Social Media threats to local schools

[Anonymous]

My kid won’t go to school tomorrow- she is rattled. This is so messed up. JR actually had an incident where a student brought a handgun to school. What kind of country are we that people think it’s funny to post sick things about shootings and that kids have such easy access to firearms? The security staff at the schools need much better pay for protecting our kids from crazy people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

You the same type to say “thoughts and prayers” when kindergarteners get gunned down?

I think we as a society have grown too numb to gun violence in our schools. The folks calling parents “insane” for choosing to comfort their scared children are part of the problem. Stop shaming people for having a normal human reaction to a terroristic threat of violence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter sent me a screenshot. Looks like an M-16 type machine gun and a handgun on a bed spread with a hand extended holding out the middle finger. Text over the photo names the schools cited above with the message: "Be on your toes."

That is terrifying.

I know our school is locked down, but is anyone considing picking their kid up early?

No. They are safer in school today with police presence than they are on any other random day.

As we have seen time and time again, police are worthless in these situations. Cops are typically cowards.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

You the same type to say “thoughts and prayers” when kindergarteners get gunned down?

I think we as a society have grown too numb to gun violence in our schools. The folks calling parents “insane” for choosing to comfort their scared children are part of the problem. Stop shaming people for having a normal human reaction to a terroristic threat of violence.

No, not at all. I am actually pro-gun control. I don’t think the average citizen should be allowed to own anything beyond a hunting rifle. Hand guns and automatics should be banned.

I provided a disclaimer. But the statistics do not support pulling your child out of school. It also feeds into their fears. As I mentioned, I had bomb threats and death threats at my house growing up due to a parent’s job. It was something we were aware of and took extra precautions but it largely didn’t interrupt our lives, which is good because nothing came from the threats. You cannot live your life in fear.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

You the same type to say “thoughts and prayers” when kindergarteners get gunned down?

I think we as a society have grown too numb to gun violence in our schools. The folks calling parents “insane” for choosing to comfort their scared children are part of the problem. Stop shaming people for having a normal human reaction to a terroristic threat of violence.

No, not at all. I am actually pro-gun control. I don’t think the average citizen should be allowed to own anything beyond a hunting rifle. Hand guns and automatics should be banned.

I provided a disclaimer. But the statistics do not support pulling your child out of school. It also feeds into their fears. As I mentioned, I had bomb threats and death threats at my house growing up due to a parent’s job. It was something we were aware of and took extra precautions but it largely didn’t interrupt our lives, which is good because nothing came from the threats. You cannot live your life in fear.

You have no idea what is going on in other families. Maybe they have a child with high anxiety. Maybe they lost a loved one to gun violence and it’s just too much. Maybe they decided they didn’t want their kid to have to sit around wondering wtf was going on in their very disrupted school day.

Worry about yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

You the same type to say “thoughts and prayers” when kindergarteners get gunned down?

I think we as a society have grown too numb to gun violence in our schools. The folks calling parents “insane” for choosing to comfort their scared children are part of the problem. Stop shaming people for having a normal human reaction to a terroristic threat of violence.

No, not at all. I am actually pro-gun control. I don’t think the average citizen should be allowed to own anything beyond a hunting rifle. Hand guns and automatics should be banned.

I provided a disclaimer. But the statistics do not support pulling your child out of school. It also feeds into their fears. As I mentioned, I had bomb threats and death threats at my house growing up due to a parent’s job. It was something we were aware of and took extra precautions but it largely didn’t interrupt our lives, which is good because nothing came from the threats. You cannot live your life in fear.

You have no idea what is going on in other families. Maybe they have a child with high anxiety. Maybe they lost a loved one to gun violence and it’s just too much. Maybe they decided they didn’t want their kid to have to sit around wondering wtf was going on in their very disrupted school day.

Worry about yourself.

Ok. Live in fear.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m a DCPS parent and local journalist. Can someone verify/share the screenshot?

Check here:
https://x.com/RealTimeNews10

And here
https://x.com/killmoenetwork/status/1836799065822052467

He used the n word

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Maybe it will also be too much for the admins who are evaluated based on student attendance. When they get tired of the bad attendance maybe they will figure out how to handle these situations better. It’s not like murder of hundreds have kids has motivated anyone to care.

[Anonymous]

What schools other than Basis are asynchronous today?

[Anonymous]

First day this week that I haven’t been annoyed that my asymptomatic, but very Covid positive, kid is at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

I grew up with bomb threats too. The difference is that there weren't rapid school shootings when I went to elementary, middle or high school and I doubt there were when you went either. Today, school shootings are being reported multiple times per year.

Here go a couple of stats to keep in mind:
- Since the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, more than 338,000 students in the U.S. have experienced gun violence at -- There were more school shootings in 2022 – 46 – than in any year since Columbine. This mirrored America’s broader rise in gun violence as it emerged from the pandemic.

We'd all like to live in the good times of our own past. But the kids today are living in a world where school shootings happen more than they ever had before. This is a new normal. And it is terrifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid won’t go to school tomorrow- she is rattled. This is so messed up. JR actually had an incident where a student brought a handgun to school. What kind of country are we that people think it’s funny to post sick things about shootings and that kids have such easy access to firearms? The security staff at the schools need much better pay for protecting our kids from crazy people.

Tell your kid to go to school. She’s more likely to be hit by a car than get shot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

You the same type to say “thoughts and prayers” when kindergarteners get gunned down?

I think we as a society have grown too numb to gun violence in our schools. The folks calling parents “insane” for choosing to comfort their scared children are part of the problem. Stop shaming people for having a normal human reaction to a terroristic threat of violence.

letting a kid stay home because of a threat deemed unsubstantial by the school is not comforting them - it is enabling anxiety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid is at MacArthur and a bunch were picked up early by their parents. This is too much for kids.

Seems like it’s too much for the parents.

Insane parents. I grew up with bomb and death threats so I’m perhaps not the best judge in these situations but my kids are going to school and life is normal.

You the same type to say “thoughts and prayers” when kindergarteners get gunned down?

I think we as a society have grown too numb to gun violence in our schools. The folks calling parents “insane” for choosing to comfort their scared children are part of the problem. Stop shaming people for having a normal human reaction to a terroristic threat of violence.

No, not at all. I am actually pro-gun control. I don’t think the average citizen should be allowed to own anything beyond a hunting rifle. Hand guns and automatics should be banned.

I provided a disclaimer. But the statistics do not support pulling your child out of school. It also feeds into their fears. As I mentioned, I had bomb threats and death threats at my house growing up due to a parent’s job. It was something we were aware of and took extra precautions but it largely didn’t interrupt our lives, which is good because nothing came from the threats. You cannot live your life in fear.

You have no idea what is going on in other families. Maybe they have a child with high anxiety. Maybe they lost a loved one to gun violence and it’s just too much. Maybe they decided they didn’t want their kid to have to sit around wondering wtf was going on in their very disrupted school day.

Worry about yourself.

DP. Accomodating anxiety like this isn’t therapeutic. It’s more important for the anxious kid to go to school.