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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I heard, the suspect has been in altercations before.

The overall issue with school violence in MCPS is that they closed down the school for students with behavioral problems (Twain) a couple years ago, to much fanfare. Now, students with issues who are a threat are just shifted around between schools. In the Damascus rape case, the ringleader was on his third high school by that point, since that's all they can do.

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There are other alternative schools that MCPS has access to.  There's RICA.  There's Blair Ewing, although I don't think it's geared for kids with behavioral problems.  MCPS needs to do a better job of identifying the kids' needs and sending them to the appropriate schools.  Maybe they can even expel a kid from MCPS and use that money to send the kid to a private school like Ridge or Foundations.  If MCPS doesn't want to reopen the alternative schools, they should at least do something and not let the kids devolve into WWE in the regular high schools.  The BOE has been dropping the ball for years, neglecting money and resources toward behavioral problems (closing Twain).  The recent MCPS behavioral incidents in the news are not normal (Richard Montgomery HS hallway sex in 2014, Damascus HS football team, Rockville HS sex in bathroom, now Whitman frying pan).  BOE needs to get their heads out of their sand and do something, anything.  I get that they want to close the achievement gap, but they can walk and chew gum at the same time right?[/quote]

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