Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just do not understand why somebody does not tell these school children they need to behave themselves.

Then there would be no need for these SRO police.

If only the police would do their job and enforce the law, none of this would be an issue, but I feel like we're being shook down to fund SROs when they're already paid to do this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just do not understand why somebody does not tell these school children they need to behave themselves.

Then there would be no need for these SRO police.

If only the police would do their job and enforce the law, none of this would be an issue, but I feel like we're being shook down to fund SROs when they're already paid to do this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

The county needs to create a special police division for bathroom enforcement!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

It’s not like there will be no bathrooms. Kids will still be able to go during lunch and between classes. This is no different than when I was in HS in the 70s. I have yet to hear a single kid complain - they’ve got it figured out.

What kid is going to publicly complain about having bathroom issues? That would be almost as bad as the issue itself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

It’s not like there will be no bathrooms. Kids will still be able to go during lunch and between classes. This is no different than when I was in HS in the 70s. I have yet to hear a single kid complain - they’ve got it figured out.

You have spent no time in an MCPS high school in recent years and have no idea what it’s like during transition periods.

Actually I spend a lot of time in MCPS HSs and I do know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am livid that they restrict bathroom use when girls on their periods or kids who have intestinal issues MUST get to a bathroom quickly without needing to explain themselves to all and sundry.

My DD at Westland MS already says there are days when teachers don't have enough bathroom passes in class, or get angry and suddenly issue a moratorium on going to the bathroom. I have told her to go between classes, and that I don't care if she's late to class, but if they start restricting access then, what are kids supposed to do???

It's like a badly managed prison.

The nurse’s office is an appropriate alternative for those students. I’ve had 3 kids in DCC secondary schools, including two girls who menstruated and a boy with IBS-D. They did fine.

? how many bathrooms are available in that nurse's office in a school of 2000+ kids?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am livid that they restrict bathroom use when girls on their periods or kids who have intestinal issues MUST get to a bathroom quickly without needing to explain themselves to all and sundry.

My DD at Westland MS already says there are days when teachers don't have enough bathroom passes in class, or get angry and suddenly issue a moratorium on going to the bathroom. I have told her to go between classes, and that I don't care if she's late to class, but if they start restricting access then, what are kids supposed to do???

It's like a badly managed prison.

The nurse’s office is an appropriate alternative for those students. I’ve had 3 kids in DCC secondary schools, including two girls who menstruated and a boy with IBS-D. They did fine.

Anonymous wrote:

“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

It’s not like there will be no bathrooms. Kids will still be able to go during lunch and between classes. This is no different than when I was in HS in the 70s. I have yet to hear a single kid complain - they’ve got it figured out.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

It’s not like there will be no bathrooms. Kids will still be able to go during lunch and between classes. This is no different than when I was in HS in the 70s. I have yet to hear a single kid complain - they’ve got it figured out.

You have spent no time in an MCPS high school in recent years and have no idea what it’s like during transition periods.

Anonymous wrote:

“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

It’s not like there will be no bathrooms. Kids will still be able to go during lunch and between classes. This is no different than when I was in HS in the 70s. I have yet to hear a single kid complain - they’ve got it figured out.

“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

Anonymous wrote:“During transition periods and more unstructured times, like before school, after school and lunch periods, schools may limit access to designated restrooms.”

So, at the impacted secondary schools, when do kids use the bathroom? During class only? Or wait during lunch for the only open restroom? Will teachers always allow kids to use the bathroom during class?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Quit yer complainin' With SROs out of schools, arrests of students is way down. Now we have more equity and diversity.

Yes, there may be drug use and worse in the bathrooms, but we are no longer sending these good, innocent children down the school-to-prison pipeline. Restorative justice is the way to go.

If you don't like it, send your kids to private.

Drug use and violence seem about the same as always. In a county this big there are bound to be a few issues from time to time

No, drug use is not the same as always. Why are you blatantly lying and downplaying this issue? How does that serve you, and more importantly, the families of Montgomery County?

27/160k vs 48/160k just doesn't seem that different, but I guess you can present the information in order to make it seem a lot worse than it really is

LOL Yes, we're the ones making a big deal out of it. Not MCPS holding a joint press conference with MoCo PD, the State's Attorney and federal and state health officials to emphasize the urgency and severity of the issue, which they surfaced this data. If a 78% increase in drug overdoses among MoCo youth isn't a cause for alarm for you, then I'm scared to think what that threshold would be for you. I guess it'd have to be a zombie apocalypse before you took it seriously.

I don't believe you're a human being.