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Maryland Superintendent Tightens Security For Athletic Events, Praises Student Response Maryland Superintendent Tightens Security For Athletic Events, Praises Student Response
Maryland Superintendent Tightens Security For Athletic Events, Praises Student Response Montgomery County School officials are praising the student body community after a successful transition to implementing safer practices and plans during athletic events. The change comes as an effort to promote positive and good-spirited athletic events for both spectators and students throughout the community and to decrease conflict, states Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Monifa B. McKnight.  " Our students called on their peers to uphold good sportsmanship and a respectful environment; staff, parents and volunteers modeled positive behavior and everyone enjoyed a sa…

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by Annie DeVoe
News
Landon School 'Deeply Concerned' By Video Of Boys Singing Song With Racial Slur On Metro Landon School 'Deeply Concerned' By Video Of Boys Singing Song With Racial Slur On Metro
Landon School 'Deeply Concerned' By Video Of Boys Singing Song With Racial Slur On Metro Officials at an all-boys Maryland prep school have issued a statement in response to a video that shows a group of them singing a song containing a racial slur on the Metro this week. The video posted last Thursday, Sept. 1 to various DCHomos social platforms shows the group of white males wearing Landon School apparel singing the lyrics to Freestyle by Lil Baby. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The DCHomos (@dchomos) "We are deeply concerned by the video showing a group of Landon students’ behavior on the DC Metro," the Bethesda…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Student Brings Gun To Middle School Prompting Lockdown In Prince George's Student Brings Gun To Middle School Prompting Lockdown In Prince George's
Student Brings Gun To Middle School Prompting Lockdown In Prince George's A Fort Washington Middle School was placed on lockdown when a student brought a gun to school on Tuesday, June 21, authorities said. The Isaac J. Gourdine Middle School student, 13, showed the non-serialized ghost gun to a peer who reported it around 8:15 a.m., Prince George's Count Police said. The gun was recovered from the student's waistband. Charges were pending. The weapon was recovered and no injuries were reported. The incident is currently under investigation.

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by Annie DeVoe