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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree. Instead of attacking the perpetrators they would be more effective if they [b]attacked FCPS for the incorrect punishment and demand more just[/b] punishment. A large outcry among the public would sway things and would achieve their long term objective.[/quote]

Does anyone know for sure what the punishment is?  Is there also police involvement?[/quote]

DP. Because the attackers are juveniles, we aren't going to hear much, if anything, about how this gets handled. No school system will ever discuss publicly how a student was disciplined; a school MIGHT issue a generic "appropriate actions were taken" statement in a very public case like this one, but it won't give details. I wish that FCPS would at least issue a statement saying whether the students are (for example) "no longer at Oakton HS and not at any other FCPS HS" or whatever. There are rumors now that some attackers might have been transferred to other high schools -- regular high schools, not the "alternative" schools used for students with disciplinary issues. FCPS isn't going to come out and say where they are but if they're in regular high schools, parents in those schools should get reassurance from their principals that these students are being closely monitored. Again, IF they're in regular local schools. We don't know and should be careful not to let rumors grow. I just wish FCPS would say something even if it's generic. [/quote]

Blah blah blah.  You know FCPS isn’t going to issue any such statement.

This thread should have been locked by now.  If this incident had happened at Wilson HS, it would have been locked after a week (or two at most). [/quote]

Why so eager to see this thread shut? Discussion bothers you? You might have missed that I'm talking about how to quash rumors, not how to keep them going. I  didn't say FCPS would issue anything. I pointed out that they don't discuss discipline. I just know that if one of these attackers were at my kid's HS the rumor mill would go nuts and it would be beneficial for someone in authority at the receiving school to recognize its better to get out ahead of tumors than let them fester. No specifics needed but FCPS can talk generally about what it's doing to prevent a repeat of that kind of incident and how it places students who have been involved in physical altercations.

You seem invested in wanting this all to go away. Parents at Oakton and all FCPS high schools should want to know how this kind of thing is, or is not, handled. [/quote]

You sure do love the sound of your own voice, don’t you?[/quote]

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