Social Media threats to local schools

[Anonymous]

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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.

Nobody in this thread was acting paranoid until just now. Get a grip.

[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!"

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.)

What proportion of 15 year olds have to be genuinely worried to allow them to be picked up by their parents? What proportion of 15 year olds genuinely worried would you just firmly tell to calm down and sit for their quiz? GTFOH. 10% is plenty. Let the kids know that the school cares for their physical safety and their emotional well-being, and that school is a place where you learn in safety. Let them learn that this was a very bad thing, and that whoever did it was caught and is in very big trouble, and that students are now safe and can return to school on Monday.

[Anonymous]

If a threat is as general as this one was, I won't keep my kids home (and didn't). All the DCPS schools mentioned in the threat have metal detectors and security, so even in the very unlikely chance that someone actually intended to do anything other than scare us all and watch the results play out in the news, I'd hope they'd have been prevented from taking any action.

I do hope they throw the book at the kid who did this, though -- you obviously want people to learn that it's not funny or cool to make terroristic threats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.)

What proportion of 15 year olds have to be genuinely worried to allow them to be picked up by their parents? What proportion of 15 year olds genuinely worried would you just firmly tell to calm down and sit for their quiz? GTFOH. 10% is plenty. Let the kids know that the school cares for their physical safety and their emotional well-being, and that school is a place where you learn in safety. Let them learn that this was a very bad thing, and that whoever did it was caught and is in very big trouble, and that students are now safe and can return to school on Monday.

All I can say is my kid and two of her friends at MacArthur were genuinely terrified and got picked up. That's already 3 too many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a threat is as general as this one was, I won't keep my kids home (and didn't). All the DCPS schools mentioned in the threat have metal detectors and security, so even in the very unlikely chance that someone actually intended to do anything other than scare us all and watch the results play out in the news, I'd hope they'd have been prevented from taking any action.

I do hope they throw the book at the kid who did this, though -- you obviously want people to learn that it's not funny or cool to make terroristic threats.

Metal detectors aren’t force fields. If someone with a gun wants to get into a DCPS school, they’re getting in. DCPS doesn’t even have resource officers anymore, thanks to Charles Allen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a threat is as general as this one was, I won't keep my kids home (and didn't). All the DCPS schools mentioned in the threat have metal detectors and security, so even in the very unlikely chance that someone actually intended to do anything other than scare us all and watch the results play out in the news, I'd hope they'd have been prevented from taking any action.

I do hope they throw the book at the kid who did this, though -- you obviously want people to learn that it's not funny or cool to make terroristic threats.

Metal detectors aren’t force fields. If someone with a gun wants to get into a DCPS school, they’re getting in. DCPS doesn’t even have resource officers anymore, thanks to Charles Allen.

Fine, but I'm still not keeping my kids home if a general "be on your toes" threat is sent to every school in the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If a threat is as general as this one was, I won't keep my kids home (and didn't). All the DCPS schools mentioned in the threat have metal detectors and security, so even in the very unlikely chance that someone actually intended to do anything other than scare us all and watch the results play out in the news, I'd hope they'd have been prevented from taking any action.

I do hope they throw the book at the kid who did this, though -- you obviously want people to learn that it's not funny or cool to make terroristic threats.

Metal detectors aren’t force fields. If someone with a gun wants to get into a DCPS school, they’re getting in. DCPS doesn’t even have resource officers anymore, thanks to Charles Allen.

Fine, but I'm still not keeping my kids home if a general "be on your toes" threat is sent to every school in the city.

Congrats?