Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

There is a student in that t routinely leaves the classroom. I’m assuming the student is roaming hallways, I supposed they could be leaving the school altogether and then returning. It comes up at dinner because my kid is in disbelief that the student gets away with it without consequences.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

Are you serious? This is not an indictment of PP's child and kids know who the troublemakers are. My kids are in high school now but when they were in MS, they would always talk about the kids who did not go to class, get their work done or get into altercations. They did not have to skip class themselves to know this. You obviously don't have a MS aged child or are plain dumb.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

They see them through the classroom windows and the roamers come in and out of other classrooms at will.

I have a 6th grader and also hear about this. There are definitely some kids who just spend the day roaming the halls and entering in and out of classes.
The other kids mostly take it in stride.

Anonymous wrote:If your children are skipping class you will be notified of every missed class. To the point that you are often notified of classes missed for school events. For example, on team field trips you hear from the school about missed language classes or math classes.

I have an 8th grader and I have not been hearing this. Are there specific incidents?

Parent of an 8th grader as well. I haven’t heard of such shenanigans either. Maybe it’s just the 6th graders who are unruly.

Anonymous wrote:I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

How would your child know who’s roaming the halls unless they were also roaming the halls? ?

My DD, in 7th, regularly reports fights, students disrespecting teachers, etc etc. She's a pretty level headed kid and it just doesn't bother her. In 6th grade she told me about a fight between two girls - both of whom were tangentially friends - on a field trip on a bus. She says those two girls have anger issues.

Also the bus - a group of kids set a fire on the bus. A boy threw candy at some of her friends. Boys called her friend bad names. Etc. When she tells me these things, if I react too strongly she's just like, mom, it's middle school, no big deal, I see worse than I tell you.

She's easy going and most people seem to like her. She's also a middle of the road student who is polite and friendly to teachers. So she's aggravated sometimes that the teachers have to deal with annoying kids. But in general, it really doesn't register with her.

On the other hand, man I feel for those teachers. I also think this environment might be be the best for our younger child, who is more sensitive and impacted by other kids.

Time to look elsewhere for a ‘viable’ middle school.

I guess it depends on what "off the rails" means. Fights, skipping class, etc.? Yup, since the beginning of the year - much of it is recapped during dinner. Our 6th grader has brought home stories of students who regularly roam the hallways during class, physical altercations, stolen cell phones, etc.

What grade?

If your children are skipping class you will be notified of every missed class. To the point that you are often notified of classes missed for school events. For example, on team field trips you hear from the school about missed language classes or math classes.

I have an 8th grader and I have not been hearing this. Are there specific incidents?

Anonymous wrote:It's middle school. What are you expecting?

Do your kids know you have such low expectations for their behavior?

It's middle school. What are you expecting?

Fights, skipping class, etc...

for example?

Has anyone else been hearing from their kid that behavior at Deal has gone off the rails?