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Anonymous wrote:Is this a common-ish thing at your middle school? DD comes home maybe once a month and says there was a fight. Does this continue into high school?

My son goes to Longfellow MS in FCPS and yes, fistfights are common.

However, he said no boy gets in any trouble anymore and the school does nothing; same just stay in class.

Equity policy in FCPS seems to dictate you cannot remove violent students because the violent student’s education could be damaged.

Instead, every kid is forced to endure an unsafe learning environment, due to equity.

Same exact situation in MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:I am so happy for this thread and feel validated. Our MS has an issue with these coordinated and posted fights. It’s like a weird social media trend. He wants to MOVE over it! I keep telling him it happens everywhere, but he doesn’t believe me.

Phones should be banned in school.

I don't care if other kids are carrying phones or on their phone playing Brawlstars as long as they are not being disruptive. I don't think phones are the problem.

The problem is kids fighting in the hallways and not getting in trouble for fighting. Let them take their fights outside. But crack down on the physical violence IN schools. Regardless of race.

Anonymous wrote:Is this a common-ish thing at your middle school? DD comes home maybe once a month and says there was a fight. Does this continue into high school?

My son goes to Longfellow MS in FCPS and yes, fistfights are common.

However, he said no boy gets in any trouble anymore and the school does nothing; same just stay in class.

Equity policy in FCPS seems to dictate you cannot remove violent students because the violent student’s education could be damaged.

Instead, every kid is forced to endure an unsafe learning environment, due to equity.

My niece goes to a MS where she says most of the fighting is between girls who are fighting over boys.

All middles schools

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Anonymous wrote:It’s because they don’t suspend kids any more. This used to be an automatic suspension.

I’m gettting jeered at in another thread for defending my DS’s school’s high suspension rate. Fights there happen but it’s rare and they are broken up immediately and kids suspended. They do not f around. As a result the school is relatively very calm.

PP here. Our newish middle school principal brags that he lowered the suspension rate by a lot. It’s because he simply doesn’t suspend people, not because behavior has improved.

PP. Our MS principal is unflinching about discipline - and my kid has been suspended! Also zero phones allowed. I’m wondering when some busy body will try to force the school to lower suspension rates.

Most of the suspensions are in-school, which works because the kids are bored and they are also forced to do some school work. It definitely helped my kid straighten up.

I'm a MS teacher and would love the name of this school! We have fights often, usually in the bathrooms and arranged by social media. Our admin loves to brag about our lowered suspension rate but it's not because behaviors have improved.

It’s a DCPS school people on here enjoy bashing because they think it is a “bad” school, but it has a terrific admin staff. One funny thing about DCPS is that they all do things their own way - which in the right hands can be great!

Private catholic ms. There are never fights. They would be suspended. I have my second kid there and I only ever remember 1 fight.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s because they don’t suspend kids any more. This used to be an automatic suspension.

I’m gettting jeered at in another thread for defending my DS’s school’s high suspension rate. Fights there happen but it’s rare and they are broken up immediately and kids suspended. They do not f around. As a result the school is relatively very calm.

PP here. Our newish middle school principal brags that he lowered the suspension rate by a lot. It’s because he simply doesn’t suspend people, not because behavior has improved.

PP. Our MS principal is unflinching about discipline - and my kid has been suspended! Also zero phones allowed. I’m wondering when some busy body will try to force the school to lower suspension rates.

Most of the suspensions are in-school, which works because the kids are bored and they are also forced to do some school work. It definitely helped my kid straighten up.

I'm a MS teacher and would love the name of this school! We have fights often, usually in the bathrooms and arranged by social media. Our admin loves to brag about our lowered suspension rate but it's not because behaviors have improved.