Social Media threats to local schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First day this week that I haven’t been annoyed that my asymptomatic, but very Covid positive, kid is at home.

ffs lady.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Tell your kid to go to school. She’s more likely to be hit by a car than get shot.

Nope. "in 2020, firearm-related injuries became the leading cause of death in that age group" for persons ages 1-19. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2201761

[Anonymous]

The odds of a child being killed in a mass school shooting in the United States are about 10 million to 1, which is similar to the odds of being killed by lightning or in an earthquake.

[Anonymous]

We kept our kid at school yesterday but a lot of parents picked their kids up early. It's unnerving but the threat wasn't credible, and our kid told us they were fine staying at school. The last thing I wanted to do was overreact and do something that might cause my kid to feel unsafe to go to school. They have to be there everyday. But every kid and family is different and it's hard to know what to do in these types of situations, so I can't fault parents for doing what they think was best yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The odds of a child being killed in a mass school shooting in the United States are about 10 million to 1, which is similar to the odds of being killed by lightning or in an earthquake.

And yet we still go inside during storms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The odds of a child being killed in a mass school shooting in the United States are about 10 million to 1, which is similar to the odds of being killed by lightning or in an earthquake.

And yet we still go inside during storms.

Not all of us live in fear.

[Anonymous]

My kid called from his DCPS MS saying it’s also the MS today. Anyone else hear about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The odds of a child being killed in a mass school shooting in the United States are about 10 million to 1, which is similar to the odds of being killed by lightning or in an earthquake.

Nobody is talking about taking their kids out of school permanently. Some parents chose to take their kids out of school on the day of a direct threat against that particular school. Kind of like choosing to go inside during a lightning storm.

[Anonymous]

This was scary. But if you are less afraid or choose to send your kid to school, go for it. And if you felt better having your kid come home, then that's what you should do. But don't judge people who came to a different conclusion than you did. This is all scary enough without this level of condescension as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Tell your kid to go to school. She’s more likely to be hit by a car than get shot.

Nope. "in 2020, firearm-related injuries became the leading cause of death in that age group" for persons ages 1-19. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2201761

Ok they are basically the same. But nobody is cowering at home because they are afraid of a car crash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was scary. But if you are less afraid or choose to send your kid to school, go for it. And if you felt better having your kid come home, then that's what you should do. But don't judge people who came to a different conclusion than you did. This is all scary enough without this level of condescension as well.

I do care. Because you idiot “the schools are unsafe!!” people managed to keep schools closed for 2 yrs last time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:BASIS is asynchronous learning tomorrow due to the threats.

So frustrating.

From the email sent, it seems asynchronous is not due to the threats per se but due to the parental consternation and disruption to the learning environment. My kid said that the intercom was basically nonstop with kids names being called for early dismissal. Kid guessed that 75% of kids left. Kid said they got very little done in classes.

I'm curious how the other schools are handling.

My kid said same thing. My kid also said that while a small few were legit scared, most were like, "Wait, I can leave early? I am so out of here!"

[Anonymous]

https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/police-15-year-old-boy-arrested-after-making-social-media-post-threatening-dc-schools/

[Anonymous]

Someone's kid just got s harsh look at internet aactions have consequences...

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/15-year-old-arrested-after-making-threats-directed-schools-dc-area-social-media

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BASIS is asynchronous learning tomorrow due to the threats.

So frustrating.

From the email sent, it seems asynchronous is not due to the threats per se but due to the parental consternation and disruption to the learning environment. My kid said that the intercom was basically nonstop with kids names being called for early dismissal. Kid guessed that 75% of kids left. Kid said they got very little done in classes.

I'm curious how the other schools are handling.

My kid said same thing. My kid also said that while a small few were legit scared, most were like, "Wait, I can leave early? I am so out of here!"

My Basis high schooler guessed that about 10% of the kids who went home left because they or their parents were genuinely worried, the other 90% either because it was a chance to leave or because the figured the learning environment would be useless anyway with so many other kids leaving. (My kid was in the “useless to stay” group.)