Wheaton HS stabbing?

[Anonymous]

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At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

I understand a teacher not wanting to put their own safety at risk to protect a kid in this situation but I don’t understand you calling it wildly inappropriate that someone did.

I made why it was wildly inappropriate clear:

1) They aren't trained to disarm a violent intruder. This attempt could have led to serious injury to themselves or other students easily.

2) Their lack of training and lack of back-up directly led to the intruder escaping.

Those are really big deals.

And let the person continue the assault while waiting for police to arrive? What is wrong with you?

Often there is a police officer sitting outside Wheaton (or maybe inside as sometimes the car is empty). They need police at every school. Wheaton security is good but there simply aren't enough. They do stop and question the kids. The Admin are very communicative too as well as very present.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

I've been to Wheaton several times and had to show ID. I'm an adult, tho, who could not blend in as a student.

You have to be buzzed in and check in at the office. The problem is the kids hold the door open for each other and lots of kids are on split schedules/leave early/come late, etc. so lots of in/out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:”While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement”

MCPS won't take accountability for their own mistakes, but quick to blame others for mistakes.

Blame Jawando for removing police in the schools.

I mean, the police were basically immediately replaced with other police under other names, but I take your point. Jawando pushed forward a solution that was politically popular in the moment, but without the careful consideration or mitigation that one would expect from a policymaker with clear designs on higher office.

If we were going to remove SROs, there needed to be a plan for what would replace them. That kind of careful policymaking doesn't win you big immediate headlines, but it is what I would expect and hope for.

There need to be actual police stationed in the schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we go back to the 15 minutes that the principal spent on hold when he called the police? Is that really the hold time for 911 these days? The school timeline says the event happened at 12:47. The police timeline says the call was dispatched at 1:14. If the principal was on hold for 15 minutes, did it then take another 12 minutes for the call to be dispatched or was there also a delay in calling police? One of the news outlets needs to use the MPIA to get the 911 call and the police radio traffic. This doesn’t add up.

I came back to see if there was any clarification on this 15 minute wait. First of all, I don’t believe it so what exactly did they wait 15 minutes for? Was it for the police to arrive?

[Anonymous]

The title of this thread is very misleading. I have a child at the school and based on what I know, it sounds like the excellent Administration at Wheaton did a good job of handling this. I appreciate the day-of explanation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go back to the 15 minutes that the principal spent on hold when he called the police? Is that really the hold time for 911 these days? The school timeline says the event happened at 12:47. The police timeline says the call was dispatched at 1:14. If the principal was on hold for 15 minutes, did it then take another 12 minutes for the call to be dispatched or was there also a delay in calling police? One of the news outlets needs to use the MPIA to get the 911 call and the police radio traffic. This doesn’t add up.

I came back to see if there was any clarification on this 15 minute wait. First of all, I don’t believe it so what exactly did they wait 15 minutes for? Was it for the police to arrive?

I love how people who weren’t there dealing with the situation at all go so out of their way to try to make the response seem problematic. It all sounds pretty efficient to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go back to the 15 minutes that the principal spent on hold when he called the police? Is that really the hold time for 911 these days? The school timeline says the event happened at 12:47. The police timeline says the call was dispatched at 1:14. If the principal was on hold for 15 minutes, did it then take another 12 minutes for the call to be dispatched or was there also a delay in calling police? One of the news outlets needs to use the MPIA to get the 911 call and the police radio traffic. This doesn’t add up.

I came back to see if there was any clarification on this 15 minute wait. First of all, I don’t believe it so what exactly did they wait 15 minutes for? Was it for the police to arrive?

As you can see, there are some Wheaton/MCPS acolytes who don't appreciate you asking these kinds of questions or asking for accountability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go back to the 15 minutes that the principal spent on hold when he called the police? Is that really the hold time for 911 these days? The school timeline says the event happened at 12:47. The police timeline says the call was dispatched at 1:14. If the principal was on hold for 15 minutes, did it then take another 12 minutes for the call to be dispatched or was there also a delay in calling police? One of the news outlets needs to use the MPIA to get the 911 call and the police radio traffic. This doesn’t add up.

I came back to see if there was any clarification on this 15 minute wait. First of all, I don’t believe it so what exactly did they wait 15 minutes for? Was it for the police to arrive?

I love how people who weren’t there dealing with the situation at all go so out of their way to try to make the response seem problematic. It all sounds pretty efficient to me.

What planet do you live on?

I’m asking because waiting on hold for 15 minutes to make contact with the police is not efficient.

“While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement.”

I’ve had to call the police a few times and I’ve never been on hold. I’ve had to call 911 and I’ve had to call the nonemergency and the calls have always been picked up immediately and I’ve always spoken to somebody right away. So no, on hold for 15 minutes is not efficient so I’m thinking there’s more to the story or, the letter was not written accurately. And that is why I’m asking for clarification.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go back to the 15 minutes that the principal spent on hold when he called the police? Is that really the hold time for 911 these days? The school timeline says the event happened at 12:47. The police timeline says the call was dispatched at 1:14. If the principal was on hold for 15 minutes, did it then take another 12 minutes for the call to be dispatched or was there also a delay in calling police? One of the news outlets needs to use the MPIA to get the 911 call and the police radio traffic. This doesn’t add up.

I came back to see if there was any clarification on this 15 minute wait. First of all, I don’t believe it so what exactly did they wait 15 minutes for? Was it for the police to arrive?

I love how people who weren’t there dealing with the situation at all go so out of their way to try to make the response seem problematic. It all sounds pretty efficient to me.

What planet do you live on?

I’m asking because waiting on hold for 15 minutes to make contact with the police is not efficient.

“While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement.”

I’ve had to call the police a few times and I’ve never been on hold. I’ve had to call 911 and I’ve had to call the nonemergency and the calls have always been picked up immediately and I’ve always spoken to somebody right away. So no, on hold for 15 minutes is not efficient so I’m thinking there’s more to the story or, the letter was not written accurately. And that is why I’m asking for clarification.

Who cares? I have a child there and know security and admin are strong. They dealt with the situaiton as best they could given the resources they have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we go back to the 15 minutes that the principal spent on hold when he called the police? Is that really the hold time for 911 these days? The school timeline says the event happened at 12:47. The police timeline says the call was dispatched at 1:14. If the principal was on hold for 15 minutes, did it then take another 12 minutes for the call to be dispatched or was there also a delay in calling police? One of the news outlets needs to use the MPIA to get the 911 call and the police radio traffic. This doesn’t add up.

I came back to see if there was any clarification on this 15 minute wait. First of all, I don’t believe it so what exactly did they wait 15 minutes for? Was it for the police to arrive?

I love how people who weren’t there dealing with the situation at all go so out of their way to try to make the response seem problematic. It all sounds pretty efficient to me.

What planet do you live on?

I’m asking because waiting on hold for 15 minutes to make contact with the police is not efficient.

“While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement.”

I’ve had to call the police a few times and I’ve never been on hold. I’ve had to call 911 and I’ve had to call the nonemergency and the calls have always been picked up immediately and I’ve always spoken to somebody right away. So no, on hold for 15 minutes is not efficient so I’m thinking there’s more to the story or, the letter was not written accurately. And that is why I’m asking for clarification.

Who cares? I have a child there and know security and admin are strong. They dealt with the situaiton as best they could given the resources they have.

SMH

So you don’t think it’s worth investigating why it took 15 mins to connect with MCPD when there is an active threat?

[Anonymous]

Staff called non-emergency line rather than 911. That’s why they were on hold for 12 minutes.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/12/19/mcps-stabbing-non-emergency-line/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Staff called non-emergency line rather than 911. That’s why they were on hold for 12 minutes.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/12/19/mcps-stabbing-non-emergency-line/

What was that staff member thinking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Staff called non-emergency line rather than 911. That’s why they were on hold for 12 minutes.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/12/19/mcps-stabbing-non-emergency-line/

I would hope that from here on out MCPS institutes a policy that 911 or the dedicated line is called, not a nonemergency number.


“ Neither 911 or the dedicated MCPS line were called, police said. Instead, the staff member dialed the Montgomery County non-emergency phone number and the “call was placed in the triage queue as an incoming non-emergency call.” The caller stayed on hold for that non-emergency line for roughly 12 minutes.

Krawczel didn’t address being placed on hold in the letter sent to the community. MCPS spokesperson Liliana López said in a Friday statement to Bethesda Today that the principal “made the decision” to contact non-emergency services instead of emergency dispatch because “the situation had already been contained.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Staff called non-emergency line rather than 911. That’s why they were on hold for 12 minutes.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/12/19/mcps-stabbing-non-emergency-line/

Unacceptable. An intruder entering the building with a knife and successfully attacking a student is absolutely an emergency that should have been called into 911.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Staff called non-emergency line rather than 911. That’s why they were on hold for 12 minutes.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/12/19/mcps-stabbing-non-emergency-line/

I would hope that from here on out MCPS institutes a policy that 911 or the dedicated line is called, not a nonemergency number.


“ Neither 911 or the dedicated MCPS line were called, police said. Instead, the staff member dialed the Montgomery County non-emergency phone number and the “call was placed in the triage queue as an incoming non-emergency call.” The caller stayed on hold for that non-emergency line for roughly 12 minutes.

Krawczel didn’t address being placed on hold in the letter sent to the community. MCPS spokesperson Liliana López said in a Friday statement to Bethesda Today that the principal “made the decision” to contact non-emergency services instead of emergency dispatch because “the situation had already been contained.”

That is the policy already. The problem is that there’s no consequence when principals or staff don’t follow the policy.