Anonymous wrote:Another incident from the same group home last night.

Officers from the 2nd District of the Montgomery County Department of Police were dispatched around 10:45 pm last night to a group home located in the 6300 block of Greentree Road in Bethesda for the report of a missing person.

Officers were notified that an adult male was missing from the group home around 9:00 pm. Staff at the group home were actively searching for the missing man when they finally located him on the Union Arch Bridge located at 7934 MacArthur Boulevard.

Responding officer PO3 Marcella West along with PO2 Samuel Yun arrived at the Union Arch Bridge to discover the man had climbed the safety fence on the bridge and was getting ready to jump off the bridge and into traffic below. Officer West was able to grab the man and hold onto him, preventing him from jumping while Officer Yun climbed the safety fence and was able to secure the man from the other side. Additional officers arrived to assist and the man was eventually pulled to safety. The man was transported to a local hospital for an evaluation.

If it were not for the quick thinking and disregard for their own safety by the officers, a tragedy would have occurred and a life would have most certainly been lost.

Commander Gagen of the 2nd District stated, “The quick and courageous actions taken by these officers helped save a life and avoid a tragedy from occurring. Their heroic efforts showed their dedication to public safety and it is a testament to who they are as Montgomery County Police Officers. I am truly thankful that the young man will be able to get the help that he needs and I couldn’t be more proud of our officers’ actions.”

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Anonymous wrote:My senior ended up taking a freshman class because he thought he could work out a schedule where he didn't need a certain elective. Ended up having classes with freshman his senior year... i think it was an art credit.

Frankly I don't like the 4 year high school system precisely for this reason. There is a world of difference between 14 and 18. I have never liked the fact that you have 14 year old girls socializing with 18 year old men. A 7-9 Junior high would be better. That extra year of maturation would make a big difference.

"18 year old men", indeed.

How do you feel about 14 year old boys socializing with 18 year old women?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My senior ended up taking a freshman class because he thought he could work out a schedule where he didn't need a certain elective. Ended up having classes with freshman his senior year... i think it was an art credit.

Frankly I don't like the 4 year high school system precisely for this reason. There is a world of difference between 14 and 18. I have never liked the fact that you have 14 year old girls socializing with 18 year old men. A 7-9 Junior high would be better. That extra year of maturation would make a big difference.

"18 year old men", indeed.

How do you feel about 14 year old boys socializing with 18 year old women?

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Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

Not all of the students living at the Greentree Shelter have “dangerous” backgrounds. Some arrive with families fleeing domestic violence situations or extreme financial hardship. It’s entirely possible that this person had no prior record at all. And while his actions were nowhere near justifiable, please also consider that Whitman is not innocent of racist incidents so until more information is released it’s not helpful to go nuclear on the attacker. It must be extremely difficult to come from the background he did, to a school like Whitman which is filled with wealthy entitled kids, some of whom throw the N-word around without thinking twice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

Not all of the students living at the Greentree Shelter have “dangerous” backgrounds. Some arrive with families fleeing domestic violence situations or extreme financial hardship. It’s entirely possible that this person had no prior record at all. And while his actions were nowhere near justifiable, please also consider that Whitman is not innocent of racist incidents so until more information is released it’s not helpful to go nuclear on the attacker. It must be extremely difficult to come from the background he did, to a school like Whitman which is filled with wealthy entitled kids, some of whom throw the N-word around without thinking twice.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My senior ended up taking a freshman class because he thought he could work out a schedule where he didn't need a certain elective. Ended up having classes with freshman his senior year... i think it was an art credit.

Frankly I don't like the 4 year high school system precisely for this reason. There is a world of difference between 14 and 18. I have never liked the fact that you have 14 year old girls socializing with 18 year old men. A 7-9 Junior high would be better. That extra year of maturation would make a big difference.

Anonymous wrote:My senior ended up taking a freshman class because he thought he could work out a schedule where he didn't need a certain elective. Ended up having classes with freshman his senior year... i think it was an art credit.

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

Anonymous wrote:How is the fire alarm pulling an "incident". Seems like that was good thinking by the student to get others to evacuate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

Good luck with that.

Parents at Rockville HS tried to get this message across but were thoroughly shut down by MCPS. You’re not allowed to question why it’s a bad idea to have adult students mixed in with children because it makes you a racist jerk.