Leonardtown Middle School - Any issues?
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onebdzee
off the shelf
tlisom said:I was at a site called greatschools.com and read that at a time there was a complaint about the school being dirty and bullying taking place. Does anyone have any problems with the school?
My girl goes there and IMO, is a great school
there is a small amount of bullying that goes on there...but, nothing out of the ordinary for middle school
CMC122
Go Braves!
Did you notice the date on those complaints? I read them there years ago! And the complaint was probably done by some student...... I've never seen the school or the bathrooms a mess. And you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet.tlisom said:
My daughter is finishing up there on friday, it's been a great 3 years
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thegreatsnozz
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best school
It has the best clean rating of all middle schools in the county. It also has the highest test scores. It is a bit overcrowded though, usually good schools are due to folks trying to get their kids in there when they are out of their respective school zones.
tlisom said:I was at a site called greatschools.com and read that at a time there was a complaint about the school being dirty and bullying taking place. Does anyone have any problems with the school?
It has the best clean rating of all middle schools in the county. It also has the highest test scores. It is a bit overcrowded though, usually good schools are due to folks trying to get their kids in there when they are out of their respective school zones.
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missperky
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I went to LMS years ago and it was a clean school then, I'm sure it still is.
tlisom
Life is Type 1 & 2 Errors
CMC122 said:Did you notice the date on those complaints? I read them there years ago! And the complaint was probably done by some student...... I've never seen the school or the bathrooms a mess. And you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet.
My daughter is finishing up there on friday, it's been a great 3 years
Believe me, I don't believe everything I read. However, I needed to ask.
Old Dog
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My kid went to LMS. I'm not a fan of the school.
I never saw a problem with cleanliness.
However, bullying... yes. My kid was bullied and zip was done about it. Specific examples - in 6th grade they had peer mediation. But it wasn't overseen very well. One of the mediators told my kid that she had to go to mediation so my kid did (she tends to be compliant at school, just not at home). Except that there was no adult present and the mediator (or another kid, fuzzy memory, it was 3 years ago) backed my kid into a wall, getting into her face about stuff. That's all well and fine - I don't expect the kids can be watched 24-7. However, when I brought this to the attention of the staff member responsible for the mediation program, she seemed to feel it was no big deal. My kid felt threatened thru the system that is supposed to help kids feel like they can solve problems without violence and it was no big deal? After I strongly expressed my opinion (politely), the staff member seemed to take it more seriously. Second example - My kid was sitting in class. She got up to talk to the teacher. Another girl pushed her books off her desk. Again, my prob is the teacher reaction. My kid has learned thru St. Mary's school system that there is nothing she can do when kids bother her and that there is nothing the adults will do, so my kid sat at her desk and cried. The teacher simply told the other girl that she should be ashamed because she made my kid cry. How 'bout sending her to the principal? How 'bout giving her some sort of consequence? No, instead reinforce that hey look how easy it is to make my kid cry.
I also had a problem with the principal (who is leaving). I went to orientation when my kid first started at LMS. I asked the principal about perhaps having such orientations during the evenings so folks wouldn't have to take time off work. She belittled my position on that. Said that hey wasn't I happy to take the time off for my kid, hey weren't all the other parents happy to do it for their kids too? Oy. I'll do what needs to be done for my kid. But WTF does the school have to make it so inconvenient.
One last bit... my kid is now in Chopticon (I have only good things to say about Chopticon). My kid's records were transferred in a sloppy manner. This is what I mean. My DH and I go to orientation (gee, it was at night - I'm sure all those kids' parents would have loved to take time off to do it during the day, ya think?) and my kid's schedule is not right. It's not right because they didn't seem to have her records from LMS. When I mentioned that she had gone to LMS, the staff member we were working with said "Oh, we've had some problems with getting the records from there". LMS was supposed to organize the records in a certain way and hadn't, jumbling everything and delaying the scheduling for several students.
So, no, I don't like LMS.
But as I said the principal that was there is leaving and the principal in a school can really have an impact on how the school runs and how they treat different stuff.
I never saw a problem with cleanliness.
However, bullying... yes. My kid was bullied and zip was done about it. Specific examples - in 6th grade they had peer mediation. But it wasn't overseen very well. One of the mediators told my kid that she had to go to mediation so my kid did (she tends to be compliant at school, just not at home). Except that there was no adult present and the mediator (or another kid, fuzzy memory, it was 3 years ago) backed my kid into a wall, getting into her face about stuff. That's all well and fine - I don't expect the kids can be watched 24-7. However, when I brought this to the attention of the staff member responsible for the mediation program, she seemed to feel it was no big deal. My kid felt threatened thru the system that is supposed to help kids feel like they can solve problems without violence and it was no big deal? After I strongly expressed my opinion (politely), the staff member seemed to take it more seriously. Second example - My kid was sitting in class. She got up to talk to the teacher. Another girl pushed her books off her desk. Again, my prob is the teacher reaction. My kid has learned thru St. Mary's school system that there is nothing she can do when kids bother her and that there is nothing the adults will do, so my kid sat at her desk and cried. The teacher simply told the other girl that she should be ashamed because she made my kid cry. How 'bout sending her to the principal? How 'bout giving her some sort of consequence? No, instead reinforce that hey look how easy it is to make my kid cry.
I also had a problem with the principal (who is leaving). I went to orientation when my kid first started at LMS. I asked the principal about perhaps having such orientations during the evenings so folks wouldn't have to take time off work. She belittled my position on that. Said that hey wasn't I happy to take the time off for my kid, hey weren't all the other parents happy to do it for their kids too? Oy. I'll do what needs to be done for my kid. But WTF does the school have to make it so inconvenient.
One last bit... my kid is now in Chopticon (I have only good things to say about Chopticon). My kid's records were transferred in a sloppy manner. This is what I mean. My DH and I go to orientation (gee, it was at night - I'm sure all those kids' parents would have loved to take time off to do it during the day, ya think?) and my kid's schedule is not right. It's not right because they didn't seem to have her records from LMS. When I mentioned that she had gone to LMS, the staff member we were working with said "Oh, we've had some problems with getting the records from there". LMS was supposed to organize the records in a certain way and hadn't, jumbling everything and delaying the scheduling for several students.
So, no, I don't like LMS.
But as I said the principal that was there is leaving and the principal in a school can really have an impact on how the school runs and how they treat different stuff.
Tinkerbell
Baby blues
My daughter is finishing her second year there this week. It hasn't been too bad. I've never seen cleanliness problems, but then, I'm not there all that often. She doesn't like the bathrooms - but she has an issue with almost all public bathrooms! 
I haven't had much in the way of bullying issues with her, other than an idiot boy she went to elementary school with, but they've been arguing since 2nd grade. She said there are a group of people (mostly 8th grade boys) who give "special ed" (I don't know the politically correct term for it - I can't keep up), non-popular kids and 6th graders a hard time. She said they do things like surround them and knock their books out of their hands and then do the point and laugh thing. The grades are separated into different hallways, but some have to overlap due to overcrowding issues.
She's one of the kids that was redistricted, and will be doing 8th grade in Margaret Brent next school year. I don't much of anything about that school, but we'll see.
I haven't had much in the way of bullying issues with her, other than an idiot boy she went to elementary school with, but they've been arguing since 2nd grade. She said there are a group of people (mostly 8th grade boys) who give "special ed" (I don't know the politically correct term for it - I can't keep up), non-popular kids and 6th graders a hard time. She said they do things like surround them and knock their books out of their hands and then do the point and laugh thing. The grades are separated into different hallways, but some have to overlap due to overcrowding issues.She's one of the kids that was redistricted, and will be doing 8th grade in Margaret Brent next school year. I don't much of anything about that school, but we'll see.
Tinkerbell
Baby blues
Oh crap. My kid is going to Margret Brent next year due to re-districting. Maybe I better touch base with LMS before they screw up her records. I don't want her getting to MB and have all her classes, etc. screwed up.Old Dog said:
tlisom
Life is Type 1 & 2 Errors
Tinkerbell said:My daughter is finishing her second year there this week. It hasn't been too bad. I've never seen cleanliness problems, but then, I'm not there all that often. She doesn't like the bathrooms - but she has an issue with almost all public bathrooms!
She's one of the kids that was redistricted, and will be doing 8th grade in Margaret Brent next school year. I don't much of anything about that school, but we'll see.
Is MB a new school or a redistricting due to overcrowding at LMS?
Old Dog
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tlisom said:
No. My kid just finished up 9th grade. It was just last year that there was the problem with the books. My kid also got slapped by another kid while her class was in the library, with 2 teachers there not supervising the kids very well.
So the problems my kid had ran from 6th grade all the way thru 8th grade.
But my kid wasn't there this past year ('cause she was at Chopticon, which seems like a great school from our one year experience). Things might have changed. But not likely, imho, with the same principal as during my kid's time.
But like I said, old principal is leaving. There was a post somewhere on the forums about her. I know I didn't like her. She seemed to have the idea that we parents should just love anything the school decides to do cause "it's all for the kids".