I'm seriously considering taking my kids out of public school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There hasn’t been one shooting in a private school. We looked at security first when looking at schools. Our school has double gates on all entrances as well as no exterior windows - all windows face the enclosed courtyard. There is a guard at every outer gate.

And how much does this cost? Not everyone is rich. You will just raise a very anxious child.

Only rich kids deserve safety and security of course.

All kids deserve safety and security but that is not going to happen in this country. We struggle to send our child to a very secure private school. My heart breaks for those who simply can’t afford to keep their kids as safe as possible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Living in a blue state city is probably one of the safest decisions you could make. Picking a school based on the perimeter wall feels like picking the gated community. It's a false sense of security if you're in a state with permissive gun laws.

OP. We have lived in both. We live in Pennsylvania, and I don't feel any safer than when we lived in FL. We were minutes away from Parkland. Surprisingly, parkland was a very nice area. It's not what you think of when Florida comes to mind.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There hasn’t been one shooting in a private school. We looked at security first when looking at schools. Our school has double gates on all entrances as well as no exterior windows - all windows face the enclosed courtyard. There is a guard at every outer gate.

Sounds like a prison.

It’s actually beautiful. Honestly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There hasn’t been one shooting in a private school. We looked at security first when looking at schools. Our school has double gates on all entrances as well as no exterior windows - all windows face the enclosed courtyard. There is a guard at every outer gate.

There was a private school shooting just last month, but keep pushing this storyline.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/04/28/edmund-burke-dc-shooting-school/

That was not a school shooting, you fool! Someone from a neighborhood I got building shot at the school and no one was killed!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how many of these pro-private folks also support gun control.

My pro-private school sister belongs to the NRA.

God, no! Exact opposite in most good private schools. Overly liberal if anything.

Every parent I know in our privateer school supports strong gun control. It’s not a religious private, btw.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of these guarded schools do no good if the shooter is a current student like Columbine or the recent Michigan shooter.

Those were public schools. Kids like that would be flagged and expelled from private school.

Haha. You wish. But whatever helps you sleep at night.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All of these guarded schools do no good if the shooter is a current student like Columbine or the recent Michigan shooter.

Those were public schools. Kids like that would be flagged and expelled from private school.

Haha. You wish. But whatever helps you sleep at night.

They were public schools, PP. At our school those type of kids would be counseled out. I know it as I work in the office.

Please don’t fake laugh at things you have no clue about. It’s just embarrassing for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how many of these pro-private folks also support gun control.

My pro-private school sister belongs to the NRA.

God, no! Exact opposite in most good private schools. Overly liberal if anything.

Every parent I know in our privateer school supports strong gun control. It’s not a religious private, btw.

+1. Top private schools are notoriously liberal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All of these guarded schools do no good if the shooter is a current student like Columbine or the recent Michigan shooter.

Those were public schools. Kids like that would be flagged and expelled from private school.

Haha. You wish. But whatever helps you sleep at night.

They were public schools, PP. At our school those type of kids would be counseled out. I know it as I work in the office.

Please don’t fake laugh at things you have no clue about. It’s just embarrassing for you.

Not every private is a “top” private or gets rid of troubled kids. And not all troubled kids show it so obviously. Ask me how I know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Would you STFU about fatherless homes. No evidence it matters.

Name one teen killer who had a present, loving and respectable father at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how many of these pro-private folks also support gun control.

My pro-private school sister belongs to the NRA.

God, no! Exact opposite in most good private schools. Overly liberal if anything.

Every parent I know in our privateer school supports strong gun control. It’s not a religious private, btw.

+1. Top private schools are notoriously liberal.

Not religious privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Would you STFU about fatherless homes. No evidence it matters.

Name one teen killer who had a present, loving and respectable father at home.

Both of the Columbine kids did.

[Anonymous]

Several schools on this non-exhaustive list are private:

Unbelievable….so sad…and so unnecessary! Another bullied kid. Two assault rifles purchased on his 18th birthday! Wearing protective gear! Shooting unarmed innocents. Will legislators finally enact gun control measures that will make such scenes not happen?

Thurston High School.
Columbine High School.
Heritage High School.
Deming Middle School.
Fort Gibson Middle School.
Buell Elementary School.
Lake Worth Middle School.
University of Arkansas.
Junipero Serra High School.
Santana High School.
Bishop Neumann High School.
Pacific Lutheran University.
Granite Hills High School.
Lew Wallace High School.
Martin Luther King, Jr. High School.
Appalachian School of Law.
Washington High School.
Conception Abbey.
Benjamin Tasker Middle School.
University of Arizona.
Lincoln High School.
John McDonogh High School.
Red Lion Area Junior High School.
Case Western Reserve University.
Rocori High School.
Ballou High School.
Randallstown High School.
Bowen High School.
Red Lake Senior High School.
Harlan Community Academy High School.
Campbell County High School.
Milwee Middle School.
Roseburg High School.
Pine Middle School.
Essex Elementary School.
Duquesne University.
Platte Canyon High School.
Weston High School.
West Nickel Mines School.
Joplin Memorial Middle School.
Henry Foss High School.
Compton Centennial High School.
Virginia Tech.
Success Tech Academy.
Miami Carol City Senior High School.
Hamilton High School.
Louisiana Technical College.
Mitchell High School.
E.O. Green Junior High School.
Northern Illinois University.
Lakota Middle School.
Knoxville Central High School.
Willoughby South High School.
Henry Ford High School.
University of Central Arkansas.
Dillard High School.
Dunbar High School.
Hampton University.
Harvard College.
Larose-Cut Off Middle School.
International Studies Academy.
Skyline College.
Discovery Middle School.
University of Alabama.
DeKalb School.
Deer Creek Middle School.
Ohio State University.
Mumford High School.
University of Texas.
Kelly Elementary School.
Marinette High School.
Aurora Central High School.
Millard South High School.
Martinsville West Middle School.
Worthing High School.
Millard South High School.
Highlands Intermediate School.
Cape Fear High School.
Chardon High School.
Episcopal School of Jacksonville.
Oikos University.
Hamilton High School.
Perry Hall School.
Normal Community High School.
University of South Alabama.
Banner Academy South.
University of Southern California.
Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Apostolic Revival Center Christian School.
Taft Union High School.
Osborn High School.
Stevens Institute of Business and Arts.
Hazard Community and Technical College.
Chicago State University.
Lone Star College-North.
Cesar Chavez High School.
Price Middle School.
University of Central Florida.
New River Community College.
Grambling State University.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School.
Ronald E. McNair Discovery Academy.
North Panola High School.
Carver High School.
Agape Christian Academy.
Sparks Middle School.
North Carolina A&T State University.
Stephenson High School.
Brashear High School.
West Orange High School.
Arapahoe High School.
Edison High School.
Liberty Technology Magnet High School.
Hillhouse High School.
Berrendo Middle School.
Purdue University.
South Carolina State University.
Los Angeles Valley College.
Charles F. Brush High School.
University of Southern California.
Georgia Regents University.
Academy of Knowledge Preschool.
Benjamin Banneker High School.
D. H. Conley High School.
East English Village Preparatory Academy.
Paine College.
Georgia Gwinnett College.
John F. Kennedy High School.
Seattle Pacific University.
Reynolds High School.
Indiana State University.
Albemarle High School.
Fern Creek Traditional High School.
Langston Hughes High School.
Marysville Pilchuck High School.
Florida State University.
Miami Carol City High School.
Rogers State University.
Rosemary Anderson High School.
Wisconsin Lutheran High School.
Frederick High School.
Tenaya Middle School.
Bethune-Cookman University.
Pershing Elementary School.
Wayne Community College.
J.B. Martin Middle School.
Southwestern Classical Academy.
Savannah State University.
Harrisburg High School.
Umpqua Community College.
Northern Arizona University.
Texas Southern University.
Tennessee State University.
Winston-Salem State University.
Mojave High School.
Lawrence Central High School.
Franklin High School.
Muskegon Heights High School.
Independence High School.
Madison High School.
Antigo High School.
University of California-Los Angeles.
Jeremiah Burke High School.
Alpine High School.
Townville Elementary School.
Vigor High School.
Linden McKinley STEM Academy.
June Jordan High School for Equity.
Union Middle School.
Mueller Park Junior High School.
West Liberty-Salem High School.
University of Washington.
King City High School.
North Park Elementary School.
North Lake College.
Freeman High School.
Mattoon High School.
Rancho Tehama Elementary School.
Aztec High School.
Wake Forest University.
Italy High School.
NET Charter High School.
Marshall County High School.
Sal Castro Middle School.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Great Mills High School
Central Michigan University
Huffman High School
Frederick Douglass High School
Forest High School
Highland High School
Dixon High School
Santa Fe High School
Noblesville West Middle School
University of North Carolina Charlotte
STEM School Highlands Ranch
Edgewood High School
Palm Beach Central High School
Providence Career & Technical Academy
Fairley High School (school bus)
Canyon Springs High School
Dennis Intermediate School
Florida International University
Central Elementary School
Cascade Middle School
Davidson High School
Prairie View A & M University
Altascocita High School
Central Academy of Excellence
Cleveland High School
Robert E. Lee High School
Cheyenne South High School
Grambling State University
Blountsville Elementary School
Holmes County, Mississippi (school bus)
Prescott High School
College of the Mainland
Wynbrooke Elementary School
UNC Charlotte
Riverview Florida (school bus)
Second Chance High School
Carman-Ainsworth High School
Williwaw Elementary School
Monroe Clark Middle School
Central Catholic High School
Jeanette High School
Eastern Hills High School
DeAnza High School
Ridgway High School
Reginald F. Lewis High School
Saugus High School
Pleasantville High School
Waukesha South High School
Oshkosh High School
Catholic Academy of New Haven
Bellaire High School
North Crowley High School
McAuliffe Elementary School
South Oak Cliff High School
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Sonora High School
Western Illinois University
Oxford High School
Robb Elementary School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Would you STFU about fatherless homes. No evidence it matters.

Name one teen killer who had a present, loving and respectable father at home.

The shooters from Columbine, the shooter of the Sunday school, Virginia Tech shooter. Want me to go on?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how many of these pro-private folks also support gun control.

My pro-private school sister belongs to the NRA.

God, no! Exact opposite in most good private schools. Overly liberal if anything.

Every parent I know in our privateer school supports strong gun control. It’s not a religious private, btw.

+1. Top private schools are notoriously liberal.

Not religious privates.

Religious privates are not top (save Sidwell).