taxes and funding for MCPS need to be drastically cut in MoCo

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous post. The principal should have told the kids there was no threat but has no reason to send an email to parents immediately.

And even if you disagree jumping from there to cutting funds for MCPS is just dumb, or I guess trolltastic

This. I'm shocked that parents are in uproar about this. Take a step back and analyze what happened:

*2 girls decided to be stupid and get drunk before school
*They show up drunk at school and pass out in the bathroom
*Kids found them and reported to admin, 911 gets called
*everyone at the school panics and rumors start going nuts
*Principal sends out a notification at the end of the school day after waiting for MCPS central office to approve the email
*Parents like OP start making calls to cut funds to MCPS.

Since when did parents obtain the right to be notified of health-related information regarding a student who is not their own child? Do principals have to send a school-wide notification if a student has an asthma attack?
If the Principal can't send an email (which I agree is a total bottle neck), then the PTA President's notification that there is no threat to other students should be enough. Geez. How this made news is ridiculous.

The problem is social media and cell phones.

The school's communication policy and structure was built before both of those things. The image of the girls passed out was circulating all over social media and the school.

The school needs to respond in real-time to prevent the rumor mill from swirling.

A response that says: "We're aware that images of two students passed out in the bathroom are circulating, however, the rumors about it being due to a drug or fentanyl overdose are not true. The students in question are being cared for by medical staff and will be dealt with privately and with their parents and MCPS disciplinary measures."

Something like that. You have to cut through the chatter as the authority. Sitting on the sidelines silently allows the worst of the worst assumptions to dominate the conversation. This is 2023, not 2003.

I disagree. It is not the school's job to provide real-time alerts on situations that don't impact their kids in fear of rumors spreading. Parents who are dying to know can easily call the school and even the PTA (if they want to) can send a notification that says, the rumors are not true and that there's no threat at the school.

That's fine that you disagree. Then school leadership will have to deal with the disruption and distraction of the rumor mill swirling unfettered. It's one or the other.

Sure, but don't you think that full-grown adults should have the self-discipline necessary to refrain from fanning the flames? You do not deserve to know the private details of another child's disciplinary measures, or health situation. I know you think you do, but you don't.

Kids are freaking out and texting each other and their parents. If the school directly addressed the issue and cut out the misinformation, parents could point to that and reinforce. In the absence of that, everyone is left in the dark and assumptions reign supreme.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous post. The principal should have told the kids there was no threat but has no reason to send an email to parents immediately.

And even if you disagree jumping from there to cutting funds for MCPS is just dumb, or I guess trolltastic

This. I'm shocked that parents are in uproar about this. Take a step back and analyze what happened:

*2 girls decided to be stupid and get drunk before school
*They show up drunk at school and pass out in the bathroom
*Kids found them and reported to admin, 911 gets called
*everyone at the school panics and rumors start going nuts
*Principal sends out a notification at the end of the school day after waiting for MCPS central office to approve the email
*Parents like OP start making calls to cut funds to MCPS.

Since when did parents obtain the right to be notified of health-related information regarding a student who is not their own child? Do principals have to send a school-wide notification if a student has an asthma attack?
If the Principal can't send an email (which I agree is a total bottle neck), then the PTA President's notification that there is no threat to other students should be enough. Geez. How this made news is ridiculous.

The problem is social media and cell phones.

The school's communication policy and structure was built before both of those things. The image of the girls passed out was circulating all over social media and the school.

The school needs to respond in real-time to prevent the rumor mill from swirling.

A response that says: "We're aware that images of two students passed out in the bathroom are circulating, however, the rumors about it being due to a drug or fentanyl overdose are not true. The students in question are being cared for by medical staff and will be dealt with privately and with their parents and MCPS disciplinary measures."

Something like that. You have to cut through the chatter as the authority. Sitting on the sidelines silently allows the worst of the worst assumptions to dominate the conversation. This is 2023, not 2003.

I disagree. It is not the school's job to provide real-time alerts on situations that don't impact their kids in fear of rumors spreading. Parents who are dying to know can easily call the school and even the PTA (if they want to) can send a notification that says, the rumors are not true and that there's no threat at the school.

That's fine that you disagree. Then school leadership will have to deal with the disruption and distraction of the rumor mill swirling unfettered. It's one or the other.

Sure, but don't you think that full-grown adults should have the self-discipline necessary to refrain from fanning the flames? You do not deserve to know the private details of another child's disciplinary measures, or health situation. I know you think you do, but you don't.

Kids are freaking out and texting each other and their parents. If the school directly addressed the issue and cut out the misinformation, parents could point to that and reinforce. In the absence of that, everyone is left in the dark and assumptions reign supreme.

The principal made a school wide announcement to students and staff at 12:30 that there was a medical emergency and that there should be no concern. That should be good enough. If people want to continue to make assumptions and spread rumors then that's on them.

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A medical emergency should not be public.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids ODed all the time in my school in the 80s. But they didn’t tell all the parents! We only knew because we’d see the ambulances.

+1. The electives hallway bathroom in my suburban public school in the 90s was an open air drug market, but oh noooo, kids these days!!! Clutch your pearls harder!!!

You are so bad-ass! Yea, just because this has been happening for years doesn’t mean that it isn’t time to solve the problem. There are several ways to monitor a bathroom. It isn’t an insurmountable issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A medical emergency should not be public.

Medical emergencies become public when they happen in public places like public schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A medical emergency should not be public.

Medical emergencies become public when they happen in public places like public schools.

Information about those medical emergencies remains private, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What a ridiculous post. The principal should have told the kids there was no threat but has no reason to send an email to parents immediately.

And even if you disagree jumping from there to cutting funds for MCPS is just dumb, or I guess trolltastic

This. I'm shocked that parents are in uproar about this. Take a step back and analyze what happened:

*2 girls decided to be stupid and get drunk before school
*They show up drunk at school and pass out in the bathroom
*Kids found them and reported to admin, 911 gets called
*everyone at the school panics and rumors start going nuts
*Principal sends out a notification at the end of the school day after waiting for MCPS central office to approve the email
*Parents like OP start making calls to cut funds to MCPS.

Since when did parents obtain the right to be notified of health-related information regarding a student who is not their own child? Do principals have to send a school-wide notification if a student has an asthma attack?
If the Principal can't send an email (which I agree is a total bottle neck), then the PTA President's notification that there is no threat to other students should be enough. Geez. How this made news is ridiculous.

The problem is social media and cell phones.

The school's communication policy and structure was built before both of those things. The image of the girls passed out was circulating all over social media and the school.

The school needs to respond in real-time to prevent the rumor mill from swirling.

A response that says: "We're aware that images of two students passed out in the bathroom are circulating, however, the rumors about it being due to a drug or fentanyl overdose are not true. The students in question are being cared for by medical staff and will be dealt with privately and with their parents and MCPS disciplinary measures."

Something like that. You have to cut through the chatter as the authority. Sitting on the sidelines silently allows the worst of the worst assumptions to dominate the conversation. This is 2023, not 2003.

I disagree. It is not the school's job to provide real-time alerts on situations that don't impact their kids in fear of rumors spreading. Parents who are dying to know can easily call the school and even the PTA (if they want to) can send a notification that says, the rumors are not true and that there's no threat at the school.

That's fine that you disagree. Then school leadership will have to deal with the disruption and distraction of the rumor mill swirling unfettered. It's one or the other.

Sure, but don't you think that full-grown adults should have the self-discipline necessary to refrain from fanning the flames? You do not deserve to know the private details of another child's disciplinary measures, or health situation. I know you think you do, but you don't.

Kids are freaking out and texting each other and their parents. If the school directly addressed the issue and cut out the misinformation, parents could point to that and reinforce. In the absence of that, everyone is left in the dark and assumptions reign supreme.

The principal made a school wide announcement to students and staff at 12:30 that there was a medical emergency and that there should be no concern. That should be good enough. If people want to continue to make assumptions and spread rumors then that's on them.

The problem here is thinking that BCC is a factory instead of a school community. The CEO cannot just snap their fingers and say “back to work everyone.” How ridiculous and unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Move to a red state OP

MD is not lowering taxes.

Nor is any red state as a matter of fact taxpayers in those states need to make up shortfalls for Trump's election deniers crazies, and Trump's visits you see don the con never paid his bills.

So you see OP you need a math class or just move to Russia you will be so much happier

Oh just stop with this nonsense about moving to Russia or a Red State. My guess is a lot of people pissed at MCPS, including me, are liberal democrats. The school system is like the titanic right now. We have a right to demand change. A lot of us have had it with the mediocrity and mismanagement.

[Anonymous]

You are out of your mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move to a red state OP

MD is not lowering taxes.

Nor is any red state as a matter of fact taxpayers in those states need to make up shortfalls for Trump's election deniers crazies, and Trump's visits you see don the con never paid his bills.

So you see OP you need a math class or just move to Russia you will be so much happier

Oh just stop with this nonsense about moving to Russia or a Red State. My guess is a lot of people pissed at MCPS, including me, are liberal democrats. The school system is like the titanic right now. We have a right to demand change. A lot of us have had it with the mediocrity and mismanagement.

BCC is neither mediocre nor mismanaged

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Move to a red state OP

MD is not lowering taxes.

Nor is any red state as a matter of fact taxpayers in those states need to make up shortfalls for Trump's election deniers crazies, and Trump's visits you see don the con never paid his bills.

So you see OP you need a math class or just move to Russia you will be so much happier

Oh just stop with this nonsense about moving to Russia or a Red State. My guess is a lot of people pissed at MCPS, including me, are liberal democrats. The school system is like the titanic right now. We have a right to demand change. A lot of us have had it with the mediocrity and mismanagement.

I think sometimes people try to give that impression because it suits their political aims, but when I look at the actual facts and my personal experiences with having gone to MCPS 30+ years ago and having two kids in it today that any student who is interested can get a fine education. That things aren't as dire as some would have you believe. Nevertheless, the county's demographics are very different today than when I was a kid and the school dealing with a different set of issues that stem from that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move to a red state OP

MD is not lowering taxes.

Nor is any red state as a matter of fact taxpayers in those states need to make up shortfalls for Trump's election deniers crazies, and Trump's visits you see don the con never paid his bills.

So you see OP you need a math class or just move to Russia you will be so much happier

Oh just stop with this nonsense about moving to Russia or a Red State. My guess is a lot of people pissed at MCPS, including me, are liberal democrats. The school system is like the titanic right now. We have a right to demand change. A lot of us have had it with the mediocrity and mismanagement.

I think sometimes people try to give that impression because it suits their political aims, but when I look at the actual facts and my personal experiences with having gone to MCPS 30+ years ago and having two kids in it today that any student who is interested can get a fine education. That things aren't as dire as some would have you believe. Nevertheless, the county's demographics are very different today than when I was a kid and the school dealing with a different set of issues that stem from that.

YEs, this. Parents in DCUM often make a mountain out of a molehill. OP is a perfect example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move to a red state OP

MD is not lowering taxes.

Nor is any red state as a matter of fact taxpayers in those states need to make up shortfalls for Trump's election deniers crazies, and Trump's visits you see don the con never paid his bills.

So you see OP you need a math class or just move to Russia you will be so much happier

Oh just stop with this nonsense about moving to Russia or a Red State. My guess is a lot of people pissed at MCPS, including me, are liberal democrats. The school system is like the titanic right now. We have a right to demand change. A lot of us have had it with the mediocrity and mismanagement.

I think sometimes people try to give that impression because it suits their political aims, but when I look at the actual facts and my personal experiences with having gone to MCPS 30+ years ago and having two kids in it today that any student who is interested can get a fine education. That things aren't as dire as some would have you believe. Nevertheless, the county's demographics are very different today than when I was a kid and the school dealing with a different set of issues that stem from that.

YEs, this. Parents in DCUM often make a mountain out of a molehill. OP is a perfect example.

OP likely doesn't even live here and is just another far-right astroturfer spreading their grievances.

[Anonymous]

Public schools are unhealthy for normal people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Move to a red state OP

MD is not lowering taxes.

Nor is any red state as a matter of fact taxpayers in those states need to make up shortfalls for Trump's election deniers crazies, and Trump's visits you see don the con never paid his bills.

So you see OP you need a math class or just move to Russia you will be so much happier

Oh just stop with this nonsense about moving to Russia or a Red State. My guess is a lot of people pissed at MCPS, including me, are liberal democrats. The school system is like the titanic right now. We have a right to demand change. A lot of us have had it with the mediocrity and mismanagement.

I think sometimes people try to give that impression because it suits their political aims, but when I look at the actual facts and my personal experiences with having gone to MCPS 30+ years ago and having two kids in it today that any student who is interested can get a fine education. That things aren't as dire as some would have you believe. Nevertheless, the county's demographics are very different today than when I was a kid and the school dealing with a different set of issues that stem from that.

Don't you think these 'issues' change the learning environment? I have had kids in MCPS for over a decade, and I very much see a difference from my oldest to my youngest.

What 'facts' are you looking at? Are you going by grades, because there is definitely grade inflation. Or test scores, because test scores certainly show an across the board decline.

But, if you have other 'facts' that show MCPS is a stellar school district, I'm willing to hear them (and would love to hear them!).