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Jerglings t1_j65p6do wrote

Jumping to conclusions here but based on the time it probably had to do with the kids leaving school. Lived in this area for a few years now and every time around 4 there are just huge groups of kids creating chaos on the way to the bus or metro. 2 days ago they were beating a parking enforcement car with a bunch of cones, which honestly was pretty funny.

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JustAcivilian24 OP t1_j65rht4 wrote

Yep! I see them cross into union market every day from 3:30-4pm. Saw a huge group of teens run right before the cops there.

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_j65u0wj wrote

maybe it was just some harmless celebratory gunfire to mark the end of a long day of learning

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R3DD1T0RR3NT t1_j65wa3r wrote

Underrated comment

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SonotaShorty t1_j65uhm4 wrote

This whole week I've seen a huge group of kids come down Neal street from union market towards 4th making a scene in the middle of the road. Hard not to assume it had to do with them but who knows. I heard the shots and saw them all run down the street from my window and told the cops what I saw.

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202reddit t1_j667glj wrote

That KIPP location does not care what those kids do once they leave the four walls of that school. On any given day there are a dozen or so smoking weed in the alleys and against buildings. After school they move through Union Market intentionally intimidating vendors and customers en masse. KIPP does not give a damn.

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firewarner t1_j669pk6 wrote

tbf what is the school supposed to do? It's not an all day daycare for the kids. Where are their parents?

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202reddit t1_j68ngcb wrote

Some schools have teachers or school resource officers stationed between school and mass transit stops. This is for the protection of both the community and the kids. In the absence of school resource officers or staff, it's going to be MPD. That's a set up for something bad to happen. MPD is not skilled at de-escalation and teens with group think and hormones are prone to terrible decisions.

I'm guessing based on your Reddit profile and questions/comments that you don't live over here or have kids in MS or HS. This is not like demanding to know why schools are not omnipresent. This is 2 blocks from the school on the commuting path to metro at a known hot spot.

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firewarner t1_j68o9ti wrote

Yeah, I don’t have kids.

It’s very interesting to me that the school puts their staff outside of school property to try and mitigate potential conflicts between the kids. Makes sense, but it also puts a lot of pressure on them to chaperone like that.

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202reddit t1_j66awbo wrote

Those two things are not mutually exclusive and you clearly don't send your kids to schools in DC. MS and HS in DC have staff stationed at release to prevent conflict between kids.

Your response is both lazy AND uninformed - well done bro!!

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Tahh t1_j66yo1h wrote

I'm still curious how you think kipp is going to stop teenagers from going to Union Market.

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_j667xnp wrote

yeah that's how schools work

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202reddit t1_j66anpd wrote

You apparently don't live in DC and/or send your kids to schools in DC. Many schools have staff stationed within a couple of blocks to act as cooling agents and prevent conflict between kids. But by all means, post your ignorant, uninformed crap.

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twenty-six-sixty-six t1_j66axx0 wrote

thanks, i will

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202reddit t1_j66b4cb wrote

I guess points for being self-aware. Acknowledging you are ignorant and uninformed is the first step to getting better. Good for you!!!!

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JustAcivilian24 OP t1_j66mbg5 wrote

I walk my dog around 10am and I always see a bunch of them at the streeteries at st anselm. Less lately, but there’s usually about 20 kids that just take over all those booths and smoke for hours.

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thebarkingdog t1_j68j5g4 wrote

They used to have MPD officers who escorted the students from KIPP to the METRO station. They'd be the ones to keep the students from loitering or fighting. It was called "Safe Passage" but since the gutting of the School Resource Officer program, they no longer do this.

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MarkinDC24 t1_j68s760 wrote

The Mayor has talked about how the school Resource officers (SrO) were principals eyes and ears for troubled kids. Principals now feel they are @blind” without them. Worst part is, the SRO’s have greatly diminished but there are still some. Imagine when we have none!

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dfuse t1_j6jb7yt wrote

Sounds like we need to bring this back.

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Fun-Fault-8936 t1_j69m636 wrote

Do you teach? Do have any personal experience dealing with students? I love the not-in-my-backyard liberalism in the DMV.

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202reddit t1_j69mnjl wrote

Your reply is nonsensical. This isn't "nimby". You seem not to know what that term means. You also seem not to know anything about that neighborhood, KIPP or how DC deploys school resource officers. In fact, you seem to know basically nothing.

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