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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For what it's worth, I am a teacher, parent and citizen, too. I am a very close neighbor to the school and have been for more than ten years. I would never, ever consider sending my child there. We have had many dozens of run-ins with the students ranging from having rocks thrown at our house (many times over the years) to being threatened with being shot, and everything else you can imagine. My kids have been beaten up by them, had their bikes stolen and called every racial slur you can possibly imagine. 
Over the years I've watched kids grow up there. Some seem to move on quietly and I can presume (hope) they are fine. Some end up on the street doing drugs, vandalizing and whatever else. I used to help some of them with their bikes and whatever else when they were younger. It saddens me to see them turn that way, but that is reality. As a PP said, they are rough and there is no way around it. I'm not just a random interloper or uninvolved passerby. This is very much my community and I know it very well.

And furthermore, 17:29: Since you have kids there and are so involved you would know that the kids are shouted, lined up shoulder to shoulder on the playground and given groups punishments so regularly that it would make a sane person appalled. The things I've heard those children get called and the way they are shouted at is terrible. I've seen correctional facilities use similar tactics. I'm sure there are plenty of nice kids there. I feel sorry for them dealing with all the problems that go along with keeping such a large number of rough kids in line. [/quote]

Like I said, we all justify our viewpoint.  The only thing I can say to you (because it sounds like you have already made up your mind about how you see the world around you), is don't give up so easily on your fellow neighbor.  There is a lot of great things mixed in with the negatives at Noyes.  I have never seen the things you have seen go on there but, if I did, I would fight it out of love and concern not just turn my back and complain about my neighborhood school.  The only way for it to get better is to work with the community and understand the issues at hand, unless you are ok with scorning your own neighborhood and giving up.  Maybe helping the local kids with their bikes is a start, but it surely doesn't have to end there.  It just depends on how genuine you are with your interactions with people  and whether you are faint-of-heart.  I wish you all the best, there's no need going back and forth.  I just hope that someday you can believe in the community your in regardless of the flaws.  We are all a product of our environment.  It sounds like you feel unsafe.  I know if I felt that way for real, I would do everything in my power to pack it up and go for the sake of my family or ...... HELP the situation.  PEACE.  [/quote]

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