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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listening to the Kojo show and MCPS representative basically just said that the details should not have been published in the paper, and that it all should have been handled privately so that people will still come forward in the future.

AKA a cover-up

And the representative said they were unaware of any hazing in Damascus. Now he's promoting the video.[/quote]

MCPS Spokesman Derek Turner claimed the Washington Post article re victimized the victims.  The Washington Post article kept the names of the victims private.  It highlighted though how the students were unsupervised and the brutality of the assaults.  There was enough time for 4 assaults to take place.

I also disagree with Derek Turner that MCPS will immediately deal with cases of bullying, abuse, and hazing brought to their attention.  MCPS may have no problem of acting swiftly when students report on fellow students, [b]but heaven forbid a student reports a coach for these things.  MCPS does not enforce the MCPS Employee Code of Conduct and they will pressure students to not report or persuade the student to leave athletics all together.  [/b]Hence why the video and message from the athletic department is aimed at students reporting students.

MCPS needs to look through a wider lens.  What would possess 5 young teenage boys to sexually assault teammates as a ritual of belonging to a team?  It starts with the adult leadership of those teams.  What example are the adults setting for the students?[/quote]

+100 The MCPS Athletics program needs a complete revamping and many coaches need to be cleared out. The MCPS AD is clueless and hapless.[/quote]

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