Blake High School - incident report

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Kids cannot learn if they are not safe. Spend what they need to. They waste so much money, at least this is for good.

Who needs a school to prison pipeline when we can turn the school into the prison?

Right, better to keep having these incidents at public school where yours are nice and safe in private... what's the big deal if violence happens to someone else kid or teachers/staff.

The people who cry about the "school to prison pipeline" absolutely do not care if students and staff are harmed by students who assault, bring weapons to school or commit other violent acts. They view it as a reasonable cost of deciding to send your children to public school, which is sad and sick, IMO. But these people are willing for our children to be collateral damage and scream and squawk at anyone who suggests we get firmer about security and safety measures.

One alternative is to remove or sequester violent students. You don't have to turn every school into a prison that's just a popular solution with the far-right.

There's no such thing as a violent student, just a misunderstood student. I encourage you to do the work of unlearning your white supremacist ideas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid at Blake and didn’t know about the Friday incident — thanks for sharing that, OP. That’s scary!

Probably because the Friday incident only exists in that poster's mind.

DP here. Hadn’t heard about Friday until I read it here today. According to my DD, Friday is real and saw video and heard disturbing stories.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Kids cannot learn if they are not safe. Spend what they need to. They waste so much money, at least this is for good.

Who needs a school to prison pipeline when we can turn the school into the prison?

Right, better to keep having these incidents at public school where yours are nice and safe in private... what's the big deal if violence happens to someone else kid or teachers/staff.

The people who cry about the "school to prison pipeline" absolutely do not care if students and staff are harmed by students who assault, bring weapons to school or commit other violent acts. They view it as a reasonable cost of deciding to send your children to public school, which is sad and sick, IMO. But these people are willing for our children to be collateral damage and scream and squawk at anyone who suggests we get firmer about security and safety measures.

One alternative is to remove or sequester violent students. You don't have to turn every school into a prison that's just a popular solution with the far-right.

That is not an option. Public schools have to educate all kids.

MCPS cannot simply ‘remove’ a student.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Do you work at a public high school? Have you sat in the corner of your classroom with 29 high schoolers during regularly scheduled active shooter drills? If no, then be quiet. If yes, then you are ignorant and don’t care about student safety.

Tell me something… every important building, like The White House or a Smithsonian, has emergency alarms on their non-main entrance. The church I grew up in—in a very rural area— had these as well. Please tell me, do these buildings feel like a prison to you? Or do we, as a society, think this is “prison-like”? No. We see it as a realistic safety measure to protect valuable things.

Lack of security and enforcement proves the argument that MCPS does NOT care about students or see them or their safety as valuable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Received email from the principal that security stopped several students from a different school from entering the building. What she failed to mention is that these students had also successfully entered the school on Friday. My child had seen several photos that kids took showing 3 people with ski masks on, dressed in black in the hallways. These photos were taken on Friday. He mentioned another kid asking for a hall pass to go to the restroom and the teacher told them they could not leave since he heard some commotion happening. He also said that the mood at the school was odd and after the incident happened today, everything started making sense to him. The only reason a notice went out is because the police were called, but clearly, MCPS, once again failed to secure the building and failed to be transparent.

Good afternoon,
I am writing to inform you about an incident that occurred today, Tuesday, December 05, 2023, around 12:00 p.m. As a security assistant was monitoring the campus, he stopped several students who were not Blake students from trying to enter our school building. Our Community Engagement Officer (CEO) was on campus at the time and immediately began to assist with the situation as well as engaging with other Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) officers. We will continue to consult with the MCPD and the MCPS Department of Systemwide Safety and Emergency Management (DSSEM). While there was no disruption to the operation of our building, I wanted to share this information with you as your student may have noticed the police presence on campus.

Lastly, I want to commend our security team for their vigilance and swift actions to ensure the safety of our school. Classes and other activities continued as planned and we continue to monitor our exterior doors. Safety and security is our priority.

Sincerely,

Shanay A. Snead

I wish they would be more transparent than simply telling us what happened!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

I know! These posters seem like defense contractors trying to sell arms to schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

I know! These posters seem like defense contractors trying to sell arms to schools.

You sound like a delusional member of society who leaves their doors unlocked at at night because that could “never happen in our neighborhood.” 🙃

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Kids cannot learn if they are not safe. Spend what they need to. They waste so much money, at least this is for good.

Who needs a school to prison pipeline when we can turn the school into the prison?

Right, better to keep having these incidents at public school where yours are nice and safe in private... what's the big deal if violence happens to someone else kid or teachers/staff.

The people who cry about the "school to prison pipeline" absolutely do not care if students and staff are harmed by students who assault, bring weapons to school or commit other violent acts. They view it as a reasonable cost of deciding to send your children to public school, which is sad and sick, IMO. But these people are willing for our children to be collateral damage and scream and squawk at anyone who suggests we get firmer about security and safety measures.

One alternative is to remove or sequester violent students. You don't have to turn every school into a prison that's just a popular solution with the far-right.

There's no such thing as a violent student, just a misunderstood student. I encourage you to do the work of unlearning your white supremacist ideas.

Sure. Keep enjoying lalaland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

I know! These posters seem like defense contractors trying to sell arms to schools.

You clearly have no idea what defense contractors do. And that has nothing to do with schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Kids cannot learn if they are not safe. Spend what they need to. They waste so much money, at least this is for good.

Who needs a school to prison pipeline when we can turn the school into the prison?

Right, better to keep having these incidents at public school where yours are nice and safe in private... what's the big deal if violence happens to someone else kid or teachers/staff.

The people who cry about the "school to prison pipeline" absolutely do not care if students and staff are harmed by students who assault, bring weapons to school or commit other violent acts. They view it as a reasonable cost of deciding to send your children to public school, which is sad and sick, IMO. But these people are willing for our children to be collateral damage and scream and squawk at anyone who suggests we get firmer about security and safety measures.

One alternative is to remove or sequester violent students. You don't have to turn every school into a prison that's just a popular solution with the far-right.

There's no such thing as a violent student, just a misunderstood student. I encourage you to do the work of unlearning your white supremacist ideas.

Sure. Keep enjoying lalaland.

Yes! I was parodying progressives with the previous post and I fooled a normal person. I guess I shouldn't be too proud of myself. They say some crazy things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Kids cannot learn if they are not safe. Spend what they need to. They waste so much money, at least this is for good.

Who needs a school to prison pipeline when we can turn the school into the prison?

Right, better to keep having these incidents at public school where yours are nice and safe in private... what's the big deal if violence happens to someone else kid or teachers/staff.

The people who cry about the "school to prison pipeline" absolutely do not care if students and staff are harmed by students who assault, bring weapons to school or commit other violent acts. They view it as a reasonable cost of deciding to send your children to public school, which is sad and sick, IMO. But these people are willing for our children to be collateral damage and scream and squawk at anyone who suggests we get firmer about security and safety measures.

One alternative is to remove or sequester violent students. You don't have to turn every school into a prison that's just a popular solution with the far-right.

There's no such thing as a violent student, just a misunderstood student. I encourage you to do the work of unlearning your white supremacist ideas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Kids cannot learn if they are not safe. Spend what they need to. They waste so much money, at least this is for good.

Who needs a school to prison pipeline when we can turn the school into the prison?

Right, better to keep having these incidents at public school where yours are nice and safe in private... what's the big deal if violence happens to someone else kid or teachers/staff.

The people who cry about the "school to prison pipeline" absolutely do not care if students and staff are harmed by students who assault, bring weapons to school or commit other violent acts. They view it as a reasonable cost of deciding to send your children to public school, which is sad and sick, IMO. But these people are willing for our children to be collateral damage and scream and squawk at anyone who suggests we get firmer about security and safety measures.

One alternative is to remove or sequester violent students. You don't have to turn every school into a prison that's just a popular solution with the far-right.

There's no such thing as a violent student, just a misunderstood student. I encourage you to do the work of unlearning your white supremacist ideas.

Do the Work!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Do you work at a public high school? Have you sat in the corner of your classroom with 29 high schoolers during regularly scheduled active shooter drills? If no, then be quiet. If yes, then you are ignorant and don’t care about student safety.

Tell me something… every important building, like The White House or a Smithsonian, has emergency alarms on their non-main entrance. The church I grew up in—in a very rural area— had these as well. Please tell me, do these buildings feel like a prison to you? Or do we, as a society, think this is “prison-like”? No. We see it as a realistic safety measure to protect valuable things.

Lack of security and enforcement proves the argument that MCPS does NOT care about students or see them or their safety as valuable.

Yes.

Apparently you've forgotten what life in the US was like, before the era of mass shootings at churches and movie theaters and synagogues and grocery stores and concerts and schools and big box stores and parades and and and and and.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

I know! These posters seem like defense contractors trying to sell arms to schools.

Nailed it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents, don’t rest on “can’t secure all the doors.”

Yes they can and they must!

For decades, emergency doors had alarms when opened.

And there are motion sensor cameras even for private use so they can certainly adapt for door coverage.

Demand safety. At minimum, start with wiring done at the schools to protect the students.

No, they can't. Or at least they can't without giving a lot of money to companies that sell "security", and turning a school building into a high-security building. I think education funding should go to education, not to the "security" industry.

Do you work at a public high school? Have you sat in the corner of your classroom with 29 high schoolers during regularly scheduled active shooter drills? If no, then be quiet. If yes, then you are ignorant and don’t care about student safety.

Tell me something… every important building, like The White House or a Smithsonian, has emergency alarms on their non-main entrance. The church I grew up in—in a very rural area— had these as well. Please tell me, do these buildings feel like a prison to you? Or do we, as a society, think this is “prison-like”? No. We see it as a realistic safety measure to protect valuable things.

Lack of security and enforcement proves the argument that MCPS does NOT care about students or see them or their safety as valuable.

Yes.

Apparently you've forgotten what life in the US was like, before the era of mass shootings at churches and movie theaters and synagogues and grocery stores and concerts and schools and big box stores and parades and and and and and.

If only the far-right GOP would stop blocking common-sense gun reform.