RMHS Serious Incident today

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If not metal detectors, I wonder whether treating more minor infractions (disrespect, drugs, cutting class, threats, any violence) more seriously could help minimize events like this. I don't remember this many issues when there was stricter discipline (or any discipline). But that could just be a biased rosy view of the past. Would a review show that this student had other infractions that went unaddressed or insufficiently addressed (e.g. may have led to suspension in a different era?)

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I do not support metal detectors at all.

I would like to see more security staff. And I would definitely like to see stricter discipline, starting in ES.

[Anonymous]

Love Ms Deeny. Big loss to TPMS, gain to RM. not a notification you want to get but well handled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s getting to the point that bathrooms need permanent monitors. Vapers hang out and kids are now bringing guns to school.

Nah, RM just closes off the bathrooms. There is not enough security staff so they simply lock certain bathrooms at certain times.

And it’s not just vapes. That’s for ES and MS kids. By HS, it’s weed and other drugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was the school on lockdown?

No. The situation was handled incredibly well.

My kid really didn’t even experience any disruption in her day and the Police Department handling things quickly end efficiently, keeping our kids safe.

Thank you to Principal Deeny, to the RM security staff and to Rockville City Police.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Metal detectors in every high school and middle school are worth the money to prevent a tragedy.

The anti-weapons detector and "school prison-to-pipeline" people are going to nag you to death about how this is a waste of money and racist, even though majority-black PG County Public Schools has recently made the decision to install weapons detectors in high schools.

PGCPS is making the difficult, but necessary move to better enable safe schools -- meanwhile we have restorative justice in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was the school on lockdown?

No the school was not on lockdown, they never said anything about what happened , they only sent an email and everyone just didn't care about it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Humm….glad to be at a crappy dcum hs now.

Don’t be so smug. The drugs and weapons are at every single MCPS HS.

Yes, but some schools, the richer ones seem to be having more issues these days...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If not metal detectors, I wonder whether treating more minor infractions (disrespect, drugs, cutting class, threats, any violence) more seriously could help minimize events like this. I don't remember this many issues when there was stricter discipline (or any discipline). But that could just be a biased rosy view of the past. Would a review show that this student had other infractions that went unaddressed or insufficiently addressed (e.g. may have led to suspension in a different era?)

THIS

I do not support metal detectors at all.

I would like to see more security staff. And I would definitely like to see stricter discipline, starting in ES.

They need both those things and metal detectors. Security can only do so much if they don't have the proper tools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the school on lockdown?

No the school was not on lockdown, they never said anything about what happened , they only sent an email and everyone just didn't care about it

Why would the school go into lockdown? Lockdown is only when there is an imminent threat to safety. A gun confiscated in the presence of a police officer poses no threat. RM and Rockville police did an outstanding job today getting a weapon out of school before anyone was hurt.

[Anonymous]

If not metal detectors, I wonder whether treating more minor infractions (disrespect, drugs, cutting class, threats, any violence) more seriously could help minimize events like this. I don't remember this many issues when there was stricter discipline (or any discipline). But that could just be a biased rosy view of the past. Would a review show that this student had other infractions that went unaddressed or insufficiently addressed (e.g. may have led to suspension in a different era?)

Completely agree. We need to get rid of restorative justice entirely. Kids who violate rules need consequences. Holding kids accountable is how you show them that you care about them and their futures -- I don't know why MCPS can't get that. Coddling them and telling them it's not their fault that they are screwing up is neither compassionate nor effective. Skipping class, fighting in the halls, vaping, bringing contraband to school are all behaviors that need to be addressed far beyond a RJ circle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My straight A kid is very upset about this. We live in one of the “higher end” feeder neighborhoods and are surprised by how often issues like this occur. My kid asked me where would a high schooler get a gun—they just could not understand. BTW-we are a minority family and the same race as the perpetrator. Mentioning this because often we all get painted with the same broad brush.

Mentioning the straight A's just makes you sound like every other dcmom so you're good.

Alicia Deeny continues to be terrible. How about something in that letter like, "the child has been removed from RM and will no longer go there?"

Bringing a gun to school seems like a deal breaker to me, but knowing Deeny, she doesn't want to mention anything punitive because "equity."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My straight A kid is very upset about this. We live in one of the “higher end” feeder neighborhoods and are surprised by how often issues like this occur. My kid asked me where would a high schooler get a gun—they just could not understand. BTW-we are a minority family and the same race as the perpetrator. Mentioning this because often we all get painted with the same broad brush.

Mentioning the straight A's just makes you sound like every other dcmom so you're good.

Alicia Deeny continues to be terrible. How about something in that letter like, "the child has been removed from RM and will no longer go there?"

Bringing a gun to school seems like a deal breaker to me, but knowing Deeny, she doesn't want to mention anything punitive because "equity."

Deeny is terrible because the email she sent the day of the incident did not confirm that the child "will no longer go there"?

Am I tracking your argument. Let's assume that she had no authority to say something like that (which she doesn't). Why is she "terrible"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

If not metal detectors, I wonder whether treating more minor infractions (disrespect, drugs, cutting class, threats, any violence) more seriously could help minimize events like this. I don't remember this many issues when there was stricter discipline (or any discipline). But that could just be a biased rosy view of the past. Would a review show that this student had other infractions that went unaddressed or insufficiently addressed (e.g. may have led to suspension in a different era?)

Completely agree. We need to get rid of restorative justice entirely. Kids who violate rules need consequences. Holding kids accountable is how you show them that you care about them and their futures -- I don't know why MCPS can't get that. Coddling them and telling them it's not their fault that they are screwing up is neither compassionate nor effective. Skipping class, fighting in the halls, vaping, bringing contraband to school are all behaviors that need to be addressed far beyond a RJ circle.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Humm….glad to be at a crappy dcum hs now.

Don’t be so smug. The drugs and weapons are at every single MCPS HS.

Yes, but some schools, the richer ones seem to be having more issues these days...

LOL. Check out the FARMS rate at RM. Not a richer school at all. I believe Twinbrook and Meadow Hall are both Title 1 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was the school on lockdown?

No the school was not on lockdown, they never said anything about what happened , they only sent an email and everyone just didn't care about it

Why would the school go into lockdown? Lockdown is only when there is an imminent threat to safety. A gun confiscated in the presence of a police officer poses no threat. RM and Rockville police did an outstanding job today getting a weapon out of school before anyone was hurt.

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