Wheaton HS stabbing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

It says "staff member," not teacher.

I know it says staff member. I have inside knowledge to know that the staff member in question was a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

That picture/staff member was a hero for doing that. Kudos to taking action!

Kudos to taking action that let the intruder escape the building? Why are you clapping for that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

there’s sometimes 50-100 doors at a high school

admin and security don’t stand a chance with the number they are staffed for. For a school like Wheaton or Blair, you’d need 30+ security to even begin to make a dent

or the county could wise up and start holding real school and legal consequences for dangerous behavior

Security cameras at doorways that only intended for emergency exits.

[Anonymous]

”While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement”

MCPS won't take accountability for their own mistakes, but quick to blame others for mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

Thanks, Zap Brannigan! Send wave after of children to be stabbed to stall for time until law enforcement arrives!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

That picture/staff member was a hero for doing that. Kudos to taking action!

Kudos to taking action that let the intruder escape the building? Why are you clapping for that?

Were you stabbed in the brain as a child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:”While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement”

MCPS won't take accountability for their own mistakes, but quick to blame others for mistakes.

There are usually police at the hs in their car outside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://mocoshow.com/2025/12/17/student-injured-in-wheaton-high-school-stabbing-suspect-not-in-custody/

Shocked a thread hasn’t been started especially after the panic at Northwood a few weeks ago where no one was even hurt.

Was there a lockdown? Community letter?

The quiet on this is disturbing. Are we just desensitized?

Here's the truth about school safety in MCPS:

1) Some principals and their directing are skilled at suppressing information about serious incidents from getting out to the public and media. I don't know why staff and students in those schools comply with this but that is the reality. Wheaton is one of those schools that keeps a lid on things pretty well.

2) The full story is not out. The student has more injuries than what police said. Also, the person who attacked him was an intruder who should not have been able to get into the school building to attack him. There are actually other violent incidents like this that have been going on at Wheaton for some time.

3) Both MCPS and MCPD seem to be committed to controlling the narrative around safety in our schools and pretending like things are not as bad as they really are.

I have kids at multiple schools. Wheaton staff is far better at communicating than any other school including other high schools. They have to get higher up approval for those letters. They often have an office outside or a car. They security is very involved and present but they don’t have enough. Kids come and go with schedules with internships, Edison, jobs, etc. Easy to just walk in when a student leaves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:”While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement”

MCPS won't take accountability for their own mistakes, but quick to blame others for mistakes.

Blame Jawando for removing police in the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

I understand a teacher not wanting to put their own safety at risk to protect a kid in this situation but I don’t understand you calling it wildly inappropriate that someone did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:”While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement”

MCPS won't take accountability for their own mistakes, but quick to blame others for mistakes.

Blame Jawando for removing police in the schools.

I mean, the police were basically immediately replaced with other police under other names, but I take your point. Jawando pushed forward a solution that was politically popular in the moment, but without the careful consideration or mitigation that one would expect from a policymaker with clear designs on higher office.

If we were going to remove SROs, there needed to be a plan for what would replace them. That kind of careful policymaking doesn't win you big immediate headlines, but it is what I would expect and hope for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

there’s sometimes 50-100 doors at a high school

admin and security don’t stand a chance with the number they are staffed for. For a school like Wheaton or Blair, you’d need 30+ security to even begin to make a dent

or the county could wise up and start holding real school and legal consequences for dangerous behavior

Security cameras at doorways that only intended for emergency exits.

First, there are tons of security cameras throughout the school. Second, what would that possibly have done to change this situation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

That picture/staff member was a hero for doing that. Kudos to taking action!

Kudos to taking action that let the intruder escape the building? Why are you clapping for that?

Were you stabbed in the brain as a child?

That's the best you can come up with instead of addressing the point that this teacher's action let the intruder escape because they thought they could play Batman? Get a grip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

I understand a teacher not wanting to put their own safety at risk to protect a kid in this situation but I don’t understand you calling it wildly inappropriate that someone did.

I made why it was wildly inappropriate clear:

1) They aren't trained to disarm a violent intruder. This attempt could have led to serious injury to themselves or other students easily.

2) Their lack of training and lack of back-up directly led to the intruder escaping.

Those are really big deals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

I understand a teacher not wanting to put their own safety at risk to protect a kid in this situation but I don’t understand you calling it wildly inappropriate that someone did.

I made why it was wildly inappropriate clear:

1) They aren't trained to disarm a violent intruder. This attempt could have led to serious injury to themselves or other students easily.

2) Their lack of training and lack of back-up directly led to the intruder escaping.

Those are really big deals.

So you’re saying people “trained to disarm” are the only people who should intervene? You have been watching too much TV.

This teacher prevented a student from being stabbed, potentially killed. Do you think the intruder had a knife out just for fun? If an intruder has a weapon out, you need to believe they plan on using it.