Whitman being evacuated

[Anonymous]

Time for the Whitman principal to call a meeting to discuss this with the parents. This can't just be that email and nothing more. It just can't be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Time for the Whitman principal to call a meeting to discuss this with the parents. This can't just be that email and nothing more. It just can't be.

The admin may call for unity and inclusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Time for the Whitman principal to call a meeting to discuss this with the parents. This can't just be that email and nothing more. It just can't be.

What for? This was nothing more than an altercation between two students. One was arrested. Sure, review policies to see if something could have been done differently, but community meetings? What purpose would that serve?

[Anonymous]

Witnesses report he also took a swing at the teacher with frying pan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

What are you talking about? Whitman, and MCPS, can't deny an education to the kids who are resident in the district just because they live in a group home. It's a public school. Are you suggesting metal detectors or other security? Whitman can't do much outside of what is allowed by the county. I think they are allowed to pay for security for things like football games but are not allowed to pay for additional personnel outside of what's allowed by the county. A metal detector would have to be manned in order to be an effective deterrent. Instead of being a drama queen be specific about what you think the school specific solution is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

Adult was also a student.

Go take a *xanax* (or have a "drink").

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

What is bland and misleading about saying a student was assaulted, and the person who did it was arrested?
Because that is what the e-mail said.

[Anonymous]

I love that he attacked the other student the same way my grandmother attacked my philandering grandfather. Points for originality and keeping it real!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

Yes, just absolutely shocking that we would just let anybody into our neighborhood schools, just shocking. Thanks Montgomery County voters! Good job!

[Anonymous]

Racist and classist hysteria aside. It is fair to ask if the school is prepared to service and supervise students in this level of crisis. Simply calling them troubled in insufficient if it is the Greetree Program.

The school and inpatient psychiatric program may very well be prepared. However, it us not inappropriate to use this as an opportunity to ask.

[Anonymous]

[url]https://theblackandwhite.net/65112/news/whitman-forced-to-evacuate-after-student-assault/

from Whitman Student new paper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is the fire alarm pulling an "incident". Seems like that was good thinking by the student to get others to evacuate.

Not good thinking. The shooter in Parkland activated the fire alarm to get more targets out in the open. Pulling the fire alarm for anything other than a fire is actually very dangerous.

Good point, though I don't expect students, especially in a state of panic, to consider this. In other words, the student pulling the fire alarm was probably trying to help not harm.

[Anonymous]

From what I heard, the suspect has been in altercations before.

The overall issue with school violence in MCPS is that they closed down the school for students with behavioral problems (Twain) a couple years ago, to much fanfare. Now, students with issues who are a threat are just shifted around between schools. In the Damascus rape case, the ringleader was on his third high school by that point, since that's all they can do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is completely and utterly unacceptable.

For Whitman (or MCPS) to allow an individual with this background to attend high school without proper supervision is shocking and a dereliction of duty (at best).

This individual (a legal adult) apparently hit a student (a child) in the head with that metal frying pan. Using it in that way makes it a deadly weapon. Yes, we can thank god it wasn't a different type of weapon, but none of that excuses allowing *this* weapon to make it into the school. The trauma inflicted as other students hear/saw the commotion - and the ensuing chaos is unacceptable. The bland, misleading email from the school -- clearly intended to downplay the incident - is a shocking and unacceptable insult to injury to the entire community.

No Whitman, this is not ok. You have failed the students of this school. It is ONLY by sheer grace and luck that this wasn't much, much worse.

Maybe start talking about protecting the students - not the rights of an *adult* with a dangerous background - during "One Whitman" and the counselors breakfast. Maybe that would help with the stress at the school.

Good luck with that.

Parents at Rockville HS tried to get this message across but were thoroughly shut down by MCPS. You’re not allowed to question why it’s a bad idea to have adult students mixed in with children because it makes you a racist jerk.

[Anonymous]

He faces up to 25 years but. I way he gets that