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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happens if your child films a fight at school during school hours? Do they get in trouble for filming it?[/quote]

Your child gets in real trouble for violating the tech policy while the students who got in the fight get RJ and the principal gets nothing for violating the policy on notifying police. This seems odd but only your child put MCPS’s reputation at risk by creating evidence, so it’s only right that they face the most severe consequences. [/quote]

What? This makes no sense.  [/quote]

I said it seemed odd but you have to remember that the number one priority of MCPS is preventing bad news from coming out and covering up evidence of assaults in schools is a vital pillar of MCPS’s public affairs strategy. When someone records the assault, it’s much harder for MCPS to cover it up. Therefore, MCPS must punish that student most severely and admonish the community not to take videos. This is really just common sense. [/quote]

Ok..that's what I thought you said. You don't work for MCPS then? I don't think the average principal has that motive to cover anything up?  Definitely a few I'm sure...but I think most admin are just trying to do what's right and keep students safe.  [/quote]

What’s an average principal? Was the Damascus principal who tried to handle the brooming attack herself an average principal? What about the Lakelands Park Middle School principal whose letter told people not to record fights but didn’t mention not wailing on each other? What about the former Farquhar Middle School principal? What about the BCC principal whose first email after the WJ assaults congratulated everyone on a great first week but didn’t mention the assaults?[/quote]

There are 210 principals in MCPS.  Hundreds more assistant principals.  Those individuals made horrible decisions, yes. But the vast majority do not.  [/quote]

What about the Paint Branch principal who failed to handle a hate/bias complaint according to policy? What level of confidence do you have that any MCPS administrator at the school or CO level will handle a serious incident according to the policy? For the incidents that make the news, it seems appears that substantially all principals make horrible decisions when given the opportunity. [/quote]

Look. No reason to cat fight. Our kids are here. We only know what we know but I trust the majority are making better decisions than that. This is a huge district.  [/quote]

What I see is that MCPS administrators frequently fail to follow policy and the BOE doesn’t care as long as things don’t become public. [/quote]

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