What is MCPS doing to make schools safer?

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Gun control has nothing to do with making MCPS safer. MCPS is doing nothing. Most parents wanted them to remove SRO's and police from the schools. They did.

How did the police do in Uvalde? Or Parkland?

Don’t get me wrong, I support having SROs in schools. I just think it is ridiculous to think they’d stop school shootings.

They didn't do well but that's not a justification to not have them. If they did their job they would have gone in, killed the killer and got those kids medical attention and that is the point.

If these incidents are representative, SROs will stand around, run away or arrest parents.

There have been SRO's who have also saved lives.

Neat. What percentage of the very, very long list of school shootings in the US since the 90s were stopped by SROs?

Hint: damn few.

Here’s a report with some statistics for you:
https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/Publications/cops-w0903-pub.pdf

It highlights 236 cases, of which 168 were adverted. It also contains twelve case studies of SRO-related events. On a personal level, I witnessed the SRO at my high school remove three knives and one gun from students, all taken without incident. He did a lot more than that, but those are the incidences I witnessed with my own eyes. The simple truth is there are many of us who have seen the value of SROs.

We all know the MoCo council pulled SROs without actually surveying the community. Instead, they listened to a small, yet vocal group. We also know that the principals were unanimous in wanting them to remain.

In almost every case in that truth the situation was diverted by a student, teacher, principal or behavioral specialist.

Having an armed guard at a school is the #1 reason a psycho thinks they need an AR15.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887654/

SROs make schools less safe.

You are welcome to hate SROs, but you are also going to have to accept facts. If you actually look at that report, you’ll realize you are incorrect. As for being “diverted by a student,” I have personally witnessed how that actually happens… 4 times. Students don’t disarm their peers. Students tell adults, who get the SRO to do the disarming. If that’s what you mean by “divert,” then I think we would both have to agree SROs are still necessary.

Again… you may hate SROs all you want. I suspect the majority of MCPS is in support of them, but we won’t know until the BOE or the council decides to send out a survey. I doubt they will since they may not like the results.

I don’t hate SROs my family has many police officers, lawyers and judges. I know SROs never disarm a gunman, never… not once. They are ineffective window dressing.

They call for real police just like a teacher, student or principal can do. They are a useless step in the process.

You can love window dressing all you want but your ignorant anecdotes don’t mean SROs help with shootings. Gun control does.

My statistics and real-world anecdotes were countered with insults. When you can back up your beliefs with something other than hate, we may get somewhere. Until then, I’ll just be thankful that logic is prevailing and SROs are being reinstated.

You don’t have statistics and if you’ve seen 4 SROs disarm students you are delusion and need therapy.

Being ignorant is not an insult it’s a call to educate yourself.

If a farmer told me I was ignorant about farming it would be a correct statement not an insult and I’d listen Instead of talk.

SRO reinstatement is a.waste of money and a call to a psycho they need more fire power. Enjoy your future AR15 day.

Once again, you bring nothing but insults to the table. Your absurd comments regarding ignorance are highly ironic; you refuse to listen to somebody who has presented statistics (see link above) and true anecdotal evidence. 18 years in a high school? I’ve seen A LOT.

I have yet to see you present anything but denial. At this point, I recognize I’m arguing with someone incapable of having a logical discussion about school safety. (Actually, I figured that out already…)

I ousted the student and links to organizations that have a sole purpose of protecting the world from gun violence.

All you presented was uneducated teachers/students/parents with no background or knowledge of how to keep schools safe.

Do you have A real study that shows 1x an SRO stopped a gun from coming to school because they intercepted it from coming into the school? One?

This is the last time I’m responding because I’m tired of repeating myself. I posted pages of case studies earlier in this thread. Also, you are going to call teachers and others who work directly with students “uneducated”? Even if you meant educated specifically about student safety, you are *still* wrong. Teachers undergo regular training and work daily to create safe environments.

I suspect you are also the poster upthread who told me I am “delusional and need therapy” if I believe I’ve witnessed SROs take weapons from students. You don’t get to change reality. I’ve seen it multiple times, as have scores of other teachers. That, in a way, was also an education for me. I’ve seen SROs in action. This isn’t some simple theoretical exercise to me, which is why I get rather annoyed when people post unsupported claims and blanked statements.

This is all good and well but not of it really matters unless the GOP stops blocking common sense gun reform.

Agreed. Honestly you all are like obese patients after a heart attack requesting the best cardiac surgeon to perform your bypass. You wouldn't be in this predicament (SROs, CEOs, armed trachers???) If there weren't so many guns around. Prevention will stop most heart attacks,not a good cardiologist..

Sure, but we still have cardiologists for the times when prevention didn’t stop the heart attack.

Gun reform is clearly needed and is part of the prevention we need, but in a nation that has more guns than people we ALSO need security. That’s why the above conversation is necessary.

Sadly, they need to start using metal detectors as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: do MCPS parents only care about mass shootings? Or all shootings? I am really shocked at how little outrage there is about Magruder, or Jai'lyn Jones being murdered by a fellow Northwest student.

Because mark my words, if we don't get our act together, it's only a matter of time before another school shooting or serious stabbing.

How are you measuring parental outrage? There was much anger and frustration expressed here about both of those acts of violence. I'm sure most parents are outraged by any death or serious injury of a student. But it isn't surprising that mass shootings would garner more attention, especially nationally.

What are parents doing about it? Where are the letters, the protests? Who is demanding to have meetings with principals, local police? I was invited to an MCPS safety forum last month, which I thought was specific to Magruder, but it wasn't. It was put on by MCPS facilitators to gauge parent concerns and suggestions about improving safety. 10 people showed up. 10. We had a school shooting, for goodness' sake. And 10 Magruder parents show for a safety discussion.

I see more people upset about whether people need to wear masks or not. Which I get. I'm not trying to minimize that. It's just physical violence is up significantly in the schools. What used to be a threat of a fist fight is now a fist fight. What used to be a threat of a fight is now bringing a knife or gun to school. I don't know why the community is tolerating this.

You do realize some of us would never show up to these things because they are in person and we are still being careful about covid.

MCPS isn't going to do anything without parents demanding it. Bocce Ball and the Kid Museum are far more important, plus increasing central office.

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Anonymous wrote:Most kids want SROs back.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/police-may-return-to-mcps-schools-students-have-mixed-reactions/

Lol, I love how the article says "MyMCM spoke with some students at Gaithersburg High School who said they would feel safer..." then goes on to say, "However, other students disagree ...." and you somehow landed on "MOST students want SROs back." Do you even know how to comprehend what you are reading? Nowhere in that article did it state MOST students...in fact, the rest of the article goes on to contradict exactly that... "At a recent student vigil organized by Sunrise Silver Spring, those in attendance demonstrated their desire to keep schools police-free.

“Putting in the CEO 2.0 Program is not going to keep us safer, and it is actually just going to cause more trauma,” Miles, a 15-year-old freshman at Montgomery Blair High School, said at the vigil.

MCPS students also held a rally against police precedence in schools in February. Students told MyMCM they were against the CEO 2.0 Program and instead wanted to see more mental health support."

YOU cited this article to back a claim and it appears you didn't even read it. Just..wow.

The mental health agenda is now being over used for everything. If this child is traumatized by seeing police or security then they truly do need mental health therapy. If their mental health is that fragile now, imagine what it would be like if they actually experienced something real.

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Anonymous wrote:Most kids want SROs back.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/police-may-return-to-mcps-schools-students-have-mixed-reactions/

Lol, I love how the article says "MyMCM spoke with some students at Gaithersburg High School who said they would feel safer..." then goes on to say, "However, other students disagree ...." and you somehow landed on "MOST students want SROs back." Do you even know how to comprehend what you are reading? Nowhere in that article did it state MOST students...in fact, the rest of the article goes on to contradict exactly that... "At a recent student vigil organized by Sunrise Silver Spring, those in attendance demonstrated their desire to keep schools police-free.

“Putting in the CEO 2.0 Program is not going to keep us safer, and it is actually just going to cause more trauma,” Miles, a 15-year-old freshman at Montgomery Blair High School, said at the vigil.

MCPS students also held a rally against police precedence in schools in February. Students told MyMCM they were against the CEO 2.0 Program and instead wanted to see more mental health support."

YOU cited this article to back a claim and it appears you didn't even read it. Just..wow.

The mental health agenda is now being over used for everything. If this child is traumatized by seeing police or security then they truly do need mental health therapy. If their mental health is that fragile now, imagine what it would be like if they actually experienced something real.

You know what would make schools safer? Masks!

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe I’ve missed it, but I haven’t seen anything about increased security at MCPS schools or even what the safety measures already in place are. I went to the website and could not find info on this. I’ve noticed differences between schools when it comes to security measures. I’d like to know what MCPS already requires, and what it is planning to do county-wide.

They've been adding security vestibules to schools for the past few years:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/facilities/construction/project/securityinitiatives.aspx

The inside doors need to be locked for the vestibule system of checking people in to work. Also, the computer check in would be best inside the vestibule so ID is screened before granting entrance past the second set of doors.

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I will say that our doors are locked when i try and pick up my kid early, but the person buzzing me in never asks why i am here! At minimum, they should be asking who i am, who my kid is, confirm that i do have a kid there with that name, etc. Ideally you'd show ID on camera too before being let in.

[Anonymous]

I appreciated receiving the update from Dr. McKnight today:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220530.html

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciated receiving the update from Dr. McKnight today:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220530.html

Its really really sad. I am not a fan of Dr Mcknight or how she handled the pandemic, but if something happens here, it is NOT mcps's fault. Or Moco police. Or Moco govt. Or whether there's a brilliant armed SRO who's bonded with all the troublemakers. There are crazy ppl out there and we allow people to get guns easily. It takes 30 mins to go to Virginia from most of Moco. You can order parts on the internet like that kid in Clarksburg with road rage. We are *drowning* and we are trying to save ourselves with teaspoons.

I feel bad for every teacher and administrator at mcps. This is not in their control. At all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most kids want SROs back.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/police-may-return-to-mcps-schools-students-have-mixed-reactions/

Lol, I love how the article says "MyMCM spoke with some students at Gaithersburg High School who said they would feel safer..." then goes on to say, "However, other students disagree ...." and you somehow landed on "MOST students want SROs back." Do you even know how to comprehend what you are reading? Nowhere in that article did it state MOST students...in fact, the rest of the article goes on to contradict exactly that... "At a recent student vigil organized by Sunrise Silver Spring, those in attendance demonstrated their desire to keep schools police-free.

“Putting in the CEO 2.0 Program is not going to keep us safer, and it is actually just going to cause more trauma,” Miles, a 15-year-old freshman at Montgomery Blair High School, said at the vigil.

MCPS students also held a rally against police precedence in schools in February. Students told MyMCM they were against the CEO 2.0 Program and instead wanted to see more mental health support."

YOU cited this article to back a claim and it appears you didn't even read it. Just..wow.

The mental health agenda is now being over used for everything. If this child is traumatized by seeing police or security then they truly do need mental health therapy. If their mental health is that fragile now, imagine what it would be like if they actually experienced something real.

You know what would make schools safer? Masks!

Agree. That would be a good start.

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciated receiving the update from Dr. McKnight today:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220530.html

Its really really sad. I am not a fan of Dr Mcknight or how she handled the pandemic, but if something happens here, it is NOT mcps's fault. Or Moco police. Or Moco govt. Or whether there's a brilliant armed SRO who's bonded with all the troublemakers. There are crazy ppl out there and we allow people to get guns easily. It takes 30 mins to go to Virginia from most of Moco. You can order parts on the internet like that kid in Clarksburg with road rage. We are *drowning* and we are trying to save ourselves with teaspoons.

I feel bad for every teacher and administrator at mcps. This is not in their control. At all.

I wouldn't say its fully their fault but prevention, just like with covid goes a long way. We know school violence the past 10-15 years is at an all time high and what is happening at other schools can happen here.

I think some of the MCPS COVID choices are more about Hogan and elections than about MCPS.

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Anonymous wrote:Gun control

Gun control has nothing to do with making MCPS safer. MCPS is doing nothing. Most parents wanted them to remove SRO's and police from the schools. They did.

How did the police do in Uvalde? Or Parkland?

Don’t get me wrong, I support having SROs in schools. I just think it is ridiculous to think they’d stop school shootings.

They didn't do well but that's not a justification to not have them. If they did their job they would have gone in, killed the killer and got those kids medical attention and that is the point.

If these incidents are representative, SROs will stand around, run away or arrest parents.

There have been SRO's who have also saved lives.

Neat. What percentage of the very, very long list of school shootings in the US since the 90s were stopped by SROs?

Hint: damn few.

Here’s a report with some statistics for you:
https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/Publications/cops-w0903-pub.pdf

It highlights 236 cases, of which 168 were adverted. It also contains twelve case studies of SRO-related events. On a personal level, I witnessed the SRO at my high school remove three knives and one gun from students, all taken without incident. He did a lot more than that, but those are the incidences I witnessed with my own eyes. The simple truth is there are many of us who have seen the value of SROs.

We all know the MoCo council pulled SROs without actually surveying the community. Instead, they listened to a small, yet vocal group. We also know that the principals were unanimous in wanting them to remain.

In almost every case in that truth the situation was diverted by a student, teacher, principal or behavioral specialist.

Having an armed guard at a school is the #1 reason a psycho thinks they need an AR15.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887654/

SROs make schools less safe.

You are welcome to hate SROs, but you are also going to have to accept facts. If you actually look at that report, you’ll realize you are incorrect. As for being “diverted by a student,” I have personally witnessed how that actually happens… 4 times. Students don’t disarm their peers. Students tell adults, who get the SRO to do the disarming. If that’s what you mean by “divert,” then I think we would both have to agree SROs are still necessary.

Again… you may hate SROs all you want. I suspect the majority of MCPS is in support of them, but we won’t know until the BOE or the council decides to send out a survey. I doubt they will since they may not like the results.

I don’t hate SROs my family has many police officers, lawyers and judges. I know SROs never disarm a gunman, never… not once. They are ineffective window dressing.

They call for real police just like a teacher, student or principal can do. They are a useless step in the process.

You can love window dressing all you want but your ignorant anecdotes don’t mean SROs help with shootings. Gun control does.

My statistics and real-world anecdotes were countered with insults. When you can back up your beliefs with something other than hate, we may get somewhere. Until then, I’ll just be thankful that logic is prevailing and SROs are being reinstated.

You don’t have statistics and if you’ve seen 4 SROs disarm students you are delusion and need therapy.

Being ignorant is not an insult it’s a call to educate yourself.

If a farmer told me I was ignorant about farming it would be a correct statement not an insult and I’d listen Instead of talk.

SRO reinstatement is a.waste of money and a call to a psycho they need more fire power. Enjoy your future AR15 day.

Once again, you bring nothing but insults to the table. Your absurd comments regarding ignorance are highly ironic; you refuse to listen to somebody who has presented statistics (see link above) and true anecdotal evidence. 18 years in a high school? I’ve seen A LOT.

I have yet to see you present anything but denial. At this point, I recognize I’m arguing with someone incapable of having a logical discussion about school safety. (Actually, I figured that out already…)

I ousted the student and links to organizations that have a sole purpose of protecting the world from gun violence.

All you presented was uneducated teachers/students/parents with no background or knowledge of how to keep schools safe.

Do you have A real study that shows 1x an SRO stopped a gun from coming to school because they intercepted it from coming into the school? One?

This is the last time I’m responding because I’m tired of repeating myself. I posted pages of case studies earlier in this thread. Also, you are going to call teachers and others who work directly with students “uneducated”? Even if you meant educated specifically about student safety, you are *still* wrong. Teachers undergo regular training and work daily to create safe environments.

I suspect you are also the poster upthread who told me I am “delusional and need therapy” if I believe I’ve witnessed SROs take weapons from students. You don’t get to change reality. I’ve seen it multiple times, as have scores of other teachers. That, in a way, was also an education for me. I’ve seen SROs in action. This isn’t some simple theoretical exercise to me, which is why I get rather annoyed when people post unsupported claims and blanked statements.

This is all good and well but not of it really matters unless the GOP stops blocking common sense gun reform.

Agreed. Honestly you all are like obese patients after a heart attack requesting the best cardiac surgeon to perform your bypass. You wouldn't be in this predicament (SROs, CEOs, armed trachers???) If there weren't so many guns around. Prevention will stop most heart attacks,not a good cardiologist..

Sure, but we still have cardiologists for the times when prevention didn’t stop the heart attack.

Gun reform is clearly needed and is part of the prevention we need, but in a nation that has more guns than people we ALSO need security. That’s why the above conversation is necessary.

Sadly, they need to start using metal detectors as well.

Yeah. With all the ring binders and phones, everyone will set it off.

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Anonymous wrote:Gun control

Gun control has nothing to do with making MCPS safer. MCPS is doing nothing. Most parents wanted them to remove SRO's and police from the schools. They did.

How did the police do in Uvalde? Or Parkland?

Don’t get me wrong, I support having SROs in schools. I just think it is ridiculous to think they’d stop school shootings.

They didn't do well but that's not a justification to not have them. If they did their job they would have gone in, killed the killer and got those kids medical attention and that is the point.

If these incidents are representative, SROs will stand around, run away or arrest parents.

There have been SRO's who have also saved lives.

Neat. What percentage of the very, very long list of school shootings in the US since the 90s were stopped by SROs?

Hint: damn few.

Here’s a report with some statistics for you:
https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/Publications/cops-w0903-pub.pdf

It highlights 236 cases, of which 168 were adverted. It also contains twelve case studies of SRO-related events. On a personal level, I witnessed the SRO at my high school remove three knives and one gun from students, all taken without incident. He did a lot more than that, but those are the incidences I witnessed with my own eyes. The simple truth is there are many of us who have seen the value of SROs.

We all know the MoCo council pulled SROs without actually surveying the community. Instead, they listened to a small, yet vocal group. We also know that the principals were unanimous in wanting them to remain.

In almost every case in that truth the situation was diverted by a student, teacher, principal or behavioral specialist.

Having an armed guard at a school is the #1 reason a psycho thinks they need an AR15.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7887654/

SROs make schools less safe.

You are welcome to hate SROs, but you are also going to have to accept facts. If you actually look at that report, you’ll realize you are incorrect. As for being “diverted by a student,” I have personally witnessed how that actually happens… 4 times. Students don’t disarm their peers. Students tell adults, who get the SRO to do the disarming. If that’s what you mean by “divert,” then I think we would both have to agree SROs are still necessary.

Again… you may hate SROs all you want. I suspect the majority of MCPS is in support of them, but we won’t know until the BOE or the council decides to send out a survey. I doubt they will since they may not like the results.

I don’t hate SROs my family has many police officers, lawyers and judges. I know SROs never disarm a gunman, never… not once. They are ineffective window dressing.

They call for real police just like a teacher, student or principal can do. They are a useless step in the process.

You can love window dressing all you want but your ignorant anecdotes don’t mean SROs help with shootings. Gun control does.

My statistics and real-world anecdotes were countered with insults. When you can back up your beliefs with something other than hate, we may get somewhere. Until then, I’ll just be thankful that logic is prevailing and SROs are being reinstated.

You don’t have statistics and if you’ve seen 4 SROs disarm students you are delusion and need therapy.

Being ignorant is not an insult it’s a call to educate yourself.

If a farmer told me I was ignorant about farming it would be a correct statement not an insult and I’d listen Instead of talk.

SRO reinstatement is a.waste of money and a call to a psycho they need more fire power. Enjoy your future AR15 day.

Once again, you bring nothing but insults to the table. Your absurd comments regarding ignorance are highly ironic; you refuse to listen to somebody who has presented statistics (see link above) and true anecdotal evidence. 18 years in a high school? I’ve seen A LOT.

I have yet to see you present anything but denial. At this point, I recognize I’m arguing with someone incapable of having a logical discussion about school safety. (Actually, I figured that out already…)

I ousted the student and links to organizations that have a sole purpose of protecting the world from gun violence.

All you presented was uneducated teachers/students/parents with no background or knowledge of how to keep schools safe.

Do you have A real study that shows 1x an SRO stopped a gun from coming to school because they intercepted it from coming into the school? One?

This is the last time I’m responding because I’m tired of repeating myself. I posted pages of case studies earlier in this thread. Also, you are going to call teachers and others who work directly with students “uneducated”? Even if you meant educated specifically about student safety, you are *still* wrong. Teachers undergo regular training and work daily to create safe environments.

I suspect you are also the poster upthread who told me I am “delusional and need therapy” if I believe I’ve witnessed SROs take weapons from students. You don’t get to change reality. I’ve seen it multiple times, as have scores of other teachers. That, in a way, was also an education for me. I’ve seen SROs in action. This isn’t some simple theoretical exercise to me, which is why I get rather annoyed when people post unsupported claims and blanked statements.

This is all good and well but not of it really matters unless the GOP stops blocking common sense gun reform.

Agreed. Honestly you all are like obese patients after a heart attack requesting the best cardiac surgeon to perform your bypass. You wouldn't be in this predicament (SROs, CEOs, armed trachers???) If there weren't so many guns around. Prevention will stop most heart attacks,not a good cardiologist..

Sure, but we still have cardiologists for the times when prevention didn’t stop the heart attack.

Gun reform is clearly needed and is part of the prevention we need, but in a nation that has more guns than people we ALSO need security. That’s why the above conversation is necessary.

Sadly, they need to start using metal detectors as well.

Yeah. With all the ring binders and phones, everyone will set it off.

What is your solution?

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restorative justice

removing gt programing

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Anonymous wrote:I appreciated receiving the update from Dr. McKnight today:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/publicinfo/community/school-year-2021-2022/Community-Update-20220530.html

Its really really sad. I am not a fan of Dr Mcknight or how she handled the pandemic, but if something happens here, it is NOT mcps's fault. Or Moco police. Or Moco govt. Or whether there's a brilliant armed SRO who's bonded with all the troublemakers. There are crazy ppl out there and we allow people to get guns easily. It takes 30 mins to go to Virginia from most of Moco. You can order parts on the internet like that kid in Clarksburg with road rage. We are *drowning* and we are trying to save ourselves with teaspoons.

I feel bad for every teacher and administrator at mcps. This is not in their control. At all.

I wouldn't say its fully their fault but prevention, just like with covid goes a long way. We know school violence the past 10-15 years is at an all time high and what is happening at other schools can happen here.

I think some of the MCPS COVID choices are more about Hogan and elections than about MCPS.

We don't know that at all. The only thing we know is it's the same as any other recent year but there was a campaign to hype violence in an effort to help bring back the SROs. Bottom line is this doesn't really matter until the Replican party stops blocking common sense gun legislation. Right now they are the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: do MCPS parents only care about mass shootings? Or all shootings? I am really shocked at how little outrage there is about Magruder, or Jai'lyn Jones being murdered by a fellow Northwest student.

Because mark my words, if we don't get our act together, it's only a matter of time before another school shooting or serious stabbing.

+1 million

Where were the marches then? Where was the parental outrage when a kid was raped in the bathroom at a high school?

That was not a rape.

But where was the outrage when the white male former cop turned security guard raped the RM girl and the judge let him out on bond to rape her again and gave him visitation with his step daughter.

????!!!???

What does race have to do with anything but stepparents generally legally don't get visitation. This speaks volumes to our parenting and what's important. Its clearly not that important to parents.

So a rapist being released is not you concern. Ffs