Why is enhanced security needed for MCPS athletic events?

[Anonymous]

Anyone know why MCPS is considering enhanced security at athletic events?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20211021.html

[Anonymous]

Because at Whitman's home coming there was a kid who ran onto the pitch and flashed his backside. Or something.

[Anonymous]

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/more-police-counselors-will-be-at-seneca-valley-high-to-address-fighting/

Fighting between students at a football game. I think it is interesting that middle school and elementary school students are banned without a parent. Makes me wonder how many kids were attending games late at night without parental supervision.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Because kids at certain schools are bringing weapons.
Because parents from certain schools are confronting athletes.
Because parents from certain schools are allowing young children to go by themselves (if they even know where they are)
Because there have always been fights but they are becoming more frequent.
Because it's not safe to even go to a football game anymore.

[Anonymous]

Wasnt there a huge fight at the Northwood game last week that led to this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wasnt there a huge fight at the Northwood game last week that led to this?

It was *Northwest @ Seneca Valley

[Anonymous]

Sherwood students were throwing racial slurs at Einstein students. Happened twice while the teams were at Sherwood. The coaches did nothing……..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/more-police-counselors-will-be-at-seneca-valley-high-to-address-fighting/

Fighting between students at a football game. I think it is interesting that middle school and elementary school students are banned without a parent. Makes me wonder how many kids were attending games late at night without parental supervision.

The elementary school kids is a real head scratcher. Was it just one kid and now all kids are banned I can’t imagine hordes of elementary schoolers going to games.

[Anonymous]

Life without the SROs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Life without the SROs

This is the new term for SRO without calling it an SRO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sherwood students were throwing racial slurs at Einstein students. Happened twice while the teams were at Sherwood. The coaches did nothing……..

The coaches are there to coach the team
There's plenty of other personnel at the games that should be handling crowd control

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sherwood students were throwing racial slurs at Einstein students. Happened twice while the teams were at Sherwood. The coaches did nothing……..

The coaches are there to coach the team
There's plenty of other personnel at the games that should be handling crowd control

There clearly is not enough.

[Anonymous]

This is dcurbanmom. The coaches should be coaching the team, monitoring the fans for hate speech and making sure the toilet paper is replenished regularly. Not in that particular order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone know why MCPS is considering enhanced security at athletic events?

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20211021.html

It's not needed.