‘There is a fentanyl problem here': 9 overdoses reported at Loudoun County high school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in this district. The families of children WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL get an email every time this happens letting them know there was an event at school and if their child saw it and needs mental health support, there are resources available at school. The entire LCPS community does NOT receive that message and nor should it when it is an issue occurring at a school they do not attend.

The story coming out now is pure politics. It’s Chapman wanting to scare up drama for re-election- the extra police he’s put at the school aren’t doing anything it standing around outside in the morning. A school board candidate is using this for her campaign. Now there’s news cameras they’re making a spectacle of the school. None of these people actually care about the real issue and this is not new info- people have been to the school board about the drug crisis and LCPS’ lack of response and resources earlier this year.

Exactly this.
Parents have been notified all along.

I am no Youngkin groupie AT ALL. I think he is a dangerous slick politician. However, I do believe parents have the "right" to know that this is happening and to what extent it is happening in their kids' school. There is a big difference between the generic email notifications the schools currently send out (we're APS, but they sound exactly like what's described above) and actually notifying parents that an OVERDOSE or DRUG incident occurred. The generic emails can be anything from a student fainting and an ambulance being called, someone falling down the stairs and breaking an arm, a fist-fight fight in the cafeteria, to a student being high or unconscious from an accidental drug overdose. Drug use and the mental health "crisis" of teens is a larger issue concerning more than individual kids and their parents. Fentanyl has advanced the game tremendously. It is important for the parents to know the extent of the problem in their kids' school.

I'll add that an incident like this, with EIGHT students within such a short timeframe, makes it something parents need to be aware of immediately. Clearly there is a bad batch of drugs out there and/or stronger stuff is infiltrating the community. Parents need to know! Otherwise, it's continual denial that anything will happen to their kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in this district. The families of children WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL get an email every time this happens letting them know there was an event at school and if their child saw it and needs mental health support, there are resources available at school. The entire LCPS community does NOT receive that message and nor should it when it is an issue occurring at a school they do not attend.

The story coming out now is pure politics. It’s Chapman wanting to scare up drama for re-election- the extra police he’s put at the school aren’t doing anything it standing around outside in the morning. A school board candidate is using this for her campaign. Now there’s news cameras they’re making a spectacle of the school. None of these people actually care about the real issue and this is not new info- people have been to the school board about the drug crisis and LCPS’ lack of response and resources earlier this year.

I would love to see evidence that this is the case. Because that is not what I am hearing......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in this district. The families of children WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL get an email every time this happens letting them know there was an event at school and if their child saw it and needs mental health support, there are resources available at school. The entire LCPS community does NOT receive that message and nor should it when it is an issue occurring at a school they do not attend.

The story coming out now is pure politics. It’s Chapman wanting to scare up drama for re-election- the extra police he’s put at the school aren’t doing anything it standing around outside in the morning. A school board candidate is using this for her campaign. Now there’s news cameras they’re making a spectacle of the school. None of these people actually care about the real issue and this is not new info- people have been to the school board about the drug crisis and LCPS’ lack of response and resources earlier this year.

I would love to see evidence that this is the case. Because that is not what I am hearing......

Youngkin's decree suggests parents should be notified that there was a drug overdose. Schools send out messages every time a "medical incident involving a student or staff member" occur; but they do not specify DRUG overdose. On this one, Youngkin is actually right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is so sad.
The school is largely low income and Hispanic. These schools need more resources.
My kids attend a school with similar demographics, and those kids could use so much more help in life than they are getting.

Park View was solid middle class school in 90's. Due to overwhelming immigration it has gone downhill. Directly related to the immigration pushed by both republicans and democrats.

none of the democrats ever show up at these schools but they continue to push open borders.

Uh, Republicans don't push immigration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in this district. The families of children WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL get an email every time this happens letting them know there was an event at school and if their child saw it and needs mental health support, there are resources available at school. The entire LCPS community does NOT receive that message and nor should it when it is an issue occurring at a school they do not attend.

The story coming out now is pure politics. It’s Chapman wanting to scare up drama for re-election- the extra police he’s put at the school aren’t doing anything it standing around outside in the morning. A school board candidate is using this for her campaign. Now there’s news cameras they’re making a spectacle of the school. None of these people actually care about the real issue and this is not new info- people have been to the school board about the drug crisis and LCPS’ lack of response and resources earlier this year.

I would love to see evidence that this is the case. Because that is not what I am hearing......

Youngkin's decree suggests parents should be notified that there was a drug overdose. Schools send out messages every time a "medical incident involving a student or staff member" occur; but they do not specify DRUG overdose. On this one, Youngkin is actually right.

This is correct, parents need to know so teens can be warned with examples of it actually happening. Drug overdoses are not strictly "medical incidents" that just affect that one person.

[Anonymous]

Do you think parental behavior will change to such an extent that student behavior will change, if the emails say the incident was an overdose?

"Hey, someone overdosed at your school today. Don't be an idiot and take pills that might kill you."

"Okay, Mom, I won't."

Parents should already be having these conversations with their kids, who will either listen or not. An email won't make a measurable difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in this district. The families of children WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL get an email every time this happens letting them know there was an event at school and if their child saw it and needs mental health support, there are resources available at school. The entire LCPS community does NOT receive that message and nor should it when it is an issue occurring at a school they do not attend.

The story coming out now is pure politics. It’s Chapman wanting to scare up drama for re-election- the extra police he’s put at the school aren’t doing anything it standing around outside in the morning. A school board candidate is using this for her campaign. Now there’s news cameras they’re making a spectacle of the school. None of these people actually care about the real issue and this is not new info- people have been to the school board about the drug crisis and LCPS’ lack of response and resources earlier this year.

I would love to see evidence that this is the case. Because that is not what I am hearing......

I agree with PP. Chapman is a terrible, TERRIBLE sheriff. Right-wing partisan, not at all interested in public safety and much more interested in getting right-wingers elected.

The juxtaposition of Segura’s “Leesburg has become a crime-ridden hellhole” with Chapman’s “vote for me, crime is down 45%” and Chapman’s endorsement of Segura, who didn’t even live in the district until like 365 days ago (and maybe not even then) is hilarious.

No, there doesn’t need to be school-system wide notices about overdoses at individual schools. Maybe the idiot sheriff should do his job and find the dealer instead of politic and whip up irrational fears

[Anonymous]

Someone should file a FOiA for emails between Chapman and campaign types on this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sheriff is up for re-election next week. The timing of these stories is not coincidental.

What does that mean?

It means it's a publicity push

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is so sad.
The school is largely low income and Hispanic. These schools need more resources.
My kids attend a school with similar demographics, and those kids could use so much more help in life than they are getting.

Park View was solid middle class school in 90's. Due to overwhelming immigration it has gone downhill. Directly related to the immigration pushed by both republicans and democrats.

none of the democrats ever show up at these schools but they continue to push open borders.

Uh, Republicans don't push immigration.

True they just push their religion on everyone.

[Anonymous]

What do the teens say about this?

Is experimenting with Oxy popular?

Are the victims Oxy addicts who get a bad fake pill eventually?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in this district. The families of children WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL get an email every time this happens letting them know there was an event at school and if their child saw it and needs mental health support, there are resources available at school. The entire LCPS community does NOT receive that message and nor should it when it is an issue occurring at a school they do not attend.

The story coming out now is pure politics. It’s Chapman wanting to scare up drama for re-election- the extra police he’s put at the school aren’t doing anything it standing around outside in the morning. A school board candidate is using this for her campaign. Now there’s news cameras they’re making a spectacle of the school. None of these people actually care about the real issue and this is not new info- people have been to the school board about the drug crisis and LCPS’ lack of response and resources earlier this year.

I would love to see evidence that this is the case. Because that is not what I am hearing......

I guess you would have to have a student at Park View and be able to check your own inbox. But you don’t, you just want to be a looky loo. Park View community got the LCPS required email every time this happened. Every time. In fact, they got one today because staff had an emergency and had to be taken in an ambulance. YOU didn’t get that email because you don’t need to know what happens at schools you have nothing to do with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do the teens say about this?

Is experimenting with Oxy popular?

Are the victims Oxy addicts who get a bad fake pill eventually?

The kids say the ones who do this are addicts. Unfortunately, multiple of these incidents are the same kid having ODs several times a year. They know there’s a risk, but they know there’s Narcan at school so they figure someone will treat them. They can even decline the ambulance per Virginia regulation. They often return to school the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you think parental behavior will change to such an extent that student behavior will change, if the emails say the incident was an overdose?

"Hey, someone overdosed at your school today. Don't be an idiot and take pills that might kill you."

"Okay, Mom, I won't."

Parents should already be having these conversations with their kids, who will either listen or not. An email won't make a measurable difference.

No. The point is to make parents aware of what the signs are if their child is on drugs or how to respond if their kid OD’s at home. This community mostly speaks Spanish. They don’t have the awareness of fentanyl and how drugs now are a very different level of risk than regular kid experimentation. The parents simply need to be aware of what this looks like so they can respond as well if their child has a medical emergency at home or outside of school. They don’t realize themselves how deadly just one pill can be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is so sad.
The school is largely low income and Hispanic. These schools need more resources.
My kids attend a school with similar demographics, and those kids could use so much more help in life than they are getting.

Park View was solid middle class school in 90's. Due to overwhelming immigration it has gone downhill. Directly related to the immigration pushed by both republicans and democrats.

none of the democrats ever show up at these schools but they continue to push open borders.

Uh, Republicans don't push immigration.

Many do, however, push —and employ — cheap labor. Let that spin for a bit until the correlation hits.