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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe it will change as my DD gets older but the thought of sending her to a school with drugs, no bathroom use, and all of it is beyond worrisome.  Anyone else? Is Whiteman less crazy? Or are all the publics the same. I know this is ripe for snark but I imagine many parents read this and feel sheer worry.[/quote]

No. I have a kid in MCPS and know other families at other schools in the area (MCPS, Fairfax, Loudoun, Frederick). Drugs are everywhere, unfortunately; and private school won't be any different (private schools just know how to keep things hush hush). You must teach your kid to make the right decisions and to surround themselves with kids who will do the same. The reality is, the public high schools in this are are large enough that your child will find many peer groups who are a good influence. The news that kids are doing drugs in the bathrooms is a bit overinflated because that's all you hear on social media and the news. No one is talking about the majority of the kids who don't participate in this behavior. If you feel like your child will have the tendency to hang out with the "wrong" crowd and is easily influenced, then yes you should probably worry.[/quote]

I went to a private high school. I never saw drugs on campus once. Never once was I afraid to go in the bathroom. My teenage boys refused to use the bathroom to school because they find them too scary. I hate that I can’t afford to send my kids to school with feel comfortable going to the bathroom. They literally don’t urinate all day long[/quote]

Well, for you, private school would probably be a better option for your boys, or you can teach them not to worry. My freshman is barely 5 ft. and goes into the bathrooms with no worry. Yes, from time to time, she sees kids vaping and isn't scared. She goes in, uses the bathroom, goes out. No need to act scared.  [/quote]

What, exactly, do you think you're teaching your child about life and society with this response?

Furthermore, what if the next time she walks in the bathroom, she walks in on a robbery or an overdose, both things that have happened recently in MCPS bathrooms?

Will you expect her to just "ignore that" and be nonchalant?[/quote]

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