Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:33
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
mcknight did an event recently , last two years, with a fraternity that made America’s biggest Antisemite a member back in 2019Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Interesting no one from the Jewish community was involved in that discussion and it was just a bunch of fluff.
They mentioned multiple times that they are working with the ADL and JCRC.
Why weren't they at the meeting to offer support? Just seemed like a bunch of fluff and no action and her blaming the system for no discipline when she is the system.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:33
Subject: Re:9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Anonymous wrote:Statement from the JCRC, which isn't happy with the improper way MCPS rolls out restorative justice:
JCRC STATEMENT
February 22, 2023
The JCRC is gratified that Dr. McKnight’s remarks today about the cascade of recent antisemitic incidents within MCPS included specific measures being taken to ensure greater accountability for perpetrators of these incidents. Students and their parents must know that there will be serious consequences for the propagation of ugly hatred that deeply, tangibly harms our Jewish students, families and employees and those of other marginalized groups. Suspensions come and go, but hopefully the mandatory involvement of parents and the threat of incidents appearing on students’ permanent records will serve as a deterrent and a strong statement about our school system’s values and priorities.
We remain deeply concerned and angered about the failed implementation of Restorative Justice practices in several recent incidents, which did not follow best practices and caused serious traumatic harm to Jewish students and employees. Despite the fact that restorative justice is premised on the willing, voluntary participation of all parties to the incident, in at least one instance Jewish students were forced to participate in mandatory restorative justice sessions alongside perpetrators of serious antisemitic acts; when the perpetrators refused to fully apologize for their wrongdoing, the Jewish students were not permitted to respond and felt trapped in a profoundly emotionally unsafe space without any support. Other incidents of restorative justice implementation have been similarly counterproductive and harmful. The JCRC has been working collaboratively with MCPS restorative justice professionals to encourage greater cultural competency and sensitivity in doing this work, and we are committed to continuing to do so in partnership with our colleagues at MCPS. We are also addressing the need for strengthened curricula regarding Jewish history, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. In fact, today the JCRC is in Annapolis testifying in support of the passage of a package of bills focused on these precise issues, alongside other members of our community including a Holocaust survivor and a student from Walt Whitman High School.
It is critical that Jewish parents and community members have the opportunity to hear from and engage directly with Dr. McKnight, which they will have the opportunity to do at two JCRC town halls with the Superintendent in March, to be held at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac and Temple Sholom in Silver Spring.
We look forward to those discussions.
I'm glad that someone is forcing MCPS to reckon with just how sloppy and ill-prepared it is to implement restorative justice. There's some merit to the philosophy and theory, but there's a long way to go with regard to effective implementation.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:30
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
if that were the case they wouldn’t be doing restorative justice in this caseAnonymous wrote:MAGA strikes again
Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:26
Subject: Re:9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Anonymous wrote:Statement from the JCRC, which isn't happy with the improper way MCPS rolls out restorative justice:
JCRC STATEMENT
February 22, 2023
The JCRC is gratified that Dr. McKnight’s remarks today about the cascade of recent antisemitic incidents within MCPS included specific measures being taken to ensure greater accountability for perpetrators of these incidents. Students and their parents must know that there will be serious consequences for the propagation of ugly hatred that deeply, tangibly harms our Jewish students, families and employees and those of other marginalized groups. Suspensions come and go, but hopefully the mandatory involvement of parents and the threat of incidents appearing on students’ permanent records will serve as a deterrent and a strong statement about our school system’s values and priorities.
We remain deeply concerned and angered about the failed implementation of Restorative Justice practices in several recent incidents, which did not follow best practices and caused serious traumatic harm to Jewish students and employees. Despite the fact that restorative justice is premised on the willing, voluntary participation of all parties to the incident, in at least one instance Jewish students were forced to participate in mandatory restorative justice sessions alongside perpetrators of serious antisemitic acts; when the perpetrators refused to fully apologize for their wrongdoing, the Jewish students were not permitted to respond and felt trapped in a profoundly emotionally unsafe space without any support. Other incidents of restorative justice implementation have been similarly counterproductive and harmful. The JCRC has been working collaboratively with MCPS restorative justice professionals to encourage greater cultural competency and sensitivity in doing this work, and we are committed to continuing to do so in partnership with our colleagues at MCPS. We are also addressing the need for strengthened curricula regarding Jewish history, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. In fact, today the JCRC is in Annapolis testifying in support of the passage of a package of bills focused on these precise issues, alongside other members of our community including a Holocaust survivor and a student from Walt Whitman High School.
It is critical that Jewish parents and community members have the opportunity to hear from and engage directly with Dr. McKnight, which they will have the opportunity to do at two JCRC town halls with the Superintendent in March, to be held at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac and Temple Sholom in Silver Spring.
We look forward to those discussions.
That's a good start. No way I would allow my child to participate in restorative justice.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:24
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Interesting no one from the Jewish community was involved in that discussion and it was just a bunch of fluff.
They mentioned multiple times that they are working with the ADL and JCRC.
Why weren't they at the meeting to offer support? Just seemed like a bunch of fluff and no action and her blaming the system for no discipline when she is the system.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:24
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
And the punishment will be restorative Justice https://twitter.com/mikemurillowtop/status/1628535013128953858?s=46&t=Fq0w2FYjJ_Tfk8xjFJWa5A
Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:24
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
MAGA strikes again
Anonymous
02/22/2023 18:23
Subject: Re:9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Statement from the JCRC, which isn't happy with the improper way MCPS rolls out restorative justice:
JCRC STATEMENT
February 22, 2023
The JCRC is gratified that Dr. McKnight’s remarks today about the cascade of recent antisemitic incidents within MCPS included specific measures being taken to ensure greater accountability for perpetrators of these incidents. Students and their parents must know that there will be serious consequences for the propagation of ugly hatred that deeply, tangibly harms our Jewish students, families and employees and those of other marginalized groups. Suspensions come and go, but hopefully the mandatory involvement of parents and the threat of incidents appearing on students’ permanent records will serve as a deterrent and a strong statement about our school system’s values and priorities.
We remain deeply concerned and angered about the failed implementation of Restorative Justice practices in several recent incidents, which did not follow best practices and caused serious traumatic harm to Jewish students and employees. Despite the fact that restorative justice is premised on the willing, voluntary participation of all parties to the incident, in at least one instance Jewish students were forced to participate in mandatory restorative justice sessions alongside perpetrators of serious antisemitic acts; when the perpetrators refused to fully apologize for their wrongdoing, the Jewish students were not permitted to respond and felt trapped in a profoundly emotionally unsafe space without any support. Other incidents of restorative justice implementation have been similarly counterproductive and harmful. The JCRC has been working collaboratively with MCPS restorative justice professionals to encourage greater cultural competency and sensitivity in doing this work, and we are committed to continuing to do so in partnership with our colleagues at MCPS. We are also addressing the need for strengthened curricula regarding Jewish history, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. In fact, today the JCRC is in Annapolis testifying in support of the passage of a package of bills focused on these precise issues, alongside other members of our community including a Holocaust survivor and a student from Walt Whitman High School.
It is critical that Jewish parents and community members have the opportunity to hear from and engage directly with Dr. McKnight, which they will have the opportunity to do at two JCRC town halls with the Superintendent in March, to be held at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac and Temple Sholom in Silver Spring.
We look forward to those discussions.
JCRC STATEMENT
February 22, 2023
The JCRC is gratified that Dr. McKnight’s remarks today about the cascade of recent antisemitic incidents within MCPS included specific measures being taken to ensure greater accountability for perpetrators of these incidents. Students and their parents must know that there will be serious consequences for the propagation of ugly hatred that deeply, tangibly harms our Jewish students, families and employees and those of other marginalized groups. Suspensions come and go, but hopefully the mandatory involvement of parents and the threat of incidents appearing on students’ permanent records will serve as a deterrent and a strong statement about our school system’s values and priorities.
We remain deeply concerned and angered about the failed implementation of Restorative Justice practices in several recent incidents, which did not follow best practices and caused serious traumatic harm to Jewish students and employees. Despite the fact that restorative justice is premised on the willing, voluntary participation of all parties to the incident, in at least one instance Jewish students were forced to participate in mandatory restorative justice sessions alongside perpetrators of serious antisemitic acts; when the perpetrators refused to fully apologize for their wrongdoing, the Jewish students were not permitted to respond and felt trapped in a profoundly emotionally unsafe space without any support. Other incidents of restorative justice implementation have been similarly counterproductive and harmful. The JCRC has been working collaboratively with MCPS restorative justice professionals to encourage greater cultural competency and sensitivity in doing this work, and we are committed to continuing to do so in partnership with our colleagues at MCPS. We are also addressing the need for strengthened curricula regarding Jewish history, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. In fact, today the JCRC is in Annapolis testifying in support of the passage of a package of bills focused on these precise issues, alongside other members of our community including a Holocaust survivor and a student from Walt Whitman High School.
It is critical that Jewish parents and community members have the opportunity to hear from and engage directly with Dr. McKnight, which they will have the opportunity to do at two JCRC town halls with the Superintendent in March, to be held at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac and Temple Sholom in Silver Spring.
We look forward to those discussions.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 17:46
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
But I don't understand, the parents of MCPS are the most educated of any school district every in the history of public schools. How is it possible there DC would do such a thing, these parents are never wrong and we should all strive to be like them in our child rearing.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 17:45
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Oh diversity, what a f g disaster. But I hear the ESOL classes are going along swimmingly.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 17:41
Subject: Re:9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
One of the schools was Westbrook
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2023/02/racist-graffiti-found-at-montgomery-county-elementary-school/
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2023/02/racist-graffiti-found-at-montgomery-county-elementary-school/
Anonymous
02/22/2023 17:39
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Anonymous wrote:Interesting no one from the Jewish community was involved in that discussion and it was just a bunch of fluff.
They mentioned multiple times that they are working with the ADL and JCRC.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 17:37
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not many details yet as it’s from a tweet https://twitter.com/ginny_bixby/status/1628482718920056832?s=46&t=i--kIYweTZR-BSkjspy-2g
What exactly happened and at what school? Can you provide any details?
Dr. McKnight said there were Anti-Semitic symbols at elementary, middle, and high schools.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 17:26
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not many details yet as it’s from a tweet https://twitter.com/ginny_bixby/status/1628482718920056832?s=46&t=i--kIYweTZR-BSkjspy-2g
What exactly happened and at what school? Can you provide any details?
They are not providing details.
Anonymous
02/22/2023 17:18
Subject: 9 Mcps Antisemitic incidents since Friday
Anonymous wrote:Not many details yet as it’s from a tweet https://twitter.com/ginny_bixby/status/1628482718920056832?s=46&t=i--kIYweTZR-BSkjspy-2g
What exactly happened and at what school? Can you provide any details?