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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok. I know a former MoCo cop who currently works in mcps high schools. He has worked in the wealthiest schools as well as schools in more moderate and low income areas. His two cents on "bad kids" at mcps high schools:

1. There are bad kids in all mcps high schools (his estimate is nearly 10% of the student population at all schools). These are the kids that get caught (so there are many more that are better at hiding their ba behavior).  These are the kids that act out violently OR get caught stealing or with drugs.

2. All schools have kids who are well behave at school but experiment with drugs and/ or alcohol.

3.  The big difference between the wealthier schools and low income schools: the parents. More affluent parents tend to defend their kids or try to shift the blame if they are called into school, whereas parents at low income schools tend to be furios with their kids and don't try to get them off the hook.

His advice (to me when I had a lengthy conversation with him about these sorts of issues and peppered him with questions about area high schools when we were house hunting) was to pray that your kid settles into a group of good friends bc the peer group plays a big role in behavior, risk taking, etc.  [/quote]

This seems like a very reasonable assessment. [/quote]

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