Student attacked with taser in Oakton HS locker room

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oakton freshman parent here. Some of you are completely nuts. Yes, it was a horrible. Yes, I would be furious if this happened or DS participated in this assault. Jesus, the school has 2800 students. Unfortunately horrible instances like this can and do occur. Bullying sucks, but my God, "sue them" and "imprison the perpetrators"..."fire the administration"..."I'm moving". You guys are infants. Get out of your Pilate classes and dinners at "the club". Welcome to the real world.

So if your kid is walking down the street and a group of teens from another school attacks him with a taser and filmed it, you wouldn't call the police? You'd just suck it up, that's life? Ok then.

[Anonymous]

From next-door "the attacker was given 30 days suspension! There were no criminal charges against him. They seem to believe that this leniency was due to having wealthy and powerful parents. I have no way to confirm the truthfulness of what we learned but if we don't hear any updates on the news, it might have some truth to it." And then this " A long suspension (10+ days) is usually given by the schools to keep a student out while they wait for the hearings office to make an expulsion decision, which, by the way, the schools themselves don’t ever get to decide."

[Anonymous]

From the next door app it is titled

Oakton H.S. Incident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From next-door "the attacker was given 30 days suspension! There were no criminal charges against him. They seem to believe that this leniency was due to having wealthy and powerful parents. I have no way to confirm the truthfulness of what we learned but if we don't hear any updates on the news, it might have some truth to it." And then this " A long suspension (10+ days) is usually given by the schools to keep a student out while they wait for the hearings office to make an expulsion decision, which, by the way, the schools themselves don’t ever get to decide."

This is outrageous!

[Anonymous]

No one knows who knows what or who knows who-it is so crazy! I do know the names but won’t spill the tea first. Just about Every freshman at oakton and surrounding high schools with split feeders that feed to oakton knows the names. It was all over Snapchat.

[Anonymous]

Public schools are a lost cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the irony here is that my 4th grader with Aspergers and PTSD just got a longer suspension than these kids for pushing a teacher out of his way so he could run away during a lockdown drill. He has an IEP and is supposed to be able to go to his “safe place” when he is having a panic attack. But in this case since they were practicing hiding from active shooters he wasn’t allowed.

Wow, just wow.

Lawyer up.

There is no way they would win. Even the parents of those poor non-verbal kids who were abused over years at Scott Bloom’s school will likely never see a penny.

[Anonymous]

^Agreed. However, there IS video/audio evidence that the perps were aware of (is admissible). The parents WILL win a civil suit against ALL the involved boys’ families. Not sure that this would be a claim paid out by insurance, or covered by an umbrella, as it is a premeditated attack with a deadly weapon. A stun gun can be deadly. Of course, neighborhoods are going to be split-although I predict most folks will side with the victim. In the end, the victim and his family will be paid an undisclosed by high amount. Much of which will be didn’t on family and individual counseling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^Agreed. However, there IS video/audio evidence that the perps were aware of (is admissible). The parents WILL win a civil suit against ALL the involved boys’ families. Not sure that this would be a claim paid out by insurance, or covered by an umbrella, as it is a premeditated attack with a deadly weapon. A stun gun can be deadly. Of course, neighborhoods are going to be split-although I predict most folks will side with the victim. In the end, the victim and his family will be paid an undisclosed by high amount. Much of which will be didn’t on family and individual counseling.

This seems to suggest the boys’ parents won’t have civil liability under Virginia law. I get the impression there are a few posters on this thread talking out of their rear ends because they like to gossip and speculate about how catastrophic this will all be for some of the families and/or FCPS.

https://www.allenandallen.com/can-parents-be-held-financially-responsible-for-their-childrens-actions/

[Anonymous]

^^Did you even read the link you posted.? Wont be hard to prove negligence on behalf of the adults. It will be a windfall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^Agreed. However, there IS video/audio evidence that the perps were aware of (is admissible). The parents WILL win a civil suit against ALL the involved boys’ families. Not sure that this would be a claim paid out by insurance, or covered by an umbrella, as it is a premeditated attack with a deadly weapon. A stun gun can be deadly. Of course, neighborhoods are going to be split-although I predict most folks will side with the victim. In the end, the victim and his family will be paid an undisclosed by high amount. Much of which will be didn’t on family and individual counseling.

IF the one month suspension story is true:

As near as I can tell, this is an individual decision made by the superintendent alone. If it really was just a slap on the wrist suspension tell the board you are unhappy/angry/outraged. It’s not some disinterested thing where they are merely carrying out a prescribed punishment. They made the decision and they should have to justify it. It’s a public assault that merited a letter to the entire school. Now they need to publicly justify such a lenient punishment. It is no deterrent at all.

Here’s the takeaway, if the punishment really is just a month suspension: students can bring prohibited, expulsion-worthy weapons to school, attack your child with it, and get nothing more than a month home from school to play video games. And they get to stay anonymous too.Look forward to more of the same now that everyone knows what they can get away with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^Did you even read the link you posted.? Wont be hard to prove negligence on behalf of the adults. It will be a windfall.

You are delusional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton freshman parent here. Some of you are completely nuts. Yes, it was a horrible. Yes, I would be furious if this happened or DS participated in this assault. Jesus, the school has 2800 students. Unfortunately horrible instances like this can and do occur. Bullying sucks, but my God, "sue them" and "imprison the perpetrators"..."fire the administration"..."I'm moving". You guys are infants. Get out of your Pilate classes and dinners at "the club". Welcome to the real world.

So if your kid is walking down the street and a group of teens from another school attacks him with a taser and filmed it, you wouldn't call the police? You'd just suck it up, that's life? Ok then.

No. I would call the police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton freshman parent here. Some of you are completely nuts. Yes, it was a horrible. Yes, I would be furious if this happened or DS participated in this assault. Jesus, the school has 2800 students. Unfortunately horrible instances like this can and do occur. Bullying sucks, but my God, "sue them" and "imprison the perpetrators"..."fire the administration"..."I'm moving". You guys are infants. Get out of your Pilate classes and dinners at "the club". Welcome to the real world.

So if your kid is walking down the street and a group of teens from another school attacks him with a taser and filmed it, you wouldn't call the police? You'd just suck it up, that's life? Ok then.

No. I would call the police.

Which would then impose consequences like the ones you are brushing off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oakton freshman parent here. Some of you are completely nuts. Yes, it was a horrible. Yes, I would be furious if this happened or DS participated in this assault. Jesus, the school has 2800 students. Unfortunately horrible instances like this can and do occur. Bullying sucks, but my God, "sue them" and "imprison the perpetrators"..."fire the administration"..."I'm moving". You guys are infants. Get out of your Pilate classes and dinners at "the club". Welcome to the real world.

So if your kid is walking down the street and a group of teens from another school attacks him with a taser and filmed it, you wouldn't call the police? You'd just suck it up, that's life? Ok then.

No. I would call the police.

Which would then impose consequences like the ones you are brushing off.

Whar consequences are being brushed off? I referenced parents seeking civil litigation, prison time, firings and relocation.