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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I immensely prefer the walkability and socio-economic diversity of downtown Bethesda, BCC high school, and the relatively small and sheltered atmosphere (relatively being the operative word) of Westland middle school.

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BCC has had 4 lockdowns in as many years. The building, in the downtown and with a ton of exterior doors, is never 100% secure. Last year someone swatted BCC during AP exams and called in a bomb threat, which resulted in police with tactical gear and canine units to search the school for hours and ask kids to leave classrooms with their hands up. Last week, there was a fight in the park near the school and two shots were fired (no one was hurt). One of the shooters goes to BCC, and fear that he would re-enter the school with his weapon prompted another lockdown.

Socio-economic diversity and easy downtown access comes with risks. There are safety issues in all MCPS high schools, don't get me wrong. There have been knife fights at Walter Johnson and Whitman over the years. But the frequency of security threats differs between schools, and when comparing all the Bethesda-area public high schools together... BCC is the most troublesome one. [b]There are even more problems in certain lower-income high schools to the east;[/b] but we're talking just in wealthy neighborhoods, ones in which the community expects a safe learning environment.

Pros and cons.
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I have a kid in one of the maligned east county schools, and we haven't had a lockdown in the time my child has been in the school. Maybe check the facts rather than the stereotypes. [/quote]

PP you replied to. I'm not talking about lockdowns specifically. I'm talking about the daily interactions at school, people shoved into lockers, fist fights in the corridor, assaults on kids, teachers and staff, drug deals in the bathrooms and parking lots, knives and guns carried in backpacks, etc. They happen in every high school. They happen more often in certain high schools. You can choose to disbelieve me if you want. But I've had several kids in different MCPS high schools, we've lived in the area for years and I have friends with kids at multiple downcounty schools, so I've come to know a LOT of what's happening in the southern half of MCPS, both west and east. I cannot comment on the northern half of MCPS.

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