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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This year in my elementary school -

*Several teachers kicked and/or punched by students.
*Students getting up and walking out of class all day, every day.  Refuse to go to office when principal finds the student. Admin can't put hands on the kids and they know it so they just roam the halls and barge in on other classrooms.  Parents refuse to take phone calls from the school. 
*Fights in the lunch room and playground several times a week.
*Administrators punched, kicked and spit on.

I'm so shocked parents of well-behaved students aren't calling and complaining.  We aren't even a Title 1 school.[/quote]

C’mon, name the school or at least give the cluster name.[/quote]

In the Gaithersburg/Germantown area.[/quote]

We are in Silver Spring and this is absolutely also descriptive of our schools - ES and MS.

Regular fights in MS cafeteria.
Fights DURING classes in ES - especially PE.
Kids always getting up and walking out of classes.
Kids throwing things - chairs, trash cans, desks!

I think if anyone asks their kids, likely in any cluster, they'll be pretty amazed at what their kids witness on a daily basis in MCPS.  Ask non-judgemental questions of your kids' experiences and see what they have to say.  [/quote]

I teach and it doesn’t represent what I see daily. My middle schooler tells me everything (which we’re working on) and hasn’t reported the level you claim.[/quote]

You must be in the rich parts. Over here in East County, this is just another day in the life of MS. My kids hate going to school because they are legitimately terrified. And the teachers and principal can't/on't do anything. Can't afford to move so we deal.[/quote]

My SIL is an MCPS sub, so she goes around to different areas.  Not sure about every school, but these are issues at most of the MSs she has worked at - Rockville, Germantown, Silver Spring, etc.[/quote]

I would expect that subs would see worst behavior than normal. I was a sub when I first began my career and that was true even in the Churchill and Wooten clusters. However, neither now or then, did I see any student behavior that should terrify a person who wasn’t a racist or exceptionally emotionally fragile. Those folks should not teach anyway. [/quote]

I have a friend who is a former fulltime teacher who now subs in MCPS (she had to take time off for family issues).  She's good, and before you accuse her of being racist, is also african american.  When we were looking for a neighborhood to buy a house, we asked her opinion on a few elementary schools.  There was one in particular where she will no longer sub for grades 3-5 because the behavior issues are that bad. That's telling to me.[/quote]

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