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Anonymous wrote:My kid just had stuff stolen in Rachel Carson Middle School. All his written work for the year, along with the binder and supplies is gone. I'm sure it was a theft because the laptop wasn't taken, but the money he kept inside the laptop bag was. This is the second time someone tried to steal his stuff (the first attempt earlier in the year was unsuccessful). He's pretty distraught, and the school is not going to do anything about it. Is this just a problem at Rachel Carson Middle School or is it normal for FCPS middle schools?

Why would someone steal the binder but not the laptop? It doesn’t make sense. I’m sorry it’s gone. What do you think the school should or can do?

The school could make it clear to students that theft is unacceptable and comes with consequences if they are caught. It is not doing that.

+1 Honor Code

So do you want an email sent with a reminder about how theft is unacceptable? There should also be one sent to remind students not to store valuables in their locker and/or keep cash in their lockers. Most people understand this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid just had stuff stolen in Rachel Carson Middle School. All his written work for the year, along with the binder and supplies is gone. I'm sure it was a theft because the laptop wasn't taken, but the money he kept inside the laptop bag was. This is the second time someone tried to steal his stuff (the first attempt earlier in the year was unsuccessful). He's pretty distraught, and the school is not going to do anything about it. Is this just a problem at Rachel Carson Middle School or is it normal for FCPS middle schools?

Why would someone steal the binder but not the laptop? It doesn’t make sense. I’m sorry it’s gone. What do you think the school should or can do?

The school could make it clear to students that theft is unacceptable and comes with consequences if they are caught. It is not doing that.

+1 Honor Code

+1 This isn’t about blame. It’s about developing common sense. You can be angry about it, but lesson learned, c’est la vie.

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Do you leave your purse in the shopping cart while you go to the next aisle?

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Anonymous wrote:This is my last comment here. Half the replies here are blaming the victim so I now understand where children who have no respect for others come from. Thank you for answering my question.

So basically you admit he shouldn’t have been stashing cash in his laptop case and leaving it in his locker. A person should always carry cash on them or better yet leave the cash at home. There is no reason a middle schooler should be bringing cash to school at all.

+1 This isn’t about blame. It’s about developing common sense. You can be angry about it, but lesson learned, c’est la vie.

Anonymous wrote:This is my last comment here. Half the replies here are blaming the victim so I now understand where children who have no respect for others come from. Thank you for answering my question.

So basically you admit he shouldn’t have been stashing cash in his laptop case and leaving it in his locker. A person should always carry cash on them or better yet leave the cash at home. There is no reason a middle schooler should be bringing cash to school at all.

Anonymous wrote:Kids definitely steal just for the sake of stealing and not necessarily because they want or need anything, especially non-poor kids. Ask any shop owner.

I still remember being stunned that one of my classmates bragged about stealing a pen from the drugstore. He was the son of the president of one of the local banks.
This was many, many years go-long before most of you were born.

There was teen suspended from Langley a few years ago for stealing food in cafeteria--there was more to the story involving marijuana in the backpack, but this story was public as there was a sad story that followed. He was not a poor kid. I remember asking my High school aged son at the time--he said he sees kids stealing food frequently. (different high school).

Flirting with danger gives a high to some people.