Anonymous
04/05/2025 19:54
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Its hard to believe that these behaviors do not occur inside of MA.
Anonymous
04/05/2025 19:48
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Macarthur parent and PTO board member here. This thread is so interesting. Someone says there’s an uptick in crime at MA, but when one points to evidence, the evidence is determined to be irrelevant because it doesn’t support the narrative.
It is not a fact that knives are hidden throughout the school and also not a fact that weapons and what not are hidden in neighbors’ yards. I am basing this on my child’s observations and on the fact that this has never been reported to the school.
Yes at the bus stop the kids can be loud and unruly. Yes there are children smoking weed and vaping on the way too and from
school. Sadly, unless you are at one of the selective high schools, this is how some of the students behave. This, however, is not the majority of the school. The teachers at MA and the administration are fantastic and your child can choose to stay away from kids who are unruly.
OP you definitely should not send your child to MA or JR if these are dealbreakers for you.If you decide you are still interested in MA, by all means schedule a tour and ask to speak with parents. Good luck!
Students at the selective high schools behave like this, too. Don't kid yourself.
No they don't. YOU don't kid yourself. That is the beauty of the selective high school - for the most part the disruptive kids have been screened out. (Parent of a Walls student - none of this nonsense going on there).
Anonymous
04/05/2025 16:31
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Macarthur parent and PTO board member here. This thread is so interesting. Someone says there’s an uptick in crime at MA, but when one points to evidence, the evidence is determined to be irrelevant because it doesn’t support the narrative.
It is not a fact that knives are hidden throughout the school and also not a fact that weapons and what not are hidden in neighbors’ yards. I am basing this on my child’s observations and on the fact that this has never been reported to the school.
Yes at the bus stop the kids can be loud and unruly. Yes there are children smoking weed and vaping on the way too and from
school. Sadly, unless you are at one of the selective high schools, this is how some of the students behave. This, however, is not the majority of the school. The teachers at MA and the administration are fantastic and your child can choose to stay away from kids who are unruly.
OP you definitely should not send your child to MA or JR if these are dealbreakers for you.If you decide you are still interested in MA, by all means schedule a tour and ask to speak with parents. Good luck!
Students at the selective high schools behave like this, too. Don't kid yourself.
Anonymous
04/05/2025 13:27
Subject: Re:Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Why did they take down the posts about under-reported crime and MA parents calling posters racist?
Anonymous
04/05/2025 11:48
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is violence throughout the city. Not just around McA.
Sure but where MA is located, you don’t expect violence in that neighborhood. So if there is now when MA opened, then that is a direct correlation.
Neighbors are claiming that it is from students who have stashed weapons in yards; they've beaten up a neighbor; been smoking weed on bus. I don't live in-bounds, but with my kid on the waitlist this is awfully alarming. It doesn't seem to be just "the NIMBYs," but those who have witnessed and have reported actual, real-life crimes.
I know that the PTO is very active. Any current parents -- or neighbors -- know what's really happening?
You think the other DC high schools will be different?
Yes. I live near a high school that nobody on DCUM would touch with a 10 foot pole and our neighborhood doesn’t have these issues.
dp: One thing distinctive about MacArthur is that there is nowhere around for students to be -- just the small site of the school and then neighboring properties. There is no commercial area, no parks, not even a good stretch of sidewalk with no houses or apartmemts.
Anonymous
04/05/2025 08:47
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is violence throughout the city. Not just around McA.
Sure but where MA is located, you don’t expect violence in that neighborhood. So if there is now when MA opened, then that is a direct correlation.
Neighbors are claiming that it is from students who have stashed weapons in yards; they've beaten up a neighbor; been smoking weed on bus. I don't live in-bounds, but with my kid on the waitlist this is awfully alarming. It doesn't seem to be just "the NIMBYs," but those who have witnessed and have reported actual, real-life crimes.
I know that the PTO is very active. Any current parents -- or neighbors -- know what's really happening?
You think the other DC high schools will be different?
Yes. I live near a high school that nobody on DCUM would touch with a 10 foot pole and our neighborhood doesn’t have these issues.
Anonymous
04/05/2025 08:30
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Macarthur parent and PTO board member here. This thread is so interesting. Someone says there’s an uptick in crime at MA, but when one points to evidence, the evidence is determined to be irrelevant because it doesn’t support the narrative.
It is not a fact that knives are hidden throughout the school and also not a fact that weapons and what not are hidden in neighbors’ yards. I am basing this on my child’s observations and on the fact that this has never been reported to the school.
Yes at the bus stop the kids can be loud and unruly. Yes there are children smoking weed and vaping on the way too and from
school. Sadly, unless you are at one of the selective high schools, this is how some of the students behave. This, however, is not the majority of the school. The teachers at MA and the administration are fantastic and your child can choose to stay away from kids who are unruly.
OP you definitely should not send your child to MA or JR if these are dealbreakers for you.If you decide you are still interested in MA, by all means schedule a tour and ask to speak with parents. Good luck!
Thank you for this.
Anonymous
04/04/2025 22:33
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Macarthur parent and PTO board member here. This thread is so interesting. Someone says there’s an uptick in crime at MA, but when one points to evidence, the evidence is determined to be irrelevant because it doesn’t support the narrative.
It is not a fact that knives are hidden throughout the school and also not a fact that weapons and what not are hidden in neighbors’ yards. I am basing this on my child’s observations and on the fact that this has never been reported to the school.
Yes at the bus stop the kids can be loud and unruly. Yes there are children smoking weed and vaping on the way too and from
school. Sadly, unless you are at one of the selective high schools, this is how some of the students behave. This, however, is not the majority of the school. The teachers at MA and the administration are fantastic and your child can choose to stay away from kids who are unruly.
OP you definitely should not send your child to MA or JR if these are dealbreakers for you.If you decide you are still interested in MA, by all means schedule a tour and ask to speak with parents. Good luck!
It is not a fact that knives are hidden throughout the school and also not a fact that weapons and what not are hidden in neighbors’ yards. I am basing this on my child’s observations and on the fact that this has never been reported to the school.
Yes at the bus stop the kids can be loud and unruly. Yes there are children smoking weed and vaping on the way too and from
school. Sadly, unless you are at one of the selective high schools, this is how some of the students behave. This, however, is not the majority of the school. The teachers at MA and the administration are fantastic and your child can choose to stay away from kids who are unruly.
OP you definitely should not send your child to MA or JR if these are dealbreakers for you.If you decide you are still interested in MA, by all means schedule a tour and ask to speak with parents. Good luck!
Anonymous
04/04/2025 09:14
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is violence throughout the city. Not just around McA.
Sure but where MA is located, you don’t expect violence in that neighborhood. So if there is now when MA opened, then that is a direct correlation.
Neighbors are claiming that it is from students who have stashed weapons in yards; they've beaten up a neighbor; been smoking weed on bus. I don't live in-bounds, but with my kid on the waitlist this is awfully alarming. It doesn't seem to be just "the NIMBYs," but those who have witnessed and have reported actual, real-life crimes.
I know that the PTO is very active. Any current parents -- or neighbors -- know what's really happening?
You think the other DC high schools will be different?
Anonymous
04/04/2025 09:14
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is violence throughout the city. Not just around McA.
Sure but where MA is located, you don’t expect violence in that neighborhood. So if there is now when MA opened, then that is a direct correlation.
DP. I'd be careful about what you're implying here.
I think what they're implying is that it's a neighborhood with historically very little crime, so if there was an uptick in crime after the school opened, it is likely students (or teachers?) are responsible. What do they need to be careful about exactly?
Are you really that obtuse? To recap, a bunch of UMC white people are upset about the uptick in crime in their expensive neighborhood after a school opens that is attended by mostly black and brown kids.
1. Why are you sure that only WHITE umc parents are not happy about kids behavior around MacArthur? Are you saying black umc parents could care less about the knives hiding around the school?
2. And the school has only slightly more than half black population (57%, if we can trust dc school profile), the way you worded it sounds exaggerating.
3. Why do you have to make everything by about the color? Racist much?
Anonymous
04/04/2025 09:10
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:According to DC Crime Cards, there have been four crimes committed within 2,000 feet of MacArthur over the past year, an none of those crimes were violent (two theft from auto, two "other" theft). That is an increase of one crime from the previous YTD.
Wow, what a hellscape. You people need serious help.
You do realize that crime is way under reported in the city, right? It’s a well known fact.
Many people don’t call the police. Even when they do, it is always necessarily recorded.
The crimes that the people here are whining about are of a level that they would not go unreported.
Seriously, you all should just admit you don't like seeing Black and Brown kids in your neighborhood. Just come clean.
The racial part feels real (regarding the Palisades opposition.) also feel important to say that the angelic Banneker kids I see daily are mostly Brown and Black, too. So maybe there is another way to talk about this.
The fact that Banneker is a selective school and they give kids a Citizenship (I think that is what it is called) grade perhaps accounts for something? here?
And Palisades is definitely whiter, but are there not white kid at Banneker? With the neighborhood more integrated and listening to DCUM, I had that impression.
Banneker is 6 percent white this year, so about 40 kids.
Anonymous
04/04/2025 08:56
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:According to DC Crime Cards, there have been four crimes committed within 2,000 feet of MacArthur over the past year, an none of those crimes were violent (two theft from auto, two "other" theft). That is an increase of one crime from the previous YTD.
Wow, what a hellscape. You people need serious help.
You do realize that crime is way under reported in the city, right? It’s a well known fact.
Many people don’t call the police. Even when they do, it is always necessarily recorded.
The crimes that the people here are whining about are of a level that they would not go unreported.
Seriously, you all should just admit you don't like seeing Black and Brown kids in your neighborhood. Just come clean.
The racial part feels real (regarding the Palisades opposition.) also feel important to say that the angelic Banneker kids I see daily are mostly Brown and Black, too. So maybe there is another way to talk about this.
The fact that Banneker is a selective school and they give kids a Citizenship (I think that is what it is called) grade perhaps accounts for something? here?
And Palisades is definitely whiter, but are there not white kid at Banneker? With the neighborhood more integrated and listening to DCUM, I had that impression.
Anonymous
04/04/2025 08:48
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Based on the responses OP, it would seem it depends on your options. Compared to J-R, MacArthur is very tame, behavior-wise. Compared to Banneker, it is more unruly. What other schools are you considering?
J-R, McKinley, Banneker, MacArthur
Anonymous
04/04/2025 07:33
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:According to DC Crime Cards, there have been four crimes committed within 2,000 feet of MacArthur over the past year, an none of those crimes were violent (two theft from auto, two "other" theft). That is an increase of one crime from the previous YTD.
Wow, what a hellscape. You people need serious help.
You do realize that crime is way under reported in the city, right? It’s a well known fact.
Many people don’t call the police. Even when they do, it is always necessarily recorded.
The crimes that the people here are whining about are of a level that they would not go unreported.
Seriously, you all should just admit you don't like seeing Black and Brown kids in your neighborhood. Just come clean.
The racial part feels real (regarding the Palisades opposition.) also feel important to say that the angelic Banneker kids I see daily are mostly Brown and Black, too. So maybe there is another way to talk about this.
Anonymous
04/04/2025 07:19
Subject: Violence around MacArthur H.S.
Based on the responses OP, it would seem it depends on your options. Compared to J-R, MacArthur is very tame, behavior-wise. Compared to Banneker, it is more unruly. What other schools are you considering?