Handgun recovered at Gaithersburg High School

[Anonymous]

Just got the community letter that after a tip, they had police called and recovered a handgun from a student following a self search

[Anonymous]

Highly impressed with the communication from GHS in getting this letter out so quickly and not waiting until 6 PM

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Highly impressed with the communication from GHS in getting this letter out so quickly and not waiting until 6 PM

Well of course because MCPS can brag and claim to be relatively successful in identifying and resolving a situation before it got worse.

If it was anything worse you can be sure that they'd be sitting around with trying to find the best way to spin it and do damage control.

[Anonymous]

And, Jwando and others don't think we need detectors and more security/SRO's.

[Anonymous]

Can you post the community letter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

Some of you people are so gosh darned miserable that you cannot even recognize when something actually worked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

Some of you people are so gosh darned miserable that you cannot even recognize when something actually worked.

MCPS Admin: Put your ego aside and get out of your feelings. How does what you said address my point? Yes, THIS TIME, it went well. But my point is how scalable and how sustainable is that approach? You think the entirety of MCPS security strategy should be reliant on kids telling you someone in the building has a weapon or is a threat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

It would be appropiate to call the police to arrest them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

Y'all really need to get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

Some of you people are so gosh darned miserable that you cannot even recognize when something actually worked.

MCPS Admin: Put your ego aside and get out of your feelings. How does what you said address my point? Yes, THIS TIME, it went well. But my point is how scalable and how sustainable is that approach? You think the entirety of MCPS security strategy should be reliant on kids telling you someone in the building has a weapon or is a threat?

MCPS doesn't want to fund more security guards. They'd rather buy polo's for central office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

Y'all really need to get a life.

You need to address the substance instead of being mad that people are pointing out that MCPS does not have a serious safety plan for students or teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

Some of you people are so gosh darned miserable that you cannot even recognize when something actually worked.

MCPS Admin: Put your ego aside and get out of your feelings. How does what you said address my point? Yes, THIS TIME, it went well. But my point is how scalable and how sustainable is that approach? You think the entirety of MCPS security strategy should be reliant on kids telling you someone in the building has a weapon or is a threat?

MCPS doesn't want to fund more security guards. They'd rather buy polo's for central office.

You could add 10 more security guards in each school and you would still need to rely on students doing the right thing and notifying adults when there is a risk. Yes, metal detectors would be nice but until that day comes, no amount of security will stop these events unless you authorize them to do full pat downs as kids enter the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you post the community letter?

The gist was that this morning they received an anonymous tip that a student had a weapon. They immediately called local PD and they then recovered the handgun from a student following a self search. It then praised students for following the "See Something, Say Something" mantra and encouraged parents to speak with kids about guns

So basically, MCPS is outsourcing it's entirely security strategy to minor children and relying on them to be their systemwide threat detection system? That sounds....irresponsible.

Some of you people are so gosh darned miserable that you cannot even recognize when something actually worked.

MCPS Admin: Put your ego aside and get out of your feelings. How does what you said address my point? Yes, THIS TIME, it went well. But my point is how scalable and how sustainable is that approach? You think the entirety of MCPS security strategy should be reliant on kids telling you someone in the building has a weapon or is a threat?

MCPS doesn't want to fund more security guards. They'd rather buy polo's for central office.

You could add 10 more security guards in each school and you would still need to rely on students doing the right thing and notifying adults when there is a risk. Yes, metal detectors would be nice but until that day comes, no amount of security will stop these events unless you authorize them to do full pat downs as kids enter the school.

Wouldn't that be a violation of students' constitutional rights?