Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MS teacher here: last year’s 8th graders were pretty awful and allowed to do whatever they want.

This is factually correct.

My current 8th grader reports that kids seem worse this year than last.

Anonymous wrote:MS teacher here: last year’s 8th graders were pretty awful and allowed to do whatever they want.

This is factually correct.

MS teacher here: last year’s 8th graders were pretty awful and allowed to do whatever they want.

Do you belong to a Union? Ask your Union to support teachers better. It seems anything goes in the classroom and you need to lobby to get some control back. Push your administrators, push your union, push at the state level if there are regulations that make teaching more burdensome.

The kids were at home and allowed to do whatever they wanted. That’s on the parents.

OP I have an MCPS 9th grader. I see your problem stemming from the COVID DL year. This is the generation that spent their first year of middle school online, when so many academic, organizational, and social transitions need to happen, and they didn't. Schools never caught up from this. I could have told you this grade would have problems. I could have told you back in the fall of 2020.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At my lower SES high school it seems that some freshman are pretty terrible. Cursing out teachers in the hallway. Throwing fits and disrupting class. We learned today that there isn’t really a referral for disrespect at them moment, only if it refers to gender, race or sexual identity. So, “F U Mr./Ms. teacher” doesn’t trigger an immediate consequence.

Is this worse at other school too?

According to MCPS you need to find a way to connect with them. Create a nurturing, fun environment where they want to come and participate in learning. I guess it is on you to pander to them until you can "build a connection". Good luck!!!

This exactly. At my school if you complain, administrators will say something along the lines of what did you do to set off these kids. Maybe you expressed negative body language.

We also discussed the new county policy on attendance. If a kid is in class for at least 5 minutes they are marked tardy. Less than 5 is absent. We were trying to figure out if this related to state guidance or just a way for admin to focus on the worst offenders who are actually cutting all class (and getting no consequences).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We just had an incident at our high school last week where a student assaulted a teacher.

And it didn't make the news?

Probably the school and the community do not want the bad publicity?

This was the first part of the email from the Prinicpal which mentions physical assault of a teacher:


Dear Richard Montgomery Community,

I am writing to provide information regarding a serious incident that occurred during 7th period at Richard Montgomery High School on Wednesday, September 13, 2023.

At that time, administration and security team members were alerted to a student engaging in disruptive behavior who verbally and physically assaulted a staff member. Multiple school staff responded immediately to assist in de-escalating the situation. Numerous students and staff witnessed the incident and because the exchange involved disturbing language and high emotions, it is important to recognize what has occurred and to communicate how we will address it.

I have mentioned in another post, there is zero punishment of cussing in front the teacher at middle school level. If the student use it as an adjective, teacher ignores it. I don’t know what happen if it’s targeting a specific adult. I believe it’s still zero tolerance at ES level.

Anonymous wrote:We just had an incident at our high school last week where a student assaulted a teacher.

And it didn't make the news?

We just had an incident at our high school last week where a student assaulted a teacher.

Anonymous wrote:At my lower SES high school it seems that some freshman are pretty terrible. Cursing out teachers in the hallway. Throwing fits and disrupting class. We learned today that there isn’t really a referral for disrespect at them moment, only if it refers to gender, race or sexual identity. So, “F U Mr./Ms. teacher” doesn’t trigger an immediate consequence.

Is this worse at other school too?

According to MCPS you need to find a way to connect with them. Create a nurturing, fun environment where they want to come and participate in learning. I guess it is on you to pander to them until you can "build a connection". Good luck!!!

Anonymous wrote:At my lower SES high school it seems that some freshman are pretty terrible. Cursing out teachers in the hallway. Throwing fits and disrupting class. We learned today that there isn’t really a referral for disrespect at them moment, only if it refers to gender, race or sexual identity. So, “F U Mr./Ms. teacher” doesn’t trigger an immediate consequence.

Is this worse at other school too?

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

At my lower SES high school it seems that some freshman are pretty terrible. Cursing out teachers in the hallway. Throwing fits and disrupting class. We learned today that there isn’t really a referral for disrespect at them moment, only if it refers to gender, race or sexual identity. So, “F U Mr./Ms. teacher” doesn’t trigger an immediate consequence.

Is this worse at other school too?