<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv7944724903"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div id="yiv7944724903"><div id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4602"><div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4116" id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4601" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_11"><span id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_17">I did speak to Mr. Cox at the school. He said they would "try to make an announcement during
lunch". I do know that down at Poncho's, they only let 2 kids in at a time and monitor them in the store. Sometimes, there is a police car down there.</span></div><div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4117" id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_11" 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 id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_20">I don't know what the best answer is, which is why I reached out to the community to hear ideas. It is truly sad. These are children. They
need some kind of guidance, some boundaries, respect in themselves, their school and their community. I know it is normal for there to be fights at this age---it happens----however, it is happening all the time and getting worse. I worry about them because they are children. They may think they are big and bad, but they are kids. They dont understand how serious the situation can get. Last year, we had to call an ambulance because a child was hurt so badly during a fight in our parking lot.</span></div><div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4118" id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_11" 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 id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_24">I am willing to be involved if there is something we can do.
If I do have to
send my son there next year, I do not want to be worrying about his safety every day.</span></div><div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4119" id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_11" 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 id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_28">And again, I didnt think my email came off as accusing every HMS student is acting like this, that was definitely not my intention. I am speaking on my personal experiences and wondering how to try and fix this problem.</span></div><div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4120" id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_11" 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 id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_32">Jen</span></div><div class="yiv7944724903yqt5149881376" id="yiv7944724903yqt27758"><div class="yiv7944724903yqt0083587324" id="yiv7944724903yqt80250"><div class="yiv7944724903yahoo_quoted" id="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_7_1381324567070_13" style="display: block;"> <br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> <div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381324567070_10622 yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4122" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381324567070_10623 yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4123" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 8:11 AM, Sue
Collins <wheadle@yahoo.com> wrote:<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv7944724903y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7944724903"><div><div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381324567070_10625 yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4125" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style=""><span style="">correction - this was my post, don't know how Mr. Whitcombs' name and email got attached to it. Sorry)<var id="yiv7944724903yui-ie-cursor"></var><br clear="none" class="yiv7944724903yui-cursor" style=""></span></div>
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<div><span>(I think my previous email just went to Ms. Sanderson) </span></div>
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<div class="yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381324567070_10639 yiv7944724903yui_3_13_0_rc_1_1_1381326367778_4139" style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 2px;"><span><font size="2">I would say first of all do NOT try and break up any fights yourself, let the police handle it. I've seen people elsewhere get seriously hurt when they tried to break up a fight. Too, do you or a friend have a camera with a telephoto lens, maybe you could get some pictures of the offenders and show them to the school and police? (I say telephoto because if the ones who are fighting are also trying to intimidate people, blocking cars, etc., you don't want to get too close with a camera). If they're hanging out around Ponchos, has anyone talked to the owner about it? Is he/she encouraging them to hang around? If not, have the police been called to
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loiterers? If any of the offenders ARE caught, I think
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their childrens' behavior. I know if MY Mom had been told I was acting like that, I wouldn't have been able to sit down for a week and I would've been grounded for months. You expect kids that age to be a bit crazy (hey, we all were), but when it comes to fighting, trying to 'stare down' people, blocking cars, etc., then I agree, something DOES need to be done. <var id="yiv7944724903yui-ie-cursor"></var> </font></span></div>
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<div class="yiv7944724903hr" style="BORDER-BOTTOM:#ccc 1px solid;BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;LINE-HEIGHT:0;MARGIN:5px 0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;HEIGHT:0px;FONT-SIZE:0px;BORDER-TOP:#ccc 1px solid;BORDER-RIGHT:#ccc 1px solid;PADDING-TOP:0px;"></div><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">From:</span></b> Jen Sanderson <jensan6877@yahoo.com><br clear="none"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">To:</span></b> "HOPE_in_Hyattsville@yahoogroups.com" <HOPE_in_Hyattsville@yahoogroups.com>; "towntalk@riverdale-park.org" <towntalk@riverdale-park.org>; "MountRainierMD@yahoogroups.com" <MountRainierMD@yahoogroups.com> <br clear="none"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 8, 2013 3:25 PM<br clear="none"><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [RP TownTalk] Hyattsville Middle Student behavior<br clear="none"></font></div>
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<div>I know I have emailed about this before. We have lived across from Hyattsville Middle for 5 years. These children are so out of control and disrespectful at dismissal <span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold;">each day,</span> it is ridiculous. We have had to call the police and break up fights many times over the last 5 years. I have contacted the school. I have contacted Hyattsville Police. I have sent emails here, hoping that if your children attend Hyattsville Middle, you will talk to them. </div>
<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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