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Anonymous wrote:Violent problem kids need to be expelled and forced to find a private school or get their GED. In general too, MCPS is too soft on everything. Look at the inflated grades, poor student conduct, the clueless legal team/admin who cause and then can’t defend a lawsuit. Needs new leadership ASAP.

+1 I understand why progressives try to keep these troubled violent kids in regular school, but c'mon, you are doing so at the expense of the vast majority of kids, and teachers/admins.

Everyone is owed a public education but not everyone is owed access to school buildings. In this day and age, virtual learning for behavior problems is totally fine. They aren't in the building to learn anyway.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Violent problem kids need to be expelled and forced to find a private school or get their GED. In general too, MCPS is too soft on everything. Look at the inflated grades, poor student conduct, the clueless legal team/admin who cause and then can’t defend a lawsuit. Needs new leadership ASAP.

+1 I understand why progressives try to keep these troubled violent kids in regular school, but c'mon, you are doing so at the expense of the vast majority of kids, and teachers/admins.

+2 - They can get their GED and then still go to college for the same opportunities as other MCPS students.

Anonymous wrote:MCPS Admin here - I wish parents understood how much our hands are tied when it comes to suspending students. The kids know we can't really do much. Our directors have to approve every suspension that we make and high suspension numbers reflect poorly on our school system for MSDE.

This might sound terrible, but school should be treated like more of a privilege than a right (FAPE). As an administrator, we're supposed to be instructional leaders. I cannot get into classrooms consistently to provide feedback on instruction because of how extreme student behaviors have become over the past decade.

As another poster mentioned, so many of society's issues are spilling into our school buildings and educators are expected to wear every hat under the sun. Truthfully, we shouldn't have to juggle all of these challenges. We all went to school to teach and that is becoming more and more challenging to do.

Another example of the MCPS clown show. People shouldn’t blame unsocial admins but leadership is rotten to core.

MCPS has been trying very hard to keep the suspension numbers low so that they look good on paper, but it's at the expense of everyone else.

MCPS central office admins aren't the ones dealing with these violent kids. The vast majority of Principals want SROs for a reason.

Anonymous wrote:Violent problem kids need to be expelled and forced to find a private school or get their GED. In general too, MCPS is too soft on everything. Look at the inflated grades, poor student conduct, the clueless legal team/admin who cause and then can’t defend a lawsuit. Needs new leadership ASAP.

+1 I understand why progressives try to keep these troubled violent kids in regular school, but c'mon, you are doing so at the expense of the vast majority of kids, and teachers/admins.

Stop blaming social media. This is a MCPS issue, with lack of security, safety protocols and discipline and its a parenting issue.

MCPS Admin here - I wish parents understood how much our hands are tied when it comes to suspending students. The kids know we can't really do much. Our directors have to approve every suspension that we make and high suspension numbers reflect poorly on our school system for MSDE.

This might sound terrible, but school should be treated like more of a privilege than a right (FAPE). As an administrator, we're supposed to be instructional leaders. I cannot get into classrooms consistently to provide feedback on instruction because of how extreme student behaviors have become over the past decade.

As another poster mentioned, so many of society's issues are spilling into our school buildings and educators are expected to wear every hat under the sun. Truthfully, we shouldn't have to juggle all of these challenges. We all went to school to teach and that is becoming more and more challenging to do.

Violent problem kids need to be expelled and forced to find a private school or get their GED. In general too, MCPS is too soft on everything. Look at the inflated grades, poor student conduct, the clueless legal team/admin who cause and then can’t defend a lawsuit. Needs new leadership ASAP.

First question: Why were police called two hours after the fight?

Anonymous wrote:This is a society issue folks. Many caregivers are so absorbed with their own ...stuff...that they have no clue what's going on in their children's lives. Social media is so toxic for kids in school and a lot of drama gets stirred up after school hours and is dragged right back into the building the next day.

I went to HS in the 80s out west, and we had fights.. every single day. We also had real gangs. That's not to say that SM is not an issue. 100% it is. But, fights in HS have been going on for decades.

I will say that IMO, MCPS needs to send repeat offenders kids to a reform school or something. They should not be just moving troubled kids around the regular schools. I wish we could send these troubled kids to MCPS admin for them to babysit for a day.

Anonymous wrote:This is a society issue folks. Many caregivers are so absorbed with their own ...stuff...that they have no clue what's going on in their children's lives. Social media is so toxic for kids in school and a lot of drama gets stirred up after school hours and is dragged right back into the building the next day.

I agree tech and social media is toxic for kids, but I would not necessarily absolve MCPS of responsibility just yet.

This is a society issue folks. Many caregivers are so absorbed with their own ...stuff...that they have no clue what's going on in their children's lives. Social media is so toxic for kids in school and a lot of drama gets stirred up after school hours and is dragged right back into the building the next day.

Another safety and security disaster in MCPS. This is so sad.

Happened today.

Some of these kids and the parents who fail to raise them are so fking trashy.