TJ Notice - How safe do other TJ parents feel?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How safe anyone “feels” is an irrelevancy. The question is whether the school is safe or not. Are the security precautions adequate or not? Is there a plan to interrupt and respond to any incident, or not?

Consider the situation from a student's point of view. They have witnessed a mentally unstable student message about shooting, and were told by principal last evening, they could stay back home today if they do not feel safe, which most did. It is now principal's basic responsibility to provide clarity in communication how she has mitigated the threat and ensures students will be returning to a safe environment on Monday. As of now, she has failed to do so.

+1

[Anonymous]

Hopefully there's clearer communication today.

[Anonymous]

It has been two full days since the threatening message was discovered. What's the status of the graffiti student? identified and receiving help?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is zero chance that a student who wanted to shoot up a school would announce that they were going to do it on a bathroom wall.

+1. No self-respecting school shooter gives notice. They show up in a trench coat at lunchtime and leave a manifesto in their bedroom.

lol Totally inappropriate, but made me laugh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is zero chance that a student who wanted to shoot up a school would announce that they were going to do it on a bathroom wall.

+1. No self-respecting school shooter gives notice. They show up in a trench coat at lunchtime and leave a manifesto in their bedroom.

lol Totally inappropriate, but made me laugh.

what kind of sick person are you to laugh at the student with a mental health issue

[Anonymous]

from latest principal email sent on Friday 4pm:

" ... There is still an active investigation into this matter. While that may be unsettling, law enforcement and security officials do not believe that there is an ongoing threat. We will continue with normal operations on Monday. ..."

[Anonymous]

Not helpful in anyway and how does this in anyway mean kids are safe

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not helpful in anyway and how does this in anyway mean kids are safe

Totally agree. What measures will be in place on Monday while the active investigation continues? Sounds like NOTHING. Even the +1 police offer is even gone.

[Anonymous]

Principal is doing a poor job with communication. Staying tight lipped doesn't help build confidence. She needs to share details on how they concluded the situation to be low risk.

[Anonymous]

Has the principal announced whether they caught the student who did this or not?

Do they at least have a definite list of suspects at this point?

[Anonymous]

I'm super pro-gun control so worried about guns in schools but I definitely thought the threat was just a kid looking to not have to take a test on Thursday.

I agree with another PP that a genuinely disturbed child is not likely to carve their intentions into the wall at school - they're SM may have posts or other stuff online but otherwise they'd just show up w/ a gun one day and start shooting.

Given that angle I think the school handled it well. If you don't believe a kid would do this just to get out of taking a test and you think it's genuine then yes i see how you're still really worried and don't think enough info's been shared.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm super pro-gun control so worried about guns in schools but I definitely thought the threat was just a kid looking to not have to take a test on Thursday.

I agree with another PP that a genuinely disturbed child is not likely to carve their intentions into the wall at school - they're SM may have posts or other stuff online but otherwise they'd just show up w/ a gun one day and start shooting.

Given that angle I think the school handled it well. If you don't believe a kid would do this just to get out of taking a test and you think it's genuine then yes i see how you're still really worried and don't think enough info's been shared.

A genuine planner wouldn’t scrawl their plan on the wall. A genuinely disturbed person would.

You can’t predict how and when exactly someone will pop off. That’s one reason why it’s important to find unstable people and help stabilize them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Principal is doing a poor job with communication. Staying tight lipped doesn't help build confidence. She needs to share details on how they concluded the situation to be low risk.

Any FCPS official is going to be highly limited in terms of what they're able to communicate to parents. It would be wise to manage your expectations as I promise you she is not permitted to say everything she'd like to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super pro-gun control so worried about guns in schools but I definitely thought the threat was just a kid looking to not have to take a test on Thursday.

I agree with another PP that a genuinely disturbed child is not likely to carve their intentions into the wall at school - they're SM may have posts or other stuff online but otherwise they'd just show up w/ a gun one day and start shooting.

Given that angle I think the school handled it well. If you don't believe a kid would do this just to get out of taking a test and you think it's genuine then yes i see how you're still really worried and don't think enough info's been shared.

A genuine planner wouldn’t scrawl their plan on the wall. A genuinely disturbed person would.

You can’t predict how and when exactly someone will pop off. That’s one reason why it’s important to find unstable people and help stabilize them.

A troubled teen would as well. Not necessarily disturbed, but troubled. We see it in females as self-harm tendencies does not always mean suicidal. Stop acting like we are dealing with the Unibomber here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Principal is doing a poor job with communication. Staying tight lipped doesn't help build confidence. She needs to share details on how they concluded the situation to be low risk.

Any FCPS official is going to be highly limited in terms of what they're able to communicate to parents. It would be wise to manage your expectations as I promise you she is not permitted to say everything she'd like to.

Bonitatibus could have said that or something in her email, rather than no detail at all. Middle school principal was able to explain the status much better when similar incident happened at Luther Jackson. Communication is a basic skill expected from a principal.