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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn't this happen at every school? I mean you only just hear about it at Churchill, I mean Magruder.  [/quote]

It does happen at every school, but you only hear about the fights at schools like Gaithersburg High. The other schools (the "prime" schools) are better at sweeping these things under the rug. 
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Gaithersburg parent here -- our last Principal Dr. Handy swept [i]nothing[/i] under the rug, but I believe she could have done better at staying a head of the game in the first place.  So you heard about us on a more frequent basis. Plus we have or had a media leak (I'll go no further).  Once our kids saw news and social media accounts like Gburg fights on Instagram, then they added old videos to the feed. But I agree that this is happening at other schools.

Now, we have a new Principal.  He is more involved on a day to day level, and is working very hard to keep incidents from happening in the first place (as much as the administrators and security can).  Meaning -- he or another VP attends all after school events, is proactive about communication, and he is trying really hard to stay ahead of the curve.  I'm sure it's exhausting, but it seems to be working.  He also cut down on some of the student "traditions" during games or homecoming week, that usually just led to fights once some hot head was tagged with a marker, or whatever the case may be.   [/quote]

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