What's going on at Wootton

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have specific, credible info about why the police presence at Wootton? Was the school on lock down? Any communication from the school?

If you have a kid there, are you able to contact them to find out? Or their teacher? Or front office, if school hasn't already put out message? Or maybe message approval process at Central Office (CO) is delayed today due to several threats called in to area schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they have "medical lockdowns"?

I'm out of state.

Our school does medical lockdowns when special needs kids act out/have wellness issues and have to be removed medically or seriously restrained. So they can be discreetly removed from school.

Also oddly when someone got angry and either took a crap in the hall or put crap in the hall.

I live in MC suburbia. It's neither a bad nor an idyllic area.

Yes, MCPS does this. But it doesn't draw a lot of police presence. (Maybe one police and otherwise medical personnel.)

Clearly, if this was all police and no ambulance, then it was a different type of 'personal' emergency. Given that it wasn't a threat and was about a personal issue there's nothing more to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we hold parents accountable when their children are caught swatting schools? I understand that a young person age 12 was caught in recent months for swatting schools, but he could not be held accountable due to his young age.

They should charge both the 12 year old as an adult as if they are old enough to behave like that they are old enough for consequences and their parents. Enough is enough.

[Anonymous]

Yes "medical shelter in place" is a thing. For example, if a kid has a seizure in the hallway, Classes shelter in place to keep the hallways clear for EMTs and it provides privacy for the kid (or staff member) experiencing a medical emergency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have specific, credible info about why the police presence at Wootton? Was the school on lock down? Any communication from the school?

I’m credible. But this is an anonymous forum. I posted earlier it was a specific incident involving a staff member. No students were threatened. or ever in danger. There was no lockdown because it wasn’t necessary. I can’t give the specifics of the incident because it’s personal and that’s wrong imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes "medical shelter in place" is a thing. For example, if a kid has a seizure in the hallway, Classes shelter in place to keep the hallways clear for EMTs and it provides privacy for the kid (or staff member) experiencing a medical emergency.

This has happened at my kid's mcps high school.