Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:41
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Because progressivesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!
True, but the shelter kids tend to be pretty short term. Whitman can be a challenging environment because many of them are several grade levels behind and even the 9th grade level is a challenge. So they skip classes. The school really tries to work with them but they often end up going back to their families in other parts of the state.
We need to look at reopening Mark Twain for these kids. Plopping them into regular schools is not working.
Clearly we need a school where we can put all the violent kids that don’t belong in regular schools. They can get the attention and discipline they need there, and meanwhile the rest of the kids can get a good education without living in terror.
Why is this so difficult??
But really, because funding and staffing. There is not enough money for the discrete programs in county school right now, and special education teachers can’t get out of MCPS fast enough. Even if the found the funding to open a building, there would not be enough teachers to run it.
There is enough money.
Possibly, but definitely not after the DoE goes bye-bye along with Title 1 funding and DOGE scoops up whatever is left to spend more on colonizing Mars or something else nobody wants.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:40
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
My kids feel unsafe at Whitman now. It's become a ganglandia school.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:35
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Troll. Moms for Liberty. Really?
Doesn’t change the fact that even the “best” schools are violent.
The schools are NOT VIOLENT.
The boys in all the schools- rich or poor are violent. They are not concerned about consequences.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:23
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!
True, but the shelter kids tend to be pretty short term. Whitman can be a challenging environment because many of them are several grade levels behind and even the 9th grade level is a challenge. So they skip classes. The school really tries to work with them but they often end up going back to their families in other parts of the state.
These kids will have problems at any school as everyone has failed them. Schools are not trying. They do the absolute minimum. The shelter kids deserve to be there like anyone else. Some are good kids.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:21
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Not exactly sure when this happened https://x.com/m4lmoco/status/1859335597313134860?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ
If you engage in this type of behavior, you forfeit your right to an education. At least at that school.
+1. Virtual school now exists. If a student can’t behave without violence, send them home and make them their parents’ problem 24/7.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:18
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Because progressivesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!
True, but the shelter kids tend to be pretty short term. Whitman can be a challenging environment because many of them are several grade levels behind and even the 9th grade level is a challenge. So they skip classes. The school really tries to work with them but they often end up going back to their families in other parts of the state.
We need to look at reopening Mark Twain for these kids. Plopping them into regular schools is not working.
Clearly we need a school where we can put all the violent kids that don’t belong in regular schools. They can get the attention and discipline they need there, and meanwhile the rest of the kids can get a good education without living in terror.
Why is this so difficult??
But really, because funding and staffing. There is not enough money for the discrete programs in county school right now, and special education teachers can’t get out of MCPS fast enough. Even if the found the funding to open a building, there would not be enough teachers to run it.
There is enough money.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:17
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!
True, but the shelter kids tend to be pretty short term. Whitman can be a challenging environment because many of them are several grade levels behind and even the 9th grade level is a challenge. So they skip classes. The school really tries to work with them but they often end up going back to their families in other parts of the state.
We need to look at reopening Mark Twain for these kids. Plopping them into regular schools is not working.
No, it's not. It was troubled students from that group house that also killed a man at Trader Joe's a few years ago. These students are sent from the streets of Baltimore to Walt Whitman High School - and it is very much not working out and it hasn't for years.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 07:04
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Troll. Moms for Liberty. Really?
There is literally a child getting their head kicked in and you’re upset because a group you don’t like release the video? Just because you don’t like who released it doesn’t mean it’s fake or that the person sharing the original post is a troll.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 06:26
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Because progressivesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!
True, but the shelter kids tend to be pretty short term. Whitman can be a challenging environment because many of them are several grade levels behind and even the 9th grade level is a challenge. So they skip classes. The school really tries to work with them but they often end up going back to their families in other parts of the state.
We need to look at reopening Mark Twain for these kids. Plopping them into regular schools is not working.
Clearly we need a school where we can put all the violent kids that don’t belong in regular schools. They can get the attention and discipline they need there, and meanwhile the rest of the kids can get a good education without living in terror.
Why is this so difficult??
But really, because funding and staffing. There is not enough money for the discrete programs in county school right now, and special education teachers can’t get out of MCPS fast enough. Even if the found the funding to open a building, there would not be enough teachers to run it.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 05:06
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
This. I know a kid who got jumped at school recently. Parents threatened to go to the media if the principal didn't make a big deal about it. It worked. Parents also pressed charges and the kid who instigated it now has a record, can no longer participate in school sports throughout high school, and has to stay a certain number of feet away from the victim. The kids at school are aware of everything that has transpired - no one dares to mess with the victim.
It's good for parents who have the social capital to do this.
You don't need social capital, you need balls. You need the ability to write an email/make a call to the principal and demand answers. If no response , another email with a copy to the superintendent, and the BoE President stating that if you don't get a call back, you will contact the local news and share the video.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 01:21
Subject: Re:Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Let’s see if this happening at a W school gets their attention on curbing violence at schools seriously.
Doubt it, however this clearly looked like an assault. If I were the victim's parents, I would call the cops and press charges. Heck I might even call the local news.
My kid has been jumped at school and he doesn't tell anyone. Many kids don't. Makes them look weak and could make them a continued target.
Further solidifying my view that the majority of American public schools are prisons but without nice landscaping or meaningful educational opportunities.
That’s not a prison. If it were a prison it would be more orderly. Parents and adults need to step up and parent and be authority figures and not kids friends.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 01:19
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!
True, but the shelter kids tend to be pretty short term. Whitman can be a challenging environment because many of them are several grade levels behind and even the 9th grade level is a challenge. So they skip classes. The school really tries to work with them but they often end up going back to their families in other parts of the state.
These kids will have problems at any school as everyone has failed them. Schools are not trying. They do the absolute minimum. The shelter kids deserve to be there like anyone else. Some are good kids.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 01:19
Subject: Re:Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
You confronted the perps' parents I hope.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Let’s see if this happening at a W school gets their attention on curbing violence at schools seriously.
Doubt it, however this clearly looked like an assault. If I were the victim's parents, I would call the cops and press charges. Heck I might even call the local news.
My kid has been jumped at school and he doesn't tell anyone. Many kids don't. Makes them look weak and could make them a continued target.
Anonymous
11/21/2024 01:18
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
Because progressivesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!
True, but the shelter kids tend to be pretty short term. Whitman can be a challenging environment because many of them are several grade levels behind and even the 9th grade level is a challenge. So they skip classes. The school really tries to work with them but they often end up going back to their families in other parts of the state.
We need to look at reopening Mark Twain for these kids. Plopping them into regular schools is not working.
Clearly we need a school where we can put all the violent kids that don’t belong in regular schools. They can get the attention and discipline they need there, and meanwhile the rest of the kids can get a good education without living in terror.
Why is this so difficult??
Anonymous
11/21/2024 01:17
Subject: Video of hallway brawls at Whitman
But they shouldn't be.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The students who jumped the victim are reportedly students at Whitman. They are not from the area originally. They live together in a state-sponsored program for juvenile offenders in the neighborhood.
Whitman parents trying to differentiate between "real" Whitman students and "fake" Whitman students are pathetic. They are all in the same school!