There was no such incident in McLean. |
DP It was merrifield but I don’t remember if she said anything. Same with the accident in Burke last year that affected south county. |
No. Westfield's boundary is "really strange" because the land for West County - aka Carson - HS was gifted to the Saudis. And, since then, FCPS has blundered along expanding HSes rather than building ones. |
Where did you read that? |
I didn’t read it. I am a teacher and kids talk. |
DP. I have kids in a neighboring school. They told me it was gang related too. Online stories through some sort of story board at school has a bunch of RIPs. My kids say a lot of students knew the kids involved. Heard similar things from parents at another nearby school. |
Gangs and drugs go together. |
DD has friends who knew him and says it’s not surprising given the company he kept. Her guess is also drugs/gang. |
🤷♀️ So? Drugs and lawyers and finance types also go together. |
+1 |
OP, now that we have more facts, are you back to feeling “safe”? Or are you still worried? |
Are you really asking if someone thinks their kid is safer after the suspect had turned himself in, versus the day the suspect was still roaming Fairfax and dozens of cops were at her kid's school, interviewing kids trying to find him? What a dumb question. |
Where do we find out info about ongoing gang activity at Westfield HS and the surrounding area? |
There is at least one gang member in every school - see article from 2004
http://m.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2004/nov/17/gangs-do-exist-in-fairfax-county-police-say/ |
There are some absolute gems in that article: "When asked why residents of Great Falls never hear of gang activity in their community, Vencak told those at the meeting there might not be incidents occurring at schools, but the members are there." [They were salivating to get told by the police that Herndon kids were venturing over into their neighborhoods, and they didn't get what they wanted.] "A gang is defined as three or more people that hang out in a group in a particular area, wearing the same sort of clothing or colors, Pengelly said." So now you know why there is at least one gang member at Langley. Forget about MS-13, those Crazy Mean Girls hanging out in the parking lot will make your child's life total hell. |