You have kids being raped AT school. You have kids being sexually assaulted by bus drivers. You have teachers targeting kids for sex abuse. You have the Securoty Team leader at a HS sexually abusing a minor.

On and on and on.

And yet, Smith sends an email asking people not to spread rumors?

Give me a f’in break!! The sh$t that goes on is bad enough. Nobody needs to make up rumors in MCPS.

Such a pathetic and inadequate response.

Anonymous wrote:Charged as juveniles ... must be white

I am confused. What does that mean?

Nice letter sent out by Smith this morning.

Instead of delineating how they will be cracking down on this behavior, he’s worried about people spreading online rumors??

Give me a break! Tell me about how you’re going to change the MCPS culture of violence and sex abuse targeting kids in MCPS. Skip the lecture on online behavior.

Its in WaPo also.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/three-male-teens-charged-with-rape-amid-damascus-football-hazing-investigation/2018/11/02/1dae6656-dec2-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:Wake up folks, this stuff goes on in every high school and college. Maybe not tape with a broomstick but things like a person has to sleep with a person others pick out, drug use, tattoos, cleaning locker rooms, dorms etc. Notjust athletes either all sorts of clubs, frats, organizations.

You just compared tattoos to rape with a broom stick.

I think most parents would agree that this type of behavior should be stopped. This thread is about a JV high school football team.

At our school we have several teams that have issues and some that don't. What is the difference? The coaching staff. Coaches who demean student athletes and set a bad example create students who model the bullying behavior. A coach that treats student athletes equally and fairly, sets the rules at the beginning of the season, and addresses problems with the team as they occur creates team unity where students wouldn't think to turn on students in this type of abusive fashion.

Something made these kids think it was ok to behave this way. There clearly was no supervision in the locker room to create the opportunity for the incident to occur. Multiple students were the perpetrators (up to 5 arrests now - maybe more coming). That points to the team climate and possibly the school climate that condones bullying. All MCPS Principals and Athletic Directors should have a meeting to fix the issues in their athletic programs and let student athletes know that "rituals" that harm other students in any fashion is considered hazing and will not be tolerated.

Anonymous wrote:Wake up folks, this stuff goes on in every high school and college. Maybe not tape with a broomstick but things like a person has to sleep with a person others pick out, drug use, tattoos, cleaning locker rooms, dorms etc. Notjust athletes either all sorts of clubs, frats, organizations.

You just compared tattoos to rape with a broom stick.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they pay attention to the Damascus Wrestling coaches and athletes too. I do not know of any hazing, but I was appalled at the unsportsmanlike conduct of their coach last year.

I think all parents of student athletes need to sit their children down and find out what goes on within teams. I was floored to find out that it's a ritual for boy and girl Lacrosse players at our W school to do cocaine together at the beginning of the season.

Holy shit.

What???
This kind of makes a private school worth the money.

Do you really think things like that would be less likely to happen at an expensive private school?

+1

https://www.medicaldaily.com/teens-who-attend-private-schools-higher-risk-drug-and-alcohol-abuse-adults-418482

Researchers found that teens who were deemed privileged, or those who lived in nice areas and attended elite schools, were more likely to use marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy. These students also were more likely to abuse alcohol, too, reports The Independent.

According to the paper, females who went to these top-tier schools were three times more likely to have drug and alcohol problems than those who didn’t. Even students who performed well in school and were favored by teachers were affected. Boys, on the other hand, were twice as likely as their more modest peers to have alcohol and drug problems as adults.

“Results showed that among both men and women and across annual assessments, these young adults had substantial elevations, relative to national norms, in frequency of several indicators - drinking to intoxication and of using marijuana, stimulants such as Adderall, cocaine, and club drugs such as ecstasy,

Wake up folks, this stuff goes on in every high school and college. Maybe not tape with a broomstick but things like a person has to sleep with a person others pick out, drug use, tattoos, cleaning locker rooms, dorms etc. Notjust athletes either all sorts of clubs, frats, organizations.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope they pay attention to the Damascus Wrestling coaches and athletes too. I do not know of any hazing, but I was appalled at the unsportsmanlike conduct of their coach last year.

I think all parents of student athletes need to sit their children down and find out what goes on within teams. I was floored to find out that it's a ritual for boy and girl Lacrosse players at our W school to do cocaine together at the beginning of the season.

Holy shit.

What???
This kind of makes a private school worth the money.

Do you really think things like that would be less likely to happen at an expensive private school?

It’s Damascus.....enough said

Anonymous wrote:What was the other sex assault this year?

I do not know of another this year, but thru my kid heard of one at another high school, in that case the school kept it quiet.

What was the other sex assault this year?

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Anonymous wrote:This is not the first sex assault this year at Damascus. The other one was hushed up.

Are you actually connected to Damascus or just repeating what you're reading on message boards?

You sound like the mom of the perpetrators. Or the ‘coach’ who was supposed to be supervising. Have to create doubt in people’s minds to save yourself, right? Never mind the kids - save yourself!

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Anonymous wrote:You heard - you read - guess what you weren’t there so stop jumping to conclusions
‘Toxic culture’ ?? What are you talking about ?
Specifics please - sounds like you’re getting MCPS mixed up with the article you read about the University of Maryland
Let’s wait until MCPD finishes their investigation

Are you a Damascus parent? You are in the wrong, this is the kind of thing where people refuse to send their kids to school the next day. If I was a Damascus parent, I would demand MCPS send my kid to another school straight away. Nor is this "hazing" or I am not aware what all is considered hazing. We are talking about sexual and physical abuse of the worst kind.

Try QO - lots of decent kids st that school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope they pay attention to the Damascus Wrestling coaches and athletes too. I do not know of any hazing, but I was appalled at the unsportsmanlike conduct of their coach last year.

I think all parents of student athletes need to sit their children down and find out what goes on within teams. I was floored to find out that it's a ritual for boy and girl Lacrosse players at our W school to do cocaine together at the beginning of the season.

Holy shit.

What???
This kind of makes a private school worth the money.