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Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional.

NP. The second point is NOT delusional. Where do mass shootings take place? All that I'm aware of have been in suburbs with different demographics, not urban city centers.

YET.

Sure it's not out of the question, but based on prior history this statistically rare event is more likely to happen in the suburbs.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional.

NP. The second point is NOT delusional. Where do mass shootings take place? All that I'm aware of have been in suburbs with different demographics, not urban city centers.

YET.

Sure it's not out of the question, but based on prior history this statistically rare event is more likely to happen in the suburbs.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional.

NP. The second point is NOT delusional. Where do mass shootings take place? All that I'm aware of have been in suburbs with different demographics, not urban city centers.

YET.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional.

NP. The second point is NOT delusional. Where do mass shootings take place? All that I'm aware of have been in suburbs with different demographics, not urban city centers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional.

NP. The second point is NOT delusional. Where do mass shootings take place? All that I'm aware of have been in suburbs with different demographics, not urban city centers.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

As to your first bolder point, bullying may be universal, but ongoing violence is most definitely NOT.

Your second bolded point is just delusional.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

- Kid can walk to school rather than being ferried around in an SUV everywhere.
- Kid has friends they've known since PK3
- Tight-knit community outside of school.
- Bullying in middle school is universal.
- If my kid is killed or seriously injured, it's going to be in a car in the suburbs.
- (Ironically) Don't have to worry about mass school shootings.

We've always planned to leave when it stops working; fortunately for our family, it hasn't stopped working yet.

Oh, and the walking commute is a nice perk.

Anonymous wrote:Why do you keep your kids in a school district like this? Is your row house & walking commute really worth it?

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Anonymous wrote:Note to self: get sweet, sensitive PreK kid into martial arts ASAP.

I'll be damned if my kid is a victim. I'll fight the bully, his mama, and his aunts if need be.

FFS. You child is in PreK. Middle school is tough for all kids. I'm not condoning the bullying of this incident but you need to take a seat.

You think bullying only happens in middle school?:
I already see that my preK AA kid has the kind of disposition that might make him a target for bullying and I'm prepared to advocate for his safety, even if that means showing up at his school on occasion and showing out.

OMG. I was so wrong. You need to take several seats.

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Anonymous wrote:Middle school is rough all around.

Yep, my kid gets subjected to racial taunting every single day at their DCPS MS. There are no repercussions whatsoever.

So does mine. And DC is white.

Anonymous wrote:Hmm still determined to send your kids to this dumpster fire Christine Clapp?

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/local/education/they-believe-more-students-should-attend-neighborhood-schools-but-what-happens-when-its-their-child/2019/04/13/8e797690-3ed6-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?outputType=amp

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Anonymous wrote:To the poster who said something about getting a Deal placement, it is not the promised land. As a Deal parent, I'm not certain bullying is dealt with much better there. I have heard (from my kid and other parents) many stories about kids being beat up, kicked, pushed into lockers, pushed down stairs, etc. Look at the recent thread on Deal behavior about a student's hair almost being caught on fire. The school does little to nothing about addressing this behavior and claims their hands are tied. You have to file a police report which, when dealing with children 11-14 years old, is just heartbreaking.

Is there any school that actually has a good reputation for handling bullying? I feel like it's the Achilles heel of every school, public and often private too (we are zoned for Deal but have an elementary kid in private; will decide later whether to send kid to Deal or stay put).

I don’t know if a school that handles bullying well. Friends with kids at prominent private deal with bullying too but it is not as physical as being punched in the face during class or having a boy pull a girl’s pants down in class. Private schools seem to have more social bullying, which can be worse in some ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Note to self: get sweet, sensitive PreK kid into martial arts ASAP.

I'll be damned if my kid is a victim. I'll fight the bully, his mama, and his aunts if need be.

FFS. You child is in PreK. Middle school is tough for all kids. I'm not condoning the bullying of this incident but you need to take a seat.

You think bullying only happens in middle school?:
I already see that my preK AA kid has the kind of disposition that might make him a target for bullying and I'm prepared to advocate for his safety, even if that means showing up at his school on occasion and showing out.