1st Day of Metal Detectors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m thrilled about these metal or weapon detectors and they should be at every single middle school in high school in the county. Other counties use them for school safety. They do work. It’s known to cut down on vapes and can prevent a weapon from coming into the school. Why wouldn’t you want that? These are serious issues that affect all students at all schools. The lines will get shorter and the kinks will get worked out. Safety is the number one priority and these are needed at every single middle school in high school. It’s terrible it’s taken FCPS this long. There was just a school stabbing! Vaping is at an all-time high, which kids get at school. Thank you FCPS for starting this process and please get more weapons detectors and better school security measures.

How do they detect vapes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m thrilled about these metal or weapon detectors and they should be at every single middle school in high school in the county. Other counties use them for school safety. They do work. It’s known to cut down on vapes and can prevent a weapon from coming into the school. Why wouldn’t you want that? These are serious issues that affect all students at all schools. The lines will get shorter and the kinks will get worked out. Safety is the number one priority and these are needed at every single middle school in high school. It’s terrible it’s taken FCPS this long. There was just a school stabbing! Vaping is at an all-time high, which kids get at school. Thank you FCPS for starting this process and please get more weapons detectors and better school security measures.

Here's the thing, if it was really about security, it would be required for everyone at all events at the schools. They aren't planning to have these at Back to School night, Football games, Volleyball games, Spring musical, Art show, community use, etc. It is just for show. Teachers do not have to go through, they just use another door.

Agree. Why on earth would they purchase a system that requires students to take their laptops out of their bags and hand them to a staff member? I mean get some freaking common sense people. At the mega-schools, there is simply no way to get all the students through in a reasonable time.

[Anonymous]

They don't detect vapes, according to the student rumor mill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m thrilled about these metal or weapon detectors and they should be at every single middle school in high school in the county. Other counties use them for school safety. They do work. It’s known to cut down on vapes and can prevent a weapon from coming into the school. Why wouldn’t you want that? These are serious issues that affect all students at all schools. The lines will get shorter and the kinks will get worked out. Safety is the number one priority and these are needed at every single middle school in high school. It’s terrible it’s taken FCPS this long. There was just a school stabbing! Vaping is at an all-time high, which kids get at school. Thank you FCPS for starting this process and please get more weapons detectors and better school security measures.

Nonsense. Any kid who wants to smuggle anything into school will simply go around the metal detectors. They only have them at one door and only operating during arrival. This is security theater and punishes all the kids for no reason.

My son's swiss army knife was not detected BTW.

My daughter had scissors and it did not detect it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m thrilled about these metal or weapon detectors and they should be at every single middle school in high school in the county. Other counties use them for school safety. They do work. It’s known to cut down on vapes and can prevent a weapon from coming into the school. Why wouldn’t you want that? These are serious issues that affect all students at all schools. The lines will get shorter and the kinks will get worked out. Safety is the number one priority and these are needed at every single middle school in high school. It’s terrible it’s taken FCPS this long. There was just a school stabbing! Vaping is at an all-time high, which kids get at school. Thank you FCPS for starting this process and please get more weapons detectors and better school security measures.

How do they detect vapes?

They don't

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m thrilled about these metal or weapon detectors and they should be at every single middle school in high school in the county. Other counties use them for school safety. They do work. It’s known to cut down on vapes and can prevent a weapon from coming into the school. Why wouldn’t you want that? These are serious issues that affect all students at all schools. The lines will get shorter and the kinks will get worked out. Safety is the number one priority and these are needed at every single middle school in high school. It’s terrible it’s taken FCPS this long. There was just a school stabbing! Vaping is at an all-time high, which kids get at school. Thank you FCPS for starting this process and please get more weapons detectors and better school security measures.

How do they detect vapes?

They don't. FCPS has been clear that the purpose is to detect weapons that could cause "mass casualty" like guns or larger knives. Nevermind that any high schooler could simply walk into their school after hours though various doors for the myraid activities that happen after dismissal and hide a weapon to be used the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:South Lakes had the first day of metal detectors. The lines were really long because students had to basically go through them TSA style. It wasn’t until about 30 minutes into the first class period of the day that everyone finally made it through. Some kids had IB testing today.

Has anyone else experienced this at their high school? Why would the principal do this during SOL/IB testing season. And is this even sustainable? 2500 kids through 4 lanes where they had to unload laptops and 3 ring binders before walking through. Then pack back up before heading to class. SMH.

Thanks to Fairfax county's sanctuary policies, this school is one of the worst. It may be called South lakes but it really should be called South American gang land home. This is a place that is dangerous full of drugs full of illegal migrants and full of gangs. It is no surprise that this has happened, but this is what happens when you have the liberal left in charge of the county, let alone Fairfax county public schools. I recommend that Fairfax county implement the administration of Trump's federal guidelines to help reduce the overhead of undocumented migrants attending Fairfax county schools, which would help the budget, help the school and help the safety. You have been warned this is a danger and it will continue to get worse

[Anonymous]

If this can prevent (or deter) just one school shooting, it's worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this can prevent (or deter) just one school shooting, it's worth it.

But...it won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If this can prevent (or deter) just one school shooting, it's worth it.

Kids standing in line for an hour every morning missing instructional time? Who chose a system that requires laptops, three ring binders, epipens, wire notebooks to all be pulled out? For 2800 kids thru one door?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be at all High Schools starting next year at the beginning of the day.

The detectors will pick up a large metal object (like a laptop or a gun). They will not pick up a weapon the size of the knife that was used in the recent stabbing.

They will require at least two staff members to monitor them. Not answer yet on whether they will use them for students who enter the building outside of the beginning of school.

Yes, this is entirely security theater. Expensive security theater.

Are you sure they will be at every high school? Even schools like Langley, McLean, Oakton, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m thrilled about these metal or weapon detectors and they should be at every single middle school in high school in the county. Other counties use them for school safety. They do work. It’s known to cut down on vapes and can prevent a weapon from coming into the school. Why wouldn’t you want that? These are serious issues that affect all students at all schools. The lines will get shorter and the kinks will get worked out. Safety is the number one priority and these are needed at every single middle school in high school. It’s terrible it’s taken FCPS this long. There was just a school stabbing! Vaping is at an all-time high, which kids get at school. Thank you FCPS for starting this process and please get more weapons detectors and better school security measures.

Nonsense. Any kid who wants to smuggle anything into school will simply go around the metal detectors. They only have them at one door and only operating during arrival. This is security theater and punishes all the kids for no reason.

My son's swiss army knife was not detected BTW.

Why is your future serial killer bringing a knife to school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be at all High Schools starting next year at the beginning of the day.

The detectors will pick up a large metal object (like a laptop or a gun). They will not pick up a weapon the size of the knife that was used in the recent stabbing.

They will require at least two staff members to monitor them. Not answer yet on whether they will use them for students who enter the building outside of the beginning of school.

Yes, this is entirely security theater. Expensive security theater.

Are you sure they will be at every high school? Even schools like Langley, McLean, Oakton, etc.?

DP. Yes, every single FCPS high school will have them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be at all High Schools starting next year at the beginning of the day.

The detectors will pick up a large metal object (like a laptop or a gun). They will not pick up a weapon the size of the knife that was used in the recent stabbing.

They will require at least two staff members to monitor them. Not answer yet on whether they will use them for students who enter the building outside of the beginning of school.

Yes, this is entirely security theater. Expensive security theater.

Are you sure they will be at every high school? Even schools like Langley, McLean, Oakton, etc.?

LMAO! Excellent trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:South Lakes had the first day of metal detectors. The lines were really long because students had to basically go through them TSA style. It wasn’t until about 30 minutes into the first class period of the day that everyone finally made it through. Some kids had IB testing today.

Has anyone else experienced this at their high school? Why would the principal do this during SOL/IB testing season. And is this even sustainable? 2500 kids through 4 lanes where they had to unload laptops and 3 ring binders before walking through. Then pack back up before heading to class. SMH.

Thanks to Fairfax county's sanctuary policies, this school is one of the worst. It may be called South lakes but it really should be called South American gang land home. This is a place that is dangerous full of drugs full of illegal migrants and full of gangs. It is no surprise that this has happened, but this is what happens when you have the liberal left in charge of the county, let alone Fairfax county public schools. I recommend that Fairfax county implement the administration of Trump's federal guidelines to help reduce the overhead of undocumented migrants attending Fairfax county schools, which would help the budget, help the school and help the safety. You have been warned this is a danger and it will continue to get worse

OP here. That is some serious hyperbole. My kid hasn't felt unsafe. Biggest annoyance was the vaping in the bathrooms, which has been happening in school bathrooms since forever. I'm not naive enough to think that there isn't gang activity but unless your kid would like to join a gang, it's pretty easy to avoid that crowd.

My kid's friend group brought up a good point. Having 2500 kids all concentrated together in the front of the school is kind of counter productive. Now a driver can just drive plow through or a gunman can drive by and spray. Don't even have to actually go through the effort of getting into the school with the weapon. The more I hear about this new policy, the stupider it sounds. FCPS should have gotten better quality detectors and way more of them for this to actually be effective.