Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 19:58     Subject: Re:Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:So Virginia school districts are dealing with this too, but the difference is they seem more serious about punishment and law enforcement. Culpepper County police charged a student for distributing on school grounds: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/culpeper-students-charged-after-17-year-old-revived-with-narcan-at-school-sheriff/3267436/

MoCo Police, why aren't you doing the same? These low-level distributors are a key part of the fentanyl supply chain that needs to be stopped.


I don't know anything about that, but these are matters for the police. Some posters complain there aren't consequences but we have laws on the books that cover these issues. If you're aware that laws are being broken out of school, call the cops.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 19:56     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Having lived through diversity busing in Delaware that Biden got a ton of flak voting against, it was a nightmare disaster for the entire school system. School quality went down everywhere in Delaware (why do you think property values are so low in Delaware even though it has prime real estate location on the East Coast)? Kids would have to sit on the buses for hours and get up at like 6 AM just to get to school on time. It ruined sports teams. It ruined walk ability. It caused tons more traffic and lots more pollution. Schools that were once black and black run were also completely gutted and ruined. Many black residents to this day in Wilmington complain about it.

Busing seems nice on paper, until you actually live with it. The waste of fuel and increase in pollution rather than have kids walk and bike to school is stupid. Our kids are already fat enough as it is, so they should be walking to school anyway.


If you want to increase walking to school, there are two things you should encourage that have nothing to do with school boundary decisions:

1. less parent taxi service
2. safer routes to school, so that MCPS doesn't have to bus kids who live in walking distance



Ok, but that has nothing to do with diversity busing that some people want.

They're talking about busing kids all the way over from areas like silver spring to BCC etc. to increase diversity. You'll never be able to walk that no matter what kind of trails you make. In Delaware, they were busing kids 5, 10, 20+ miles to increase diversity. It ruined everything and just polluted the environment a lot more with they many more diesel burning school busses on the road for no reason.


Say what? Kids from Silver Spring already attend B-CC. It's been that way for at least 40 years. Some of that Silver Spring area is even within the high school walking distance (2.0 miles) of B-CC.

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/BCCHS.pdf



That's probably because there are no schools inside the beltway near silver spring other than BCC.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 19:39     Subject: Re:Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
So Virginia school districts are dealing with this too, but the difference is they seem more serious about punishment and law enforcement. Culpepper County police charged a student for distributing on school grounds: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/culpeper-students-charged-after-17-year-old-revived-with-narcan-at-school-sheriff/3267436/

MoCo Police, why aren't you doing the same? These low-level distributors are a key part of the fentanyl supply chain that needs to be stopped.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 17:32     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why are parents not parenting their kids? If families took responsibility for the actions of their kids, schools would be in better shape. For every kid that gets disciplined, families threaten to sue the school, threaten the teachers and admin, etc. It is a huge headache and nobody is getting paid enough to deal with it.


This. Parents threaten teachers and admin with legal action whenever their kids are held accountable, so now our county is run by lawyers bent on avoiding lawsuits.


It really doesn't matter if kids have done something illegal. It's a matter for the police. It's not an MCPS issue. Charges can be pressed. If they didn't break the law then you're just blowing hot air and none of this matters.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 17:29     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:Why are parents not parenting their kids? If families took responsibility for the actions of their kids, schools would be in better shape. For every kid that gets disciplined, families threaten to sue the school, threaten the teachers and admin, etc. It is a huge headache and nobody is getting paid enough to deal with it.


This. Parents threaten teachers and admin with legal action whenever their kids are held accountable, so now our county is run by lawyers bent on avoiding lawsuits.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 16:53     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Incompetent BOE and MCPS.

We have schools approaching 3000 students in HS.


There is no accountability when it comes to MCPS and BOE.

2K capacity, and it became,

2.1K - no problem for BOE
2.2K - No problem
2.3K - No problem
2.4K - No problem
2,5K - No problem
2.6K - No problem
2.7K - No Problem
..
..
..
Ah it will cross 3K, lets do something about it. Buch of idiots running MCPS.

Anyone who has in past put stamp on projections that schools won't be over crowded should be either fired or never given such critical jobs.

Passing the buck on some random county XYZ department that they did projection and we simply followed them is just criminal.




Its funny there are colleges smaller than MCPS high schools.


Yep. But as much as I would love to blame the Boe, this isn't their fault. It's the fault of county leadership. We can at least try sprinkling some non Uber progressives in next vote.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 16:34     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:Where are the deniers at?

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/comments/10l96dj/inside_information_on_mcps_drugalcohol_use_and/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MontgomeryCountyMD/comments/10lyzrx/use_of_opioidoverdose_antidote_on_the_rise_in/

Why are residents paying insane taxes, most of which are going to MCPS they are no nothing more than drug infested hell holes where 'students' are allowed to run the asylum? Can we just admit hardly any learning goes on these days in MCPS, teachers are expensive baby sitters, and schools are nothing more than a county silk road for the drug trade and use by our local 'minors'?

They said it was hyperbole, while gossip based on inside info and the WTOP article clearly show it isn't.
Just please don't lock the bathrooms. Some kids just want to use the toilet for bodily functions even if there are bad smells, drug deals, etc. If you need to go, you need to go
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 09:44     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Having lived through diversity busing in Delaware that Biden got a ton of flak voting against, it was a nightmare disaster for the entire school system. School quality went down everywhere in Delaware (why do you think property values are so low in Delaware even though it has prime real estate location on the East Coast)? Kids would have to sit on the buses for hours and get up at like 6 AM just to get to school on time. It ruined sports teams. It ruined walk ability. It caused tons more traffic and lots more pollution. Schools that were once black and black run were also completely gutted and ruined. Many black residents to this day in Wilmington complain about it.

Busing seems nice on paper, until you actually live with it. The waste of fuel and increase in pollution rather than have kids walk and bike to school is stupid. Our kids are already fat enough as it is, so they should be walking to school anyway.


If you want to increase walking to school, there are two things you should encourage that have nothing to do with school boundary decisions:

1. less parent taxi service
2. safer routes to school, so that MCPS doesn't have to bus kids who live in walking distance



Ok, but that has nothing to do with diversity busing that some people want.

They're talking about busing kids all the way over from areas like silver spring to BCC etc. to increase diversity. You'll never be able to walk that no matter what kind of trails you make. In Delaware, they were busing kids 5, 10, 20+ miles to increase diversity. It ruined everything and just polluted the environment a lot more with they many more diesel burning school busses on the road for no reason.


Say what? Kids from Silver Spring already attend B-CC. It's been that way for at least 40 years. Some of that Silver Spring area is even within the high school walking distance (2.0 miles) of B-CC.

https://gis.mcpsmd.org/ServiceAreaMaps/BCCHS.pdf

Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 09:40     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Having lived through diversity busing in Delaware that Biden got a ton of flak voting against, it was a nightmare disaster for the entire school system. School quality went down everywhere in Delaware (why do you think property values are so low in Delaware even though it has prime real estate location on the East Coast)? Kids would have to sit on the buses for hours and get up at like 6 AM just to get to school on time. It ruined sports teams. It ruined walk ability. It caused tons more traffic and lots more pollution. Schools that were once black and black run were also completely gutted and ruined. Many black residents to this day in Wilmington complain about it.

Busing seems nice on paper, until you actually live with it. The waste of fuel and increase in pollution rather than have kids walk and bike to school is stupid. Our kids are already fat enough as it is, so they should be walking to school anyway.


If you want to increase walking to school, there are two things you should encourage that have nothing to do with school boundary decisions:

1. less parent taxi service
2. safer routes to school, so that MCPS doesn't have to bus kids who live in walking distance



Ok, but that has nothing to do with diversity busing that some people want.

They're talking about busing kids all the way over from areas like silver spring to BCC etc. to increase diversity. You'll never be able to walk that no matter what kind of trails you make. In Delaware, they were busing kids 5, 10, 20+ miles to increase diversity. It ruined everything and just polluted the environment a lot more with they many more diesel burning school busses on the road for no reason.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 09:10     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:Having lived through diversity busing in Delaware that Biden got a ton of flak voting against, it was a nightmare disaster for the entire school system. School quality went down everywhere in Delaware (why do you think property values are so low in Delaware even though it has prime real estate location on the East Coast)? Kids would have to sit on the buses for hours and get up at like 6 AM just to get to school on time. It ruined sports teams. It ruined walk ability. It caused tons more traffic and lots more pollution. Schools that were once black and black run were also completely gutted and ruined. Many black residents to this day in Wilmington complain about it.

Busing seems nice on paper, until you actually live with it. The waste of fuel and increase in pollution rather than have kids walk and bike to school is stupid. Our kids are already fat enough as it is, so they should be walking to school anyway.


If you want to increase walking to school, there are two things you should encourage that have nothing to do with school boundary decisions:

1. less parent taxi service
2. safer routes to school, so that MCPS doesn't have to bus kids who live in walking distance
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 09:09     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Incompetent BOE and MCPS.

We have schools approaching 3000 students in HS.


There is no accountability when it comes to MCPS and BOE.

2K capacity, and it became,

2.1K - no problem for BOE
2.2K - No problem
2.3K - No problem
2.4K - No problem
2,5K - No problem
2.6K - No problem
2.7K - No Problem
..
..
..
Ah it will cross 3K, lets do something about it. Buch of idiots running MCPS.

Anyone who has in past put stamp on projections that schools won't be over crowded should be either fired or never given such critical jobs.

Passing the buck on some random county XYZ department that they did projection and we simply followed them is just criminal.




Its funny there are colleges smaller than MCPS high schools.


Only solution is a county wide re-districting effort to allocate kids and resources equitably. Too bad the pandemic derailed the last attempt. If we are able to mix more of the haves with the have nots, this wouldn’t be an issue


So diversity busing is the answer to all of MCPS' problems? Interesting idea.


"Diversity busing" is not a thing, o Poster from 2020.


Then you should be pleased to know you don't need busing to fix many of the gerrymandered boundaries and improve diversity. Presently, there are kids who literally live across the street from Einstein being bussed to WJ or schools like Wootton, where the vast majority of the in-boundary students live closer to another HS because its boundary makes no sense. There are so many things wrong with these boundaries, which haven't been updated for 40 years. Imagine how much $$$ could be saved on transportation simply by doing a better job mapping students to their closest school, and with some minor adjustments I'm certain it would be easy to improve the SES diversity of these schools too.


No, there aren't.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 09:02     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Having lived through diversity busing in Delaware that Biden got a ton of flak voting against, it was a nightmare disaster for the entire school system. School quality went down everywhere in Delaware (why do you think property values are so low in Delaware even though it has prime real estate location on the East Coast)? Kids would have to sit on the buses for hours and get up at like 6 AM just to get to school on time. It ruined sports teams. It ruined walk ability. It caused tons more traffic and lots more pollution. Schools that were once black and black run were also completely gutted and ruined. Many black residents to this day in Wilmington complain about it.

Busing seems nice on paper, until you actually live with it. The waste of fuel and increase in pollution rather than have kids walk and bike to school is stupid. Our kids are already fat enough as it is, so they should be walking to school anyway.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 08:56     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Incompetent BOE and MCPS.

We have schools approaching 3000 students in HS.


There is no accountability when it comes to MCPS and BOE.

2K capacity, and it became,

2.1K - no problem for BOE
2.2K - No problem
2.3K - No problem
2.4K - No problem
2,5K - No problem
2.6K - No problem
2.7K - No Problem
..
..
..
Ah it will cross 3K, lets do something about it. Buch of idiots running MCPS.

Anyone who has in past put stamp on projections that schools won't be over crowded should be either fired or never given such critical jobs.

Passing the buck on some random county XYZ department that they did projection and we simply followed them is just criminal.




Its funny there are colleges smaller than MCPS high schools.


Only solution is a county wide re-districting effort to allocate kids and resources equitably. Too bad the pandemic derailed the last attempt. If we are able to mix more of the haves with the have nots, this wouldn’t be an issue


So diversity busing is the answer to all of MCPS' problems? Interesting idea.


"Diversity busing" is not a thing, o Poster from 2020.


Then you should be pleased to know you don't need busing to fix many of the gerrymandered boundaries and improve diversity. Presently, there are kids who literally live across the street from Einstein being bussed to WJ or schools like Wootton, where the vast majority of the in-boundary students live closer to another HS because its boundary makes no sense. There are so many things wrong with these boundaries, which haven't been updated for 40 years. Imagine how much $$$ could be saved on transportation simply by doing a better job mapping students to their closest school, and with some minor adjustments I'm certain it would be easy to improve the SES diversity of these schools too.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 07:50     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Incompetent BOE and MCPS.

We have schools approaching 3000 students in HS.


There is no accountability when it comes to MCPS and BOE.

2K capacity, and it became,

2.1K - no problem for BOE
2.2K - No problem
2.3K - No problem
2.4K - No problem
2,5K - No problem
2.6K - No problem
2.7K - No Problem
..
..
..
Ah it will cross 3K, lets do something about it. Buch of idiots running MCPS.

Anyone who has in past put stamp on projections that schools won't be over crowded should be either fired or never given such critical jobs.

Passing the buck on some random county XYZ department that they did projection and we simply followed them is just criminal.




Its funny there are colleges smaller than MCPS high schools.


Only solution is a county wide re-districting effort to allocate kids and resources equitably. Too bad the pandemic derailed the last attempt. If we are able to mix more of the haves with the have nots, this wouldn’t be an issue


So diversity busing is the answer to all of MCPS' problems? Interesting idea.


"Diversity busing" is not a thing, o Poster from 2020.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2023 07:44     Subject: Not hyperbole: locked bathrooms and 8 uses of narcan in MCPS. Drug and alcohol use out of control
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Incompetent BOE and MCPS.

We have schools approaching 3000 students in HS.


There is no accountability when it comes to MCPS and BOE.

2K capacity, and it became,

2.1K - no problem for BOE
2.2K - No problem
2.3K - No problem
2.4K - No problem
2,5K - No problem
2.6K - No problem
2.7K - No Problem
..
..
..
Ah it will cross 3K, lets do something about it. Buch of idiots running MCPS.

Anyone who has in past put stamp on projections that schools won't be over crowded should be either fired or never given such critical jobs.

Passing the buck on some random county XYZ department that they did projection and we simply followed them is just criminal.




Its funny there are colleges smaller than MCPS high schools.


Only solution is a county wide re-districting effort to allocate kids and resources equitably. Too bad the pandemic derailed the last attempt. If we are able to mix more of the haves with the have nots, this wouldn’t be an issue


So diversity busing is the answer to all of MCPS' problems? Interesting idea.


I’m not for diversity busing, but redistributing is a good idea. Just because folks buy a house for certain school doesn’t mean they are guaranteed to go to said schools. The district is supposed to be good stewards of the resources. This means that in order to balance school utilization redrawing boundaries is required. And these should be looked at more than just when new schools are built. They should absolutely be looked at as a mechanism to relieve overcrowding.