lockdown at ES track meet; students all okay

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

For us to manage? You work for DCIAA?

So you aren’t managing how to talk to your kids about this? Therapy appointments and the like?

You don’t have to manage a job, end of school activities, etc. and now talking to your kid about death on top of it. Lucky you

That is all fair, but I think the argument is that you would need to talk about those topics either way if your child was at that track meet. Letting the kids finish the meet and showing them that they don’t need to hide is an opportunity many parents would appreciate. For those that don’t want to participate they don’t have to. Not condoning or making light of any of this violence, but IMO reality is the kids will be near or hear about other incidents that will scare them in the future, and it is helpful to learn how to talk through it and face their fears, especially if the incident happens near their home or school. Not addressing it is often not an option.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Make Up Track Meet is scheduled.

a big middle finger to the parents who made this a priority; we know who you are; we see your excitement at the track meets with the matching tents and all that.

they are kids and it was traumatic. but great for adding to another thing for us to manage.

For us to manage? You work for DCIAA?

So you aren’t managing how to talk to your kids about this? Therapy appointments and the like?

You don’t have to manage a job, end of school activities, etc. and now talking to your kid about death on top of it. Lucky you

I was there and am definitely still dealing with the experience. However, this is a pretty strange take. This anger feels completely misdirected. I’m not eager to attend the make up meet but I know some of the kids are and I think it’s nice for them to offer. I am pretty darn mad at the city and the gunmen. But the purpose of rescheduling isn’t to inconvenience you personally - it’s people who also had a terrible experience genuinely trying to do their best to improve what’s an all around bad situation. Go or don’t go but maybe you need to take a deep breath and try to maintain some perspective.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think this was shared already. I hadn’t realized that he had been watching the track meet. How tragic for his family.

“Kian-Wayne Magruder, 31, of Temple Hills, Maryland, went to the D.C. Interscholastic Athletic Association’s elementary school track and field championships on May 20 to cheer on his girlfriend’s son — and was fatally shot just steps from where hundreds of children were sitting in bleachers.
Magruder was walking near the city’s former Spingarn High School, where the competition was being held, when three men jumped out of a car just before 2 p.m. and at least one of them opened fire, Smith said at a news conference. The attackers fled, and the vehicle they used was later found in flames in the Fort Lincoln neighborhood. There have been no arrests in the shooting.
Magruder’s mother, LaKia Magruder, remembered her son as “an involved father of two beautiful children” and a true “family man” who lived a simple life. “My son worked, worked out and spent time with his family,” she said. “He always had a smile for you and a positive word.” He was an electrician apprentice, she said, but his true passion was physical fitness. She said he was building a career as a personal trainer.
“Kian-Wayne was my only child,” his mother said. “He will definitely be missed by his family near and far. We must stop the senseless killings that continue to devastate our Black communities. Every life lost is a wound to our families, our neighborhoods and our future. The pain is real, the grief is deep and the cycle of violence must end.”

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