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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. The car was found right by the school, a few cars behind where my child’s car was parked. A [b]rather unfriendly police officer told her. [/b]

It was a black Honda. Obviously empty by the time the kids were let out of lockdown.

People seem to think BCC students were involved but no one knows. My child says they carjackers are back at school but who knows.

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I live in the neighborhood and witnessed that police officer be unnecessarily rude and aggressive to students and adults at a time when there was no danger or threat to anyone.  He was unprofessional.

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So beside the point here[/quote]

Actually it’s not. Thank you PP for confirming what my child said. There are a lot of adults failing our kids in different ways in this situation. I want my daughter to feel like she can go to the police and feel safe and be treated with respect. This officer failed n his job.

As for BCC, parents were encouraged last night by a PTSA member to call the school today. [b]No matter what, Mooney should have made an announcement to parents. Were the kids really BCC kids? Are they back in school bragging[/b], as we’ve all heard? Are our kids safe in their school? [/quote]

At this point, I think people should be contacting the superintendent as well. Dr. Mooney isn’t anything to us that isn’t cleared through MCPS central office.

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Dr. Mooney released a statement about the incident and the school lockdown during and after the lockdown.

Dr. Mooney and MCPS are prohibited by law (FERPA) from revealing any information about students by name or without names if the associated info would tend to identify them.

Juveniles are not typically named in news reports of crimes and only 1 perpetrator was 18 or over and thus only 1 was named. So, I'm not really sure how Dr. Mooney would even know who was involved in the carjacking, and even if he did, it seems unlikely that he would have access to juvenile charging documents that would provide sufficient and concrete information to remove someone from school.

Rumors are not a basis upon which students can be disciplined or suspended. [/quote]

Give me a break. NBC News reported that five BCC kids were arrested. They are back at school talking about it.

Not sure what your agenda is. But you have an agenda, and it’s 100 perfect against what BCC parents want - for our kids to ge safe at school. You are ridiculous. [/quote]

My agenda is not to have the pitchfork and torch crowd running BCC.  I am a BCC parent too.  Even students have rights. I am shocked how little fellow parents on the BCC listserv know about law and civil rights. They expect the school principal to publicly name the perpetrator students, who have at this point only been charged.

I thought Dr. Mooney's second recent statement was extremely clear about what the legal boundaries are within which he is part of a decision-making process about a student presence at school when that student has a reportable offense.  [/quote]

[b]No, the parents want to know what the school-related consequences will be for the 5 students who were arrested for car jacking in the middle of the school of day, found with weapons in the car[/b], etc.

Dr. Mooney statement was completely lacking any actual information.  It provided absolutely no information and was therefore not very clear.

As for the kids’ names? No one needs Mooney to put them. Ask your own kids and their friends.  This isn’t a state secret at school. The car jacking students are back in class. Kids know. Teachers know.[/quote]

BCC parent here. You will not, should not and legally cannot know the bold, with or without student names involved. It is illegal under FERPA for the school to publicly discuss the discipline meted out to any student.

Sure, you can ask in general what the range of consequences are for a student accused of armed carjacking, and how the decision is made in general about where that kid goes to school after being charged.  But, that is not what BCC parents keep repeatedly and ineffectively asking for, because they would prefer to be an enraged mob focused on a scapegoat principal. [/quote]

Mooney/Central Office did not provide answers to the questions you asked either.  Probably because there are going to be no in school consequences.

Please cite the statute that says Mooney cannot anonymously report school punishment. There is a lot of misinformation on this thread. For example, someone above said he would not know the name of the students which is incorrect. This is a reportable offense; he absolutely knows.[/quote]

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