Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
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Anonymous
| Our kids literally can’t get in the building quickly. That is not safe at all. |
Anonymous
The most effective thing is a big volume of parent calls. Emails are ok but calls show you are serious. If the phone rings constantly for a few days, they get the message. That's what led to the SB putting out a statement saying there were no maps last Fall on the boundary review. Even if no one picks up there should be a voicemail system. The Superintendent's number is listed and manned by a full time admin. Call there in addition to the SB. Phrasing things the way a reporter would is also something that raises their sense that there is a Big Problem. "Parents are complaining about students missing a lot of class and being less safe by just standing in a mob outside schools. Does your office have a comment?" A PP posted mentioned the equity angle. Definitely use that with the more progressive school board members. There is one member who never responded to me until I accused them of inequitable behavior and then I got *2* follow up phone calls. Get a group of friends/neighbors and all commit to making one call and one email to someone a day for the next week. |
Anonymous
| What i find sad about that is you have hundreds of kids dragging themsleves out of bed early, trying to problem solve the problem the dumbass adults have created, and being thwarted by petty admin refusing to unlock the doors before 7:40 on the dot. When the lines have been over an hour ling. |
Anonymous
| Can someone be an angel and please post the correct emails and numbers to contact? Thank you. I’m too tired to focus since we started the insanely early MS times. |
Anonymous
They were told it will take 25-30 minutes for the entire student body (this is a MS) to enter the building, so he was told they might open the doors earlier. This seems a little crazy to me. My DC's school requires students to remove laptop, umbrella and 3-ring binder from the backpack. When my DC was passing the weapon detector, DC was told to held the laptop, umbrella and 3-ring binder high above the head. The binder fell down the ground, it took several minutes to sort it out. The teacher at the weapon detector was unhappy. She kept telling kids to remove things from their backpacks and said: "I am not going to help you hold your stuff." I am not blaming her. This may not be her duty on her contract. But FCPS should at least provide some boxes like the ones used at the airport security checkpoint for student to put their stuff when passing the detector. |
Anonymous
My DC's school requires students to remove laptop, umbrella and 3-ring binder from the backpack. When my DC was passing the weapon detector, DC was told to held the laptop, umbrella and 3-ring binder high above the head. The binder fell down the ground, it took several minutes to sort it out. The teacher at the weapon detector was unhappy. She kept telling kids to remove things from their backpacks and said: "I am not going to help you hold your stuff." I am not blaming her. This may not be her duty on her contract. But FCPS should at least provide some boxes like the ones used at the airport security checkpoint for student to put their stuff when passing the detector. That’s totally f&ked up, I’m sorry. Holding heavy materials high above your head? They can fall. We need to organize and rise up and fight back. Our kids deserve better. |
Anonymous
| My DC told me that her Thermo Jar didn't trigger the detector. I put a metal fork in her lunch box today to test whether the detector will beep. The email from school didn't say no to metal forks and I packed spaghetti for my DC today. |
Anonymous
Kyle McDaniel, rkmcdaniel@fcps.edu 571-423-1090 Ilryong Moon, imoon@fcps.edu, 571-423-1089 Ryan McElveen, rlmcelveen@fcps.edu, 571-423-1091 Rachna Sizemore Heizer, rsizemorehei@fcps.edu, 571-423-1088 Robyn Lady, ralady1@fcps.edu, 571-423-1087 Marcia St. John-Cunning, mstjohncunni@fcps.edu, 571-423-1081 Melanie K. Meren, mkmeren@fcps.edu, 571-423-1082 Ricardy Anderson. rjanderson@fcps.edu, 571-423-1083 Mateo Dunne, mdunne@fcps.edu, 571-423-1086 Karl Frisch, kvfrisch@fcps.edu, 571-423-1084 Sandy Anderson, sbanderson@fcps.edu, 571-423-1080 Seema Dixit, sdixit@fcps.edu, 571-423-1085 Dr. Michelle Reid, superintendent@fcps.edu, 571-423-1010 |
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Anonymous
So girls with body jewelry are going to have to take off clothing to go through the detectors? |
Anonymous
They have to leave the school building to go back through the metal detectors according to my kid. For example, a kid has morning practice at the school, and is inside the gym, locker room, music room, theater, etc. When that ends, they leave the school, get in line, and wait to go through the detector. This is so poorly planned. |
Anonymous
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Some background info:
https://wjla.com/news/local/fairfax-county-schools-weapons-detections-west-potomac-high-school-stabbing-knife-metal-detector-school-resource-officer-fcps-security-system https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2025/06/fairfax-co-schools-planning-to-make-weapon-detectors-permanent/ In the second report, In the final weeks of the school year, Dunne said “there have been at least one or two guns that were caught in students’ backpacks being brought into a school, and there were knives and other weapons that were also detected as well.” Anyone in the pilot high school heard of the incident? It sound pretty serious, did the school call police and FBI? Any report about the investigation? |
Anonymous
This makes no sense. A pure waste of time. Student could have use the time in the line to study. |
Anonymous
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For those that ever need to their contact info:
Superintendent : mcreid@fcps.edu Chief of Schools : gjponce@fcps.edu Legal Counsel : jefoster@fcps.edu Chief of Staff : mksmith@fcps.edu Chair : karl.frisch@fcps.edu At Large : rkmcdaniel@fcps.ed At Large : rlmcelveen@fcps.edu At Large : imoon@fcps.edu Braddock : rsizemorehei@fcps.edu Hunter Mill : mkmeren@fcps.edu Dranesville : ralady1@fcps.edu Mason : rjanderson@fcps.edu Springfield : sbanderson@fcps.edu Franconia : mstjohncunni@fcps.edu Mount Vernon : mdunne@fcps.edu Sully : sdixit@fcps.edu |
Anonymous
Kids who have first period in trailers also have to wait in line for the detector in the main building, and then turn around, exit and head to the trailers. But the detectors are there only for the school day. Sports after school? No detector. Early morning meeting? no detector (but then kicked out for screening. Make it make sense! |