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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] They will not even consider Blair or Paint Branch as they say their friends have cited Gang issues at those two schools. Does anyone have any experience with these issues? [/quote]
OP I taught at a school with a gang presence.  It's true that the average student wouldn't know who was a gang member unless they were told.  And that the unsafe situations we heard about all took place off school grounds, and after school hours.  [b]During school, if you were sitting next to a gang member in class, you were talking about how the homework went, and when is the upcoming test.  Just like the other kids.[/b]  What gang issues the friends did the friends cite?  By the way, when I was teaching, recruitment was done mostly at the middle school level.  [/quote]
That is so sad. That shows they are still kids that can be saved. [/quote]
I'm the PP you quoted.  Yes.[/quote]

These "kids" routinely torture and kill other kids. They do it in groups of 10 or more. They look llike kids, but they are not innocent. Their youthful appearance makes them even more dangerous, imo.[/quote]

The recently caught I ripped out a guy’s heart after stabbing him 100 times guy literally looks like a baby.
Is anyone else afraid to go to Westfield Wheaton or, say, the Wheaton KFC?[/quote]

My youngest is 3.  For years, I used to take the kids to Wheaton Regional Park on my own because I live just north of there.  Honestly, I won’t take the kids alone anymore, unless I am meeting someone there or DH is with me.  I will take them to Brookside Gardens, but Wheaton Regional has had too many issues recently.

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Totally agree. I used to run the trails there with friends and we don't meet there anymore because we're scared of coming across gang members. I will not take my kids there under any circumstance. Agree that Brookside is okay -for now.[/quote]

And it's a huge shame!  Because they just redid the playground there a few years ago!  It's fine on weekends, in the mornings when there are tons of families.  But I'd be hesitant to go in the afternoon, or after school alone.  Plus, that trail that goes from Wheaton Regional to the Brookside back fence is pretty secluded.  I never had felt uncomfortable there say, 6-7 years ago.

And before people say the gangs don't want me and my kids - I still don't want to be around if something happens.  There have been too many incidents there to take the risk.[/quote]

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