Anyone considering private/home school due to mass shootings?

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Move to Canada....or basically any other country in the world (except Yemen).

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Actually according to DH the school where the shooting occurred was in a wealthy part of town - he said he used to be jealous of students who went here - so no money does not insulate from shooters.

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Anonymous wrote:no, I have not changed anything due to school violence, but I was thinking today that my kids' private in Los Angles has security, and those guys are (super-nice) bad-asses with guns, former LAPD.

I was contemplating taking them boxes of See's Candies (west-coast chocolates) today to thank them because I do believe they stand in the way of this danger and are trained, equipped, and committed to stop anything like this. Of course nothing is perfect, but certainly there are easier targets and harder targets, and the idea is to be a harder target.

In our old school, with no dedicated security (just a security company, like we have) parents raised $ to replace the doors with bulletproof doors. It is a Catholic, and it's tricky because in our Archdiocese (not east coast) has to spread the wealth around all their schools, so politically it's hard to get any kind of major upgrade. So the parents just went outside the system and raised the money themselves; and we have some contractor dads who got good prices and could install. There are things you can do, OP.

Stoneman Douglas high school had armed security officers on duty yesterday. Columbine also had armed security officers.

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Anonymous wrote:All I want to do after yet another school shooting is to pull my kids from public school and put them....where? private school? home school them? in a bubble? Anyone pull their kids from public as a result of the violence? Where did you put them?

Gun violence doesn't happen just at school. It happens at restaurants, concerts, gas stations, stores, homes.

And don't forget movie theaters and shopping malls.

There's a reason countries in Europe have put a travel advisory on the US to be careful of all the violence in this country. A small minority of selfish gunowners is holding our country hostage.

And stay away from large public events in Europe, unless you don't mind getting ran over by a homicidal maniac in a tractor trailer!

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Anonymous wrote:My former private school at gun incidents in the 80s. Unless they have super duper security, it won't be any better and may be worse than public.

I remember in VB in the 80’s there was a shooting in a private school. A teacher was killed and several students injured. It never made it beyond the local news though.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid is more likely to die in a car accident. Do you plan to never allow them in a car?

Agree with previous poster, work towards gun control. The US is the only developed country with this problem.

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Guys I’m just as horrified by this shooting as anyone else, but don’t you people understand risk?
Forget car crashes. Your kid is more likely to die in a playground accident than die at the hand of a school shooter.

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My kids are grown. If I had kids in school today, I would probably homeschool.

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No. It's not an effective, risk-informed safety measure and in my view would be a response out of line with the threat. Furthermore, I see no good - and some potential pitfalls - that can come from letting fear shape my decisions in a way that leads to drastic knee-jerk reactions. I have pretty much lived my entire life with the basic guiding principle "don't let anyone see you sweat or know if they've managed to ruffle you" and since it's served me well so far I'm not inclined to change it now.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid is more likely to die in a car accident. Do you plan to never allow them in a car?

Agree with previous poster, work towards gun control. The US is the only developed country with this problem.

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Guys I’m just as horrified by this shooting as anyone else, but don’t you people understand risk?
Forget car crashes. Your kid is more likely to die in a playground accident than die at the hand of a school shooter.

Umm, I'm not so sure that is true.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid is more likely to die in a car accident. Do you plan to never allow them in a car?

Agree with previous poster, work towards gun control. The US is the only developed country with this problem.

+1
Guys I’m just as horrified by this shooting as anyone else, but don’t you people understand risk?
Forget car crashes. Your kid is more likely to die in a playground accident than die at the hand of a school shooter.

Umm, I'm not so sure that is true.

Then I suggest you do a google search for some of these statistics and educate yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are grown. If I had kids in school today, I would probably homeschool.

And I assume that if you were still raising kids you would not allow them to ride in cars?

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OP- That was my first thought. DC went to private K-8 and is now in public magnet 9th. I just wonder if we made the right decision.

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Anonymous wrote:My kids are grown. If I had kids in school today, I would probably homeschool.

And I assume that if you were still raising kids you would not allow them to ride in cars?

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Anonymous wrote:School shootings aren't the only or even main reason why we've decided to homeschool, and mass shootings could happen anywhere, but on days like this I'm definitely relieved that my kids aren't going to traditional school.

Until they ban automatic and semi-automatic weapons, I really think the situation is going to continue to get worse.

P.S. To the PP who was anxious about college with homeschooling, I'll say FWIW that we're not worried about that at all. We have PhD/Masters ourselves and absolutely intend for our kids to go to college, and a highly rated one at that. You just need to keep that in mind as your plan to make sure you check all the boxes and do the appropriate prep along the way.

Just FYI: Automatic weapons are banned, although people can buy bump stocks that convert semi-automatic weapons to fully automatic weapons. Semi-automatic weapons used to be banned, but the ban expired in 2004. And yes, mass shootings increased after that. Efforts to reinstate the ban or something similar failed.

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Anonymous wrote:OP- That was my first thought. DC went to private K-8 and is now in public magnet 9th. I just wonder if we made the right decision.

Why? Throwing money around doesn't solve the problem. You realize this is a really well to do town, right? As were Newtown and Colombine. The parents sending kids to this district could just as easily have afforded private -- including the shooter's mom. So then he would've been disgruntled at being kicked out of his private and done the same thing. I don't get why everyone on DCUM always thinks if you spend more, it fixes everything.