Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't keep teachers safe and secure either that is why many of us have had to leave the profession. We can't teach kids that are not behaved well enough to learn and when there is chaos in the classroom the good students can't learn either. Further, when principals blame the teachers we feel helpless and attacked professionally as we are getting literally attacked and told not to write reports or address it or we face having to take the accountability for it regardless. Then we resign or are fired or forced to resign involuntary. I even know how to answer the question bc it was such a gray area as I was a new teacher and my school was so dirty the reports were just made up. I get it principals are busy but this -we need a fall guy mentality and teachers will take the fall is proving itself to not be a good idea.

You can't be forced to resign.

You are incredibly naive if you believe this to be true.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting to see that RM, which is often praised as "a great school" is coming in at 52% in the "Not at all or somewhat safe", whereas Gaithersburg is much lower at 40%.

In my neighborhood, half is zoned to RM and the other half is zoned to Gaithersburg. People lose their minds about the Gaithersburg side being "bad" but the RM side is "great!"

The HS overall average was 41%.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't keep teachers safe and secure either that is why many of us have had to leave the profession. We can't teach kids that are not behaved well enough to learn and when there is chaos in the classroom the good students can't learn either. Further, when principals blame the teachers we feel helpless and attacked professionally as we are getting literally attacked and told not to write reports or address it or we face having to take the accountability for it regardless. Then we resign or are fired or forced to resign involuntary. I even know how to answer the question bc it was such a gray area as I was a new teacher and my school was so dirty the reports were just made up. I get it principals are busy but this -we need a fall guy mentality and teachers will take the fall is proving itself to not be a good idea.

You can't be forced to resign.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They don't keep teachers safe and secure either that is why many of us have had to leave the profession. We can't teach kids that are not behaved well enough to learn and when there is chaos in the classroom the good students can't learn either. Further, when principals blame the teachers we feel helpless and attacked professionally as we are getting literally attacked and told not to write reports or address it or we face having to take the accountability for it regardless. Then we resign or are fired or forced to resign involuntary. I even know how to answer the question bc it was such a gray area as I was a new teacher and my school was so dirty the reports were just made up. I get it principals are busy but this -we need a fall guy mentality and teachers will take the fall is proving itself to not be a good idea.

You can't be forced to resign.

Anonymous wrote:They don't keep teachers safe and secure either that is why many of us have had to leave the profession. We can't teach kids that are not behaved well enough to learn and when there is chaos in the classroom the good students can't learn either. Further, when principals blame the teachers we feel helpless and attacked professionally as we are getting literally attacked and told not to write reports or address it or we face having to take the accountability for it regardless. Then we resign or are fired or forced to resign involuntary. I even know how to answer the question bc it was such a gray area as I was a new teacher and my school was so dirty the reports were just made up. I get it principals are busy but this -we need a fall guy mentality and teachers will take the fall is proving itself to not be a good idea.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that MCPS and the BOE think it's ok for students and staff to feel unsafe at school regularly, year after year, with no consequence or meaningful change is a disgrace. Thomas Taylor, Marcus Jones and Peter Moran should be ashamed of themselves. And the BOE should be held accountable by the County Council for failing in its oversight responsibilities.

What’s your alternative?

Bring back suspensions? That’s been shown to be racist.

Expulsions? All that does is support the school to corporate prison pipeline.

And this is America; every student is innocent until they are proven in a court of law; besides: what about their education? Don’t they have a right to an equal education too? Can’t do that if you are constantly suspending kids (plus their acting out really isn’t their fault. If they got the wrap-around services they deserve then none of this would be an issue.)

Hello. I’m a kid who went to NEC schools all their life. Till now. Come a few weeks, I’ll be in a Catholic high school.

I’m a Black American boy, and for 10 years I’ve witnessed fight after fight, curse-out after curse-out, and just overall heinous groundskeeping. Despite the fact that I’m in a group that’s the most suspended, I’ve never been. I go to school, mind my business, come home with no issue.

Half the fights are about the dumbest 💩 known to man—stuff like “Oh I stole your 🐕 what are you gonna do about it?” or some dumb Instagram beef. And these kids never get any kind of repercussions. They look at me weird for going to class like a normal human being.

I absolutely think that expulsions should be brought back. There’s no reason—with the COL as expensive as it is—that my mom has to pick up a second job to pay for private school just so I can walk to class without seeing a daily fight in the hallway.

For people asking if the NEC schools are that bad: they are.

For extra info, my journey was this:
Burtonsville Elementary (2015–2020)
Benjamin Banneker Middle (2020–2023)
Paint Branch High School (2023–2025)

Boom. Thank you for speaking up. So many people want to insist that Black students and families are ok with violence, chaos and a lack of accountability going on in MCPS schools and we're not.

At the same time, we have to be able to chew gum and walk at the same time. The truth is many punitive student discipline HAS been racist because, particularly with the most subjective infractions, Black students are over policed or not given the same grace as their white counterparts.

You even hear this from White parents in Bethesda/Potomac elementary schools who get exasperated by privileged White boys who get to terrorize and tear up classrooms without consequence because their mom or dad is a lawyer, wealthy, on the PTA, etc. whatever role or status affords them privilege or protection. Whereas that same behavior in a Black boy is coded a special education and/or suspended and expelled by the same system.

But fixing that disparity in treatment is NOT an invitation for NO discipline or consequences in school and is in fact racist. Black students deserve a safe and stable learning environment.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that MCPS and the BOE think it's ok for students and staff to feel unsafe at school regularly, year after year, with no consequence or meaningful change is a disgrace. Thomas Taylor, Marcus Jones and Peter Moran should be ashamed of themselves. And the BOE should be held accountable by the County Council for failing in its oversight responsibilities.

What’s your alternative?

Bring back suspensions? That’s been shown to be racist.

Expulsions? All that does is support the school to corporate prison pipeline.

And this is America; every student is innocent until they are proven in a court of law; besides: what about their education? Don’t they have a right to an equal education too? Can’t do that if you are constantly suspending kids (plus their acting out really isn’t their fault. If they got the wrap-around services they deserve then none of this would be an issue.)

Hello. I’m a kid who went to NEC schools all their life. Till now. Come a few weeks, I’ll be in a Catholic high school.

I’m a Black American boy, and for 10 years I’ve witnessed fight after fight, curse-out after curse-out, and just overall heinous groundskeeping. Despite the fact that I’m in a group that’s the most suspended, I’ve never been. I go to school, mind my business, come home with no issue.

Half the fights are about the dumbest 💩 known to man—stuff like “Oh I stole your 🐕 what are you gonna do about it?” or some dumb Instagram beef. And these kids never get any kind of repercussions. They look at me weird for going to class like a normal human being.

I absolutely think that expulsions should be brought back. There’s no reason—with the COL as expensive as it is—that my mom has to pick up a second job to pay for private school just so I can walk to class without seeing a daily fight in the hallway.

For people asking if the NEC schools are that bad: they are.

For extra info, my journey was this:
Burtonsville Elementary (2015–2020)
Benjamin Banneker Middle (2020–2023)
Paint Branch High School (2023–2025)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At always, 10% will say anything… virtual academy teachers feel not safe?

It was probably the admin...they weren't supportive to all staff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that MCPS and the BOE think it's ok for students and staff to feel unsafe at school regularly, year after year, with no consequence or meaningful change is a disgrace. Thomas Taylor, Marcus Jones and Peter Moran should be ashamed of themselves. And the BOE should be held accountable by the County Council for failing in its oversight responsibilities.

What’s your alternative?

Bring back suspensions? That’s been shown to be racist.

Expulsions? All that does is support the school to corporate prison pipeline.

And this is America; every student is innocent until they are proven in a court of law; besides: what about their education? Don’t they have a right to an equal education too? Can’t do that if you are constantly suspending kids (plus their acting out really isn’t their fault. If they got the wrap-around services they deserve then none of this would be an issue.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that MCPS and the BOE think it's ok for students and staff to feel unsafe at school regularly, year after year, with no consequence or meaningful change is a disgrace. Thomas Taylor, Marcus Jones and Peter Moran should be ashamed of themselves. And the BOE should be held accountable by the County Council for failing in its oversight responsibilities.

What’s your alternative?

Bring back suspensions? That’s been shown to be racist.

Expulsions? All that does is support the school to corporate prison pipeline.

And this is America; every student is innocent until they are proven in a court of law; besides: what about their education? Don’t they have a right to an equal education too? Can’t do that if you are constantly suspending kids (plus their acting out really isn’t their fault. If they got the wrap-around services they deserve then none of this would be an issue.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that MCPS and the BOE think it's ok for students and staff to feel unsafe at school regularly, year after year, with no consequence or meaningful change is a disgrace. Thomas Taylor, Marcus Jones and Peter Moran should be ashamed of themselves. And the BOE should be held accountable by the County Council for failing in its oversight responsibilities.

What’s your alternative?

Bring back suspensions? That’s been shown to be racist.

Expulsions? All that does is support the school to corporate prison pipeline.

And this is America; every student is innocent until they are proven in a court of law; besides: what about their education? Don’t they have a right to an equal education too? Can’t do that if you are constantly suspending kids (plus their acting out really isn’t their fault. If they got the wrap-around services they deserve then none of this would be an issue.)

Anonymous wrote:The fact that MCPS and the BOE think it's ok for students and staff to feel unsafe at school regularly, year after year, with no consequence or meaningful change is a disgrace. Thomas Taylor, Marcus Jones and Peter Moran should be ashamed of themselves. And the BOE should be held accountable by the County Council for failing in its oversight responsibilities.

Anonymous wrote:Are the NEC schools even THAT dangerous?