nature. Also, one of DD’s closest friends who is white was also bullied for being non-binary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero bullying? I went there 20 years ago, so the times may be different, but I was definitely bullied. And I can’t imagine the culture of Potomac has changed that much since then..,

Sorry my definition of bullying is physical violence. Sure kids say stuff like the N word pass thing or posting someone is fat on-line or not sitting near you on bus. But it is middle school not church

Kids have committed suicide over the very things you are describing. It matters.

DP

It’s public school. We are at a nonW middle school and the physical violence on a regular basis is pretty appalling, IMO.

The PP’s description sounds pretty tame to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s still bullying and some of it is racial in nature. Also, one of DD’s closest friends who is white was also bullied for being non-binary.

Are you sure it was because she was ‘non-binary’?

Are you saying that the school is racist against White students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero bullying? I went there 20 years ago, so the times may be different, but I was definitely bullied. And I can’t imagine the culture of Potomac has changed that much since then..,

Sorry my definition of bullying is physical violence. Sure kids say stuff like the N word pass thing or posting someone is fat on-line or not sitting near you on bus. But it is middle school not church

Kids have committed suicide over the very things you are describing. It matters.

DP

It’s public school. We are at a nonW middle school and the physical violence on a regular basis is pretty appalling, IMO.

The PP’s description sounds pretty tame to me.

It's still unhealthy. We are in a small private (about $10K a year tuition), and there is no bullying. Any issues are dealt with swiftly and the principal is always involved. I would never send another kid to Hoover or any MCPS middle school for that matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero bullying? I went there 20 years ago, so the times may be different, but I was definitely bullied. And I can’t imagine the culture of Potomac has changed that much since then..,

Sorry my definition of bullying is physical violence. Sure kids say stuff like the N word pass thing or posting someone is fat on-line or not sitting near you on bus. But it is middle school not church

Kids have committed suicide over the very things you are describing. It matters.

DP

It’s public school. We are at a nonW middle school and the physical violence on a regular basis is pretty appalling, IMO.

The PP’s description sounds pretty tame to me.

It's still unhealthy. We are in a small private (about $10K a year tuition), and there is no bullying. Any issues are dealt with swiftly and the principal is always involved. I would never send another kid to Hoover or any MCPS middle school for that matter.

Willing to share the name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero bullying? I went there 20 years ago, so the times may be different, but I was definitely bullied. And I can’t imagine the culture of Potomac has changed that much since then..,

Sorry my definition of bullying is physical violence. Sure kids say stuff like the N word pass thing or posting someone is fat on-line or not sitting near you on bus. But it is middle school not church

Kids have committed suicide over the very things you are describing. It matters.

DP

It’s public school. We are at a nonW middle school and the physical violence on a regular basis is pretty appalling, IMO.

The PP’s description sounds pretty tame to me.

It's still unhealthy. We are in a small private (about $10K a year tuition), and there is no bullying. Any issues are dealt with swiftly and the principal is always involved. I would never send another kid to Hoover or any MCPS middle school for that matter.

The real world will be a bitch one day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s still bullying and some of it is racial in nature. Also, one of DD’s closest friends who is white was also bullied for being non-binary.

Are you sure it was because she was ‘non-binary’?

Are you saying that the school is racist against White students?

No, two separate issues.

There has been racist bullying.

There’s been at least one child bullied for being non-binary. The bullying was in a group text and very, very explicitly anti-LGBTQ.