Magruder HS Shooting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My child was in a shooter lockdown in California for 3 hours.

Often it's a case of not knowing if there are more shooters, weapons, plans, and consequently = vulnerable children.

He was 6 years old and hid behind a chair with a friend. They all took turns peeing in the industrial sink in the classroom as that was the only option.

Really I think worrying about peeing and snacks is just, well, so disconnected from reality that it's disturbing.

Really? What is disturbing is that students were still in a lockdown while elected officials held a press conference outside to talk about themselves.
The press conference shouldn't have been held until the event was over and it wasn't over.

And if they didn’t give an update you’d be complaining that it took so long to have your elected officials tell you what was going on.

+1

They didn’t give an update. They publicly congratulated themselves and McKnight walked off without answering a single question.

So I'm just wondering - what is it exactly, that you want? you want that there was no shooting - yes, we all agree on that, but what else? A faster emergency response? No shooter kid in the classroom with the regular kids? Please enlighten us. Otherwise this just is yet another generalized anti-MCPS rant. And that's a waste of time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child was in a shooter lockdown in California for 3 hours.

Often it's a case of not knowing if there are more shooters, weapons, plans, and consequently = vulnerable children.

He was 6 years old and hid behind a chair with a friend. They all took turns peeing in the industrial sink in the classroom as that was the only option.

Really I think worrying about peeing and snacks is just, well, so disconnected from reality that it's disturbing.

Really? What is disturbing is that students were still in a lockdown while elected officials held a press conference outside to talk about themselves.
The press conference shouldn't have been held until the event was over and it wasn't over.

And if they didn’t give an update you’d be complaining that it took so long to have your elected officials tell you what was going on.

+1

They didn’t give an update. They publicly congratulated themselves and McKnight walked off without answering a single question.

So I'm just wondering - what is it exactly, that you want? you want that there was no shooting - yes, we all agree on that, but what else? A faster emergency response? No shooter kid in the classroom with the regular kids? Please enlighten us. Otherwise this just is yet another generalized anti-MCPS rant. And that's a waste of time.

I want them for once to put the kids first. Without the kids they wouldn’t have jobs in the first place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child was in a shooter lockdown in California for 3 hours.

Often it's a case of not knowing if there are more shooters, weapons, plans, and consequently = vulnerable children.

He was 6 years old and hid behind a chair with a friend. They all took turns peeing in the industrial sink in the classroom as that was the only option.

Really I think worrying about peeing and snacks is just, well, so disconnected from reality that it's disturbing.

Really? What is disturbing is that students were still in a lockdown while elected officials held a press conference outside to talk about themselves.
The press conference shouldn't have been held until the event was over and it wasn't over.

And if they didn’t give an update you’d be complaining that it took so long to have your elected officials tell you what was going on.

+1

They didn’t give an update. They publicly congratulated themselves and McKnight walked off without answering a single question.

So I'm just wondering - what is it exactly, that you want? you want that there was no shooting - yes, we all agree on that, but what else? A faster emergency response? No shooter kid in the classroom with the regular kids? Please enlighten us. Otherwise this just is yet another generalized anti-MCPS rant. And that's a waste of time.

I want them for once to put the kids first. Without the kids they wouldn’t have jobs in the first place.

What does that mean in the Magruder context?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child was in a shooter lockdown in California for 3 hours.

Often it's a case of not knowing if there are more shooters, weapons, plans, and consequently = vulnerable children.

He was 6 years old and hid behind a chair with a friend. They all took turns peeing in the industrial sink in the classroom as that was the only option.

Really I think worrying about peeing and snacks is just, well, so disconnected from reality that it's disturbing.

Really? What is disturbing is that students were still in a lockdown while elected officials held a press conference outside to talk about themselves.
The press conference shouldn't have been held until the event was over and it wasn't over.

And if they didn’t give an update you’d be complaining that it took so long to have your elected officials tell you what was going on.

+1

They didn’t give an update. They publicly congratulated themselves and McKnight walked off without answering a single question.

So I'm just wondering - what is it exactly, that you want? you want that there was no shooting - yes, we all agree on that, but what else? A faster emergency response? No shooter kid in the classroom with the regular kids? Please enlighten us. Otherwise this just is yet another generalized anti-MCPS rant. And that's a waste of time.

I want them for once to put the kids first. Without the kids they wouldn’t have jobs in the first place.

Can you be more specific? How exactly did they fail to do that? I think you're just a serial whiner who has added this incident into your arsenal of things to throw around. I think you're a monumental time waster.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child was in a shooter lockdown in California for 3 hours.

Often it's a case of not knowing if there are more shooters, weapons, plans, and consequently = vulnerable children.

He was 6 years old and hid behind a chair with a friend. They all took turns peeing in the industrial sink in the classroom as that was the only option.

Really I think worrying about peeing and snacks is just, well, so disconnected from reality that it's disturbing.

Really? What is disturbing is that students were still in a lockdown while elected officials held a press conference outside to talk about themselves.
The press conference shouldn't have been held until the event was over and it wasn't over.

And if they didn’t give an update you’d be complaining that it took so long to have your elected officials tell you what was going on.

+1

They didn’t give an update. They publicly congratulated themselves and McKnight walked off without answering a single question.

So I'm just wondering - what is it exactly, that you want? you want that there was no shooting - yes, we all agree on that, but what else? A faster emergency response? No shooter kid in the classroom with the regular kids? Please enlighten us. Otherwise this just is yet another generalized anti-MCPS rant. And that's a waste of time.

I want them for once to put the kids first. Without the kids they wouldn’t have jobs in the first place.

What does that mean in the Magruder context?

This is hard, but if you read it really slowly you might get it.

Let the students out of lockdown before congratulating yourself.

[Anonymous]

Any news on how the victim is doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any news on how the victim is doing?

+1 Prayers to him and his family.

[Anonymous]

Thank you to the Macgruder parent and teacher who gave an explanation of the dismissal process. I was worried the kids were jn the lockdown for the whole 5 hours worried thr gunman was still at large. It sounds like that was t the case and I’m glad. I can’t imagine being afraid for your life like that for five slow hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to the Macgruder parent and teacher who gave an explanation of the dismissal process. I was worried the kids were jn the lockdown for the whole 5 hours worried thr gunman was still at large. It sounds like that was t the case and I’m glad. I can’t imagine being afraid for your life like that for five slow hours.

Where did either the parent or the teacher say they were not? They didn't.

Look if your mcps job stresses you out this much there are plenty of other job openings out there. They pay better and they won't have you so anxiety riddled that you're on message boards trying to defend your organization.

[Anonymous]

Are there any updates about the victim's condition? The most recent is 6 days ago.

[Anonymous]

Insider here:

The press conference timing had nothing to do with releasing the kids.

The press conference was to provide information to the public. The police and school administration were accounting for everyone else, searching for further evidence, and determining an order of release. It doesn't get wrapped up neatly like a one hour police drama.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Insider here:

The press conference timing had nothing to do with releasing the kids.

The press conference was to provide information to the public. The police and school administration were accounting for everyone else, searching for further evidence, and determining an order of release. It doesn't get wrapped up neatly like a one hour police drama.

Do you know the victim's current condition and prognosis?

[Anonymous]

I also wonder how he is, two weeks later. Prayers for this struggling young man and family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Insider here:

The press conference timing had nothing to do with releasing the kids.

The press conference was to provide information to the public. The police and school administration were accounting for everyone else, searching for further evidence, and determining an order of release. It doesn't get wrapped up neatly like a one hour police drama.

The press conference had everything to do with the students. They were still being held hostage. The buses were lined up for hours and the students were still on lockdown. Not sure what you are inside, but dismissal from a high school happens every day and it doesn't take 3 1/2 hours. High schools actually know how to release students.
This isn't the first school shooting in this country. It never takes 3 1/2 hours to release students back to their families. Student parent reunification is always the first priority, not the last.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sure nobody cares, but as a Magruder Mom I find the bickering about snacks to be poor form.

I agree. Do you have any sense of why the lockdown continued for 3 hours after the arrest?

Making sure no others were involved.
Fully collect evidence before students move around.
Investigate the room the shooter was in an interview/support witnesses.
Securing buses.
Having support personnel/admin to handle student issues.
Creating a plan to move students room by room phalanxed by cops and sorted into groups of bus riders, car riders, and walkers/bike riders.

It was quite complicated. The biggest problem was learning more from twitter/news than from school admin. They weren’t allowed to say much to anyone once police took over.


-Magruder teacher who thankfully had great kids and no problems.

You were inside the school and had no idea that the buses were lined up for over two hours outside the school. It was all on the continuing news coverage. Enough with that fake excuse.
It was a school dismissal. Does it take 3 1/2 hours every day to "sort" students? Of course not.

I can see it taking several hours. I know several parents that opted to pick up their children that day rather than let them ride the bus. They also had to confirm every student was accounted for. Some kids weren’t in their normal classroom. God forbid a kid was missing or dead in a different part of the school. You also don’t want new drivers on the road with a clusterF of traffic if they seem emotionally or mentally distressed.

Complaining about nonsense shows your privilege and entitlement. It seems like those complaining here don’t even have a kid at the school.