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    Brian Keaney

    Riverdale Military Academy.......Oops sorry elementry school!!!

    by: TOWNIE

    Fri Nov 02, 2012 at 16:53:01 PM EDT


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    I am so pissed off at what is taking place at the Riverdale school that I don't even know where to begin.  Should I start with the huge bullying problem going on in the first grade, that has not been dealt with.  Or the fact that Mrs. Lucas, (even though she does have a Phd. she is still not a Dr..  Dr's see patients and write perscriptions for medication, she doesn't.) has addressed that issue by telling the first graders that they can't play tag for two weeks, and that the boys and girls can't play together.  Or how about that all the anti-bullying material has been taken down in the school and the bully box removed. Or that there was an assembly for the school about bullying and that not all the classes were allowed to attend. Or that Mrs. Lucas' answer to questions she doesn't know the answer to is "I gotta check with the other school principals" and then never gets back to you.  She has created an extreamley dangerous elementry school and somebody is going to be seriousley hurt.  Both of my children have had assault and batteries committed against them in the last seven days.  One was punched in the head and the other was stabbed in the shoulder with an unsharpened.  It may be time to explore legal action against Mrs. Lucas and the Dedham School system.  This has become a very unsafe enviorment for all.  If I'm ranting I apologize because I am so mad right now.  I can go on and on with other incidents but whats the point.  It appears that nobody cares because as it has already been demonstrated in other instances if you contact June Doe she passes the buck back to Mrs Lucas  because she wants to keep it at a "building level".  I sure can tell you one thing this principal definetly is not your pal!!!
    TOWNIE :: Riverdale Military Academy.......Oops sorry elementry school!!!
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    PhD (0.00 / 0)
    PhD, the academic title, is short for "Doctor of Philosophy".  
    MD, the title for physicians, is short for "Doctor of Medicine".  
    That is just a quibble.
    What you describe sounds awful.
    Have other Riverdale parents experienced the same frustration?

    Still not a Dr. (0.00 / 0)
    THank you for explaining the difference.  I actually know what the difference is.  Yes there is a huge amount of frustration and disappointment with her.  It has now become a huge safety issue.  The problem is that for everyone person that stands up and says something, which there has been a few, there are numerous parents complaining  on the playground to each other, but nobody speaks up to the principal.  The only ones that have are the ones that have had an issue that has needed to be addressed due to safety reasons.  

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    PhD (0.00 / 0)
    Piled higher and deeper?  Or she is possibly an EdD which stands for Easier, doctoral disertation

    [ Parent ]
    Ignorant attitude toward educators (0.00 / 0)
    All these nasty comments toward PhD's and EdD's cast our community in an ignorant light.  Folks with a doctoral degree of ANY KIND worked incredibly hard, gave up years of their life, and spent inordinate amounts of money on behalf of YOUR CHILDREN.

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    Hard to tell (0.00 / 0)
    Without knowing the facts, I have no idea whether we're dealing with some psycho kid/kids, or an over-wrought parent. I spent my early grade school years in constant fights. No harm was done. The idea that there's extreme danger from first graders is hard to accept. How much damage can they do? Sometimes kids just have to work things out, without parents constantly butting in.  

    Stabbed? (0.00 / 0)
    Did you contact the police?

    Parents? (3.00 / 1)
    When are parents going to start taking reponsibility for their children's bad behavior, which is getting worse each year?  School staff can only do so much.  

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