<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I understand exactly what you are saying. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>It starts at home. Then in the school. I don't think there is an "easy" fix to this. But, maybe if some steps were taken at the school, it could be a beginning.....</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I don't get a good feeling about Hyattsville Middle...no feeling like they are part of the community, like the kids take pride in themselves and
the community. I have talked to several people: teachers, administrators, police officers, parents of the students....I have not really heard any positive comments about the school as a whole (there were a very few positive comments about the Performing Arts Program and those were not that enthusiastic) and that is sad. I have been told numerous times, "if you send your son there, make sure he is in the CPA program". Ok, what about the whole school? The kids in the CPA program are not completely separate. They still have classes/lunch with all the other kids. The kids should feel happy and safe in the school, not just if they are semi secluded in that program.</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica,
Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 3:59 PM, EJ Olson <ejolson.dc@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6251934288"><div><div>Police presence might stop the fighting at that location but the kids involved will just move to another location. Their parents might even be teaching them to fight. These issues are family and community issues, we should be offering recreation programs that suit their needs, jobs that pay more than minimum wage for their parents, not paying more cops to give these kids records and create career criminal activity. In my opinion.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Social worker on 32nd<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class="yiv6251934288yqt5026325952" id="yiv6251934288yqt26654"><div><br clear="none">On Oct 8, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Dave MacMillan <<a
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv6251934288gmail_default" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I suggest you start a parents petition for there to be Hyattsvile police presence there for the hour after schools. Under the circumstances it is a reasonable request. <br clear="none">
<br clear="none"> I suggest keeping the wording of such a petition ask a polite request. If they don't respond then you can start notching it up. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">The only power you have in this situation is the number of parents you can get to sign. Include option for people to give email address on the petition.<br clear="none">
</div></div><div class="yiv6251934288gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv6251934288gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Jen Sanderson <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:jensan6877@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:jensan6877@yahoo.com">jensan6877@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
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<div>Just yesterday, I called the police because of a fight at the corner of 42nd and Oglethorpe. The police did not arrive quickly enough so another woman and I were yelling at the kids to break it up. Then the police car came and kids started
dispersing. The kids gather down at Poncho's, they block the parking lot, they block the door, they have stood in front of my car so I could not move. They cuss at you. They "try" to be intimidating. I, personally, am not intimidated and am very quick to put them in their place. Something needs to be done. Suggestions? I cannot imagine having to send my child there next year.</div>
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