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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't Whitman parents banding together to demand action? They're a mostly well educated, umc group. I am shocked they are tolerating this.

A lot of parents don't have the time, interest or bandwidth to organize and push back. Parents' typically just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS in response to this crap. Oh and they talk about it at birthday parties and within the community.

They are also afraid of being shouted down as racist elitist. They whisper on the sidelines and keep their kids off the bus, etc.

This is definitely the case. We're in the Rockville Cluster and when the rape happened a few years ago, even the super came out and shouted down parents for being racist.

Lots of parents just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS because it's easier than trying to make changes in a corrupt, dysfunctional school system.

The investigation in Rockville showed there was no rape.

Of course, there was one at RM with the security guard but nobody cares about an old white dude raping girls, just another day in paradise.

that is a mere technicality. A minor cannot consent to sex though md allows them to if there is only a certain age difference.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter attends Whitman. She has personally witnessed two fights this year alone. These fights are a weekly occurrence. They just aren't publicized. Nothing happens to these kids. This is not the first video I've seen. Many times the videographers are in on it - notified in advance so they can capture it - they are not simply bystanders who take out their phones. The videos may not make it to X or the local news but they are widely circulated amongst the students. This violence is not a new trend. A few years ago a kid brought a skillet to school, stood up in class, took it out of his backpack and smashed another kid over the head. Did you hear about it? Nope. Miller's letter referenced the situation being handled according to the MCPS Code of Conduct. Does this rise to the most serious Level 5? Even if it does, Restorative Justice Practices are the primary intervention which means nothing will happen.

MCPS Code of Conduct: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/2bcd99470c9f44f891cc5be276c25d19/fy25-student_code-of-conduct_web_english-secured-9.4.24.pdf

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't Whitman parents banding together to demand action? They're a mostly well educated, umc group. I am shocked they are tolerating this.

A lot of parents don't have the time, interest or bandwidth to organize and push back. Parents' typically just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS in response to this crap. Oh and they talk about it at birthday parties and within the community.

They are also afraid of being shouted down as racist elitist. They whisper on the sidelines and keep their kids off the bus, etc.

This is definitely the case. We're in the Rockville Cluster and when the rape happened a few years ago, even the super came out and shouted down parents for being racist.

Lots of parents just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS because it's easier than trying to make changes in a corrupt, dysfunctional school system.

The investigation in Rockville showed there was no rape.

Of course, there was one at RM with the security guard but nobody cares about an old white dude raping girls, just another day in paradise.

Anonymous wrote:So the admin think recording the fight is much worse behavior than actually beating someone up..

Anonymous wrote:Bring back the SROs. If this happened outside a CVS, these kids would be in handcuffs. The same behavior should happen in schools. Implement a zero tolerance policy and follow it. If more people of a certain race are placed into handcuffs, so be it. As long as the same policy is followed for everyone, it’s fair. As far as fighting and other inappropriate behaviors the school needs to send these kids home for the day.

If home is the group home, then let them deal with this nonsense. Seems to me that a person send home X times from a comprehensive school for poor behaviors should not have the privilege of attending a comprehensive school.

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't Whitman parents banding together to demand action? They're a mostly well educated, umc group. I am shocked they are tolerating this.

A lot of parents don't have the time, interest or bandwidth to organize and push back. Parents' typically just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS in response to this crap. Oh and they talk about it at birthday parties and within the community.

They are also afraid of being shouted down as racist elitist. They whisper on the sidelines and keep their kids off the bus, etc.

This is definitely the case. We're in the Rockville Cluster and when the rape happened a few years ago, even the super came out and shouted down parents for being racist.

Lots of parents just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS because it's easier than trying to make changes in a corrupt, dysfunctional school system.

The investigation in Rockville showed there was no rape.

Of course, there was one at RM with the security guard but nobody cares about an old white dude raping girls, just another day in paradise.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know how many kids are in the NCCF program for teens with violent convictions?

Nearly all, if not all.

I meant how many kids are in that group home program—20 or 200 or what? (As opposed to teens that are actually living at the Greentrre shelter, which I think is a totally different situation—I think those are kids/teens living with their moms who have fled an unsafe living situation like abuse. It seems like they are not the problem—it’s the group home teens who were placed there as ann out-placement from juvenile justice involvement.).

In 2022 there were 8.

https://moco360.media/2021/01/04/the-reckoning/

Anonymous wrote:That’s not just assault, it’s battery, possibly aggravated battery and a felony. I’d call the cops and press charges if I were the parents.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why Miller dismissed the football coach but is taking a way less harsh stance on this.

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Anonymous wrote:Finally got picked up by MoCo 360: https://moco360.media/2024/11/21/fight-walt-whitman-posted-to-social-media/

Wow Principal Gregory Miller is really downplaying this , saying they might get an infraction for beating the child wtf

Why do the rules not apply to the schools? If you are walking down the street and a couple of people come up to you and start hitting you, beating you up, kicking you in the head it’s not a fight. It’s assault.

The schools and principles and media keep minimizing this as a fight. I said it up thread, these kids need to be expelled, and some of them need to be sent to Juvie.

Sent to Juvie? They are already in a shelter for offenders.

Expelled. Out of the school system. Not assaulting other kids.

There's no such thing as "expelled out of the school system." Expulsion means expulsion from a school within the system. And even that is only for a period of time and not permanent.

Aren't there kids removed from BCC at Whitman?

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't Whitman parents banding together to demand action? They're a mostly well educated, umc group. I am shocked they are tolerating this.

A lot of parents don't have the time, interest or bandwidth to organize and push back. Parents' typically just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS in response to this crap. Oh and they talk about it at birthday parties and within the community.

They are also afraid of being shouted down as racist elitist. They whisper on the sidelines and keep their kids off the bus, etc.

This is definitely the case. We're in the Rockville Cluster and when the rape happened a few years ago, even the super came out and shouted down parents for being racist.

Lots of parents just quietly pull their kids out of MCPS because it's easier than trying to make changes in a corrupt, dysfunctional school system.

Anonymous wrote:My daughter attends Whitman. She has personally witnessed two fights this year alone. These fights are a weekly occurrence. They just aren't publicized. Nothing happens to these kids. This is not the first video I've seen. Many times the videographers are in on it - notified in advance so they can capture it - they are not simply bystanders who take out their phones. The videos may not make it to X or the local news but they are widely circulated amongst the students. This violence is not a new trend. A few years ago a kid brought a skillet to school, stood up in class, took it out of his backpack and smashed another kid over the head. Did you hear about it? Nope. Miller's letter referenced the situation being handled according to the MCPS Code of Conduct. Does this rise to the most serious Level 5? Even if it does, Restorative Justice Practices are the primary intervention which means nothing will happen.

MCPS Code of Conduct: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/contentassets/2bcd99470c9f44f891cc5be276c25d19/fy25-student_code-of-conduct_web_english-secured-9.4.24.pdf