Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: MCPS says "...viewers misjudged the video."

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

MCPS says "...viewers misjudged the video."

Gaithersburg H.S. staffer expresses safety concerns

A Gaithersburg High School staff member informed local media about concerns for the safety of students and staff members after several fights occurred on school property recently.
Montgomery County Public Schools spokesperson Derek Turner said he could not confirm reports from NBC 4 of an Instagram account requesting students share videos of school fights.

One video shared on social media last month shows a group of three to five students fighting, with a school security guard caught in the middle. The cluster of people falls to the ground.
Turner confirmed the fight occurred at Gaithersburg High School and that six students were disciplined for the fight. The students were continuing to fight after the security officer intervened, not fighting the security officer himself, Turner said. The security guard was not injured, and an assistant principal nearby also intervened...

http://www.thesentinel.com/mont/news/local/item/6133-gaithersburg-h-s-staffer-expresses-safety-concerns

5 comments:

AnonymousDecember 21, 2017 at 10:26 AM
This is what happens when our schools encourage students to bring cell phones to school and use them in class and without supervision during recess.
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AnonymousDecember 21, 2017 at 11:31 PM
It was a Montgomery County police officer. Not a "security guard".
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AnonymousDecember 25, 2017 at 12:12 AM
The videos are on Youtube so why worry about Instagram?
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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

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What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011