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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why don't you tell your kid they are not allowed to leave campus.  Unbelievable that you can find a way to blame the school for this.[/quote]

Seriously I can’t believe that if as a parent you care that you can’t figure out how to enforce it. I mean tell them no. If they do it, take aware their source of funds, take the phone, ground them. Whatever. [/quote]

Taking their phone away for leaving campus is punishing them after the fact. It is not enforcing the school’s supposed closed campus policy.

Again, only the school can enforce that. Parents are not in the building.[/quote]

OP you seem outrageous.  Plenty of things in the world that can be blamed on failed leadership.  This is failed parenting nothing to do with leadership.  Punishing them after the fact as you say should be enough to deter them from doing it again.  If it is not then that is your problem.[/quote]

You must be MCPS admin. You can keep denying MCPS has liability and obligation to uphold and enforce its policies if you want to. MCPS, and we the taxpayers, keep paying out judgements where judges and juries disagree with you and say MCPS has a duty to actually do what it says it will do.

You should quit education. It’s not for you.[/quote]

A solution to many of these problems would be increased discipline.  Actual consequences for actions.  The trend in education across the state and country, not just MCPS, is to not have suspensions and expulsions.  If students were suspended for actions, would every student comply? No.  But would it serve as a deterrent to many, absolutely.  The place MCPS is in, are you going to see this happen, nope, but if you're not going to suspend, then taking away privileges can work.  Violate the rules, now you can't be a part of athletic teams, clubs, music, drama, attend school dances.  This will not get all students to follow the rules but would encourage a lot more to do so.  MCPS teachers and staff are helpless to stop this type of behavior because their hands are tied by not being able to apply strong consequences.  I do not blame the students.  They are going to try to get away with whatever they can, just like high school students have for generations.  [/quote]

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