Alexandria City Council to end SRO program at ACPS

[Anonymous]

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procedure at at ACPS schools?


Yes - my elementary age special needs child was interrogated by a APD officer when at school without ACPS providing us actual notice. ACPS’ actions did violate school policy.


That's awful. Was it an SRO, or an APD officer that was not an SRO? Our ACPS elementary did not have an SRO.


Thanks. It was an APD officer who was not a SRO.

That's insane. My son's friend was assaulted by other kids at Maury, and APS was NOT called. I am guessing that whatever the incident that led the police to be called for your disabled child was LESS serious than that, not more. Unacceptable.

Why would the police be called because a couple 8 year olds had a shoving match?

My child allegedly made a threatening statement to a fellow student who we later discovered had been bullying him. Before the police interrogation, the Vice Principal had determined my son’s statement was a transient threat and my son had been permitted to return to class. My son was pulled out of class for the interrogation.

Who called the police? Why were the police permitted to do this? What was the explanation for you not being called? It's crazy and outrageous!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The above poster seems only to have seen the uniform, which is exactly the type of intolerance that we're supposed to be working against. It reflects poorly on all adults in our school community when someone spouts that type of bias to children.

The students at our school respect our SRO and appreciate the SRO's presence in our building. As another poster pointed out, students are worried about violence against them by an outsider and the students find the presence of an SRO reassuring and calming.

I don’t spout any bias to children dummy. You think I’m sitting in class ever talking about the SRO? Uh no.

Uh, potty mouth, you are a BAD reflection on ACPS with your name-calling and intolerance. If you are actually a teacher then you should be ashamed of yourself because I know I am ashamed of you. You do not represent the teachers of ACPS well and it is embarrassing that you're here presenting yourself the way you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

procedure at at ACPS schools?


Yes - my elementary age special needs child was interrogated by a APD officer when at school without ACPS providing us actual notice. ACPS’ actions did violate school policy.


That's awful. Was it an SRO, or an APD officer that was not an SRO? Our ACPS elementary did not have an SRO.


Thanks. It was an APD officer who was not a SRO.

That's insane. My son's friend was assaulted by other kids at Maury, and APS was NOT called. I am guessing that whatever the incident that led the police to be called for your disabled child was LESS serious than that, not more. Unacceptable.

Why would the police be called because a couple 8 year olds had a shoving match?

My child allegedly made a threatening statement to a fellow student who we later discovered had been bullying him. Before the police interrogation, the Vice Principal had determined my son’s statement was a transient threat and my son had been permitted to return to class. My son was pulled out of class for the interrogation.

Who called the police? Why were the police permitted to do this? What was the explanation for you not being called? It's crazy and outrageous!

Per the documents I obtained via FOIA, ACPS security (John Contreas) directed the vice principal to call the police. The school left a voice mail for my spouse but I was never called. No one ever provided an explanation why the questioning proceeded without actual notice to either my spouse or me. To be fair, ACPS has since bolstered its policies to require actual contact with parents prior to police questioning in this type of circumstances.

[Anonymous]

That's insane. My son's friend was assaulted by other kids at Maury, and APS was NOT called. I am guessing that whatever the incident that led the police to be called for your disabled child was LESS serious than that, not more. Unacceptable.


Why would the police be called because a couple 8 year olds had a shoving match?

It wasn't a shoving match, they cornered the kid and were kicking and punching him. And they were 10 and 11, and he was disabled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

That's insane. My son's friend was assaulted by other kids at Maury, and APS was NOT called. I am guessing that whatever the incident that led the police to be called for your disabled child was LESS serious than that, not more. Unacceptable.


Why would the police be called because a couple 8 year olds had a shoving match?

It wasn't a shoving match, they cornered the kid and were kicking and punching him. And they were 10 and 11, and he was disabled.

Wait- are you the Maury parent? Someone claiming to be you is telling a very different story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's insane. My son's friend was assaulted by other kids at Maury, and APS was NOT called. I am guessing that whatever the incident that led the police to be called for your disabled child was LESS serious than that, not more. Unacceptable.


Why would the police be called because a couple 8 year olds had a shoving match?

It wasn't a shoving match, they cornered the kid and were kicking and punching him. And they were 10 and 11, and he was disabled.

Wait- are you the Maury parent? Someone claiming to be you is telling a very different story.

I'm pretty sure there are two separate incidents being discussed.

1) PP's child with special needs made a threat and was interrogated by APD
2) Students were beating a special needs student and APD was called.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That's insane. My son's friend was assaulted by other kids at Maury, and APS was NOT called. I am guessing that whatever the incident that led the police to be called for your disabled child was LESS serious than that, not more. Unacceptable.


Why would the police be called because a couple 8 year olds had a shoving match?

It wasn't a shoving match, they cornered the kid and were kicking and punching him. And they were 10 and 11, and he was disabled.

Wait- are you the Maury parent? Someone claiming to be you is telling a very different story.

I'm pretty sure there are two separate incidents being discussed.

1) PP's child with special needs made a threat and was interrogated by APD
2) Students were beating a special needs student and APD was called.

I am one of the PPs. Yes. These were separate incidents involving different students at different schools.

[Anonymous]

2) Students were beating a special needs student and APD was called.

Yes, separate incidents but the point was that a APD was NOT callled when a student with disabilities was assaulted, but WAS called when a student with disabilities allegedly made a threat. This does not seem proportional or fair.

[Anonymous]

Why weren't the police called when the PTA president's kid attacked another student?

How was she offered a spot on the PTAC after publicly celebrating violence on a child?

I mean, seriously, WTF?