Violence around MacArthur H.S.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent of a MacArthur student who has never heard of guns or weapons being stashed anywhere nor of violence around the school. There are occasional fights they say but this also happened when we were at JR. The kid rides the bus home every day to Burleith or GP and while buses are crowded and sometimes a bit rowdy, they are no worse than JR which we also have experience with. You’ve heard here from a PTO parent who has never heard of this complaint either. If the Nextdoor stories were true and if the students were the suspects, why would the school not have been informed? Makes no sense. More neighborhood hysteria.
At the beginning of the year there was a group of grumpy neighbors camped out every morning blocking their private road. Their concern was that parents would use their road to turn around or pull into to drop off. Now that may be entirely within their right, but the idea that any of these private road protectors would not raise holy hell over “hidden weapons” is preposterous. These folks set up chairs and a barricade every morning for months and barked at anyone who came near their road. No way these same people also find weapons stashed in their yards and just post on NextDoor.

Unfortunate this school was forced into their neighborhood. Not a community school, right? So all all the downside with none of the convenience.

[Anonymous]

Yeah it’s tragic that a school (the horror) was forced into “their” neighborhood. You know it used to be a school before, right? My kid is from “the community” and goes to school there. It’s an actually pretty convenient. This part of town has some of the most clueless and entitled bunch of people I’ve ever met. Just quit it already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DC Crime Cards, there have been four crimes committed within 2,000 feet of MacArthur over the past year, an none of those crimes were violent (two theft from auto, two "other" theft). That is an increase of one crime from the previous YTD.

Wow, what a hellscape. You people need serious help.

You do realize that crime is way under reported in the city, right? It’s a well known fact.

Many people don’t call the police. Even when they do, it is always necessarily recorded.

a nimby is ward 3 is absolutely calling the police if something happened. zero chance this isn't reported. very likely multiple reports.

[Anonymous]

The bus Schedule is a disaster they wait for a long time This causes them to do stupid things. Is another point to take into account .We hope they no selling to others .They were supposed to put new bus routes for the kids in Ward 3 and up until now we haven't heard anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to DC Crime Cards, there have been four crimes committed within 2,000 feet of MacArthur over the past year, an none of those crimes were violent (two theft from auto, two "other" theft). That is an increase of one crime from the previous YTD.

Wow, what a hellscape. You people need serious help.

You do realize that crime is way under reported in the city, right? It’s a well known fact.

Many people don’t call the police. Even when they do, it is always necessarily recorded.

a nimby is ward 3 is absolutely calling the police if something happened. zero chance this isn't reported. very likely multiple reports.

You tell 'em, sister! It's a fact that all 78,000 people living in Ward 3 "absolutely" act and think exactly alike.

[Anonymous]

i saw a gang of older kids chasing younger kids around the neighborhood in their car; they also were hitting mailboxes with a bat. most of the seniors were drinking beer and also smoking weed on the center of the football field. lots of swearing, too, from all the kids.

then i turned off "dazed and confused" (class of 1976) and went to bed

[Anonymous]

i saw a gang of older kids chasing younger kids around the neighborhood in their car; they also were hitting mailboxes with a bat. most of the seniors were drinking beer and also smoking weed on the center of the football field. lots of swearing, too, from all the kids.

then i turned off "dazed and confused" (class of 1976) and went to bed

[Anonymous]

Please posted On nextdoor too.