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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All MCPS middles have this. I’m a teacher in one. Most kids are desensitized to it by 7th grade. 2/3 of my own children went to a MCPS middle. One was shocked to her core as she came from private ES. A year later, she barely noticed. The high schools are not much better. The only real difference is that most HS students who don’t want to be there skip the whole day while MS students attend some classes and disrupt them. Still, my son entered MCPS as a freshman and was appalled. A Junior today, he barely notices things like cursing.

However, it is getting worse. The last two years are pandemic fallout. If the adults don’t reseize control, it will be impossible to learn in our MS. [/quote]

IMO, it’s worse than cursing and fights.  We curse and home and my kid was not bothered by that.  It’s more the behavior issues and lack of any consequences for kids with behavior issues.  The kids are vaping in the hallways.  My kid hates using the bathrooms.  The classes are such a crazy learning environment, and the academic expectations are so low, that the school days just drag by.

MCPS middle school is pretty bad, and I agree that it is getting worse.  [/quote]

OP. Yes, I agree- it's not necessarily just the cursing and the fights. It's the sheer number of students who participate in this behavior and the lack (or she hasn't met any) of other students who are like her. She has not found her tribe and feels very socially isolated.  [/quote]

Part of the issue is that the behavior problems are not isolated to in the hallways or in between classes, etc.  The students are incredibly disruptive in some of the classes.  And there isn’t much that the teachers can do about it.

Some (many) of the kids at our MS are simply not engaged and they make it super difficult for the rest of the kids.  Definitely a tough environment.

The lack of differentiation in MS doesn’t help.  My kid is fine with the History and Math classes because most of the kids there seem willing to do the work.  English is particularly terrible - mixed ability and SO slow moving.  And Science also is pretty bad.

OP, does your kid have any interest in Band or Orchestra or Chorus?  Band is the one class my MS kid likes.  Nice group of kids and a nice teacher.  [/quote]

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