What's going on at Churchill?

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Anonymous wrote:The MCCPTA advocated for an alert system after the bomb threat incident at Churchill years ago under Benz. Both that incident and last week’s assault highlighted the most vulnerable times of the school day is when students are coming to school - either at the beginning of the school day or at lunch. These are the times doors are unlocked and students are outside coming into the building. Not an easy time to lockdown the building or get students to safety.

MCPS needs to wake up and realize safety attacks will come at these periods of vulnerability, not on their class schedules.

And how should MCPS address that risk?

Use the same robo phone, text, and email service that Mr. Taylor uses for his Sunday announcements. You can prepare a general lockdown alert that tells students on campus to go into the building and secure themselves in a classroom. For students not on campus should go home till it is safe to go to school.

College campuses have used such alerts for over a decade. MCPS has the technology but has never used it to improve school safety.

I don’t know about other families, but my HS student doesn’t get those robocalls, the parents do. My kid would never see an MCPS email in time to react to an emergency. They probably wouldn’t answer a phone call from MCPS, either. They might see a text, but there’s a chance they wouldn’t even read it right away if it weren’t from a friend or family member.

We all just get so much canned messaging from MCPS that nobody treats any of them as urgent. I think it would need to be a dedicated emergency source in order to be of any use in a real emergency. The emergency text/email service at the university I work for is completely separate from any other messaging. If you see a message from them, you know something is happening right now.

Churchill has the ability to text, call, and email alerts to students. They have the phone number and MCPS email for my child which is alerted on his chrome book and phone. It’s not rocket science and there could be a special format for security alerts.

If Churchill and MCPS are too dense to come up with a plan, there are security firms that perform risk assessments for schools so safety improvements are implemented. Every child at Churchill has a cellphone. Sending out alerts to phones would be easy, quick, and cheap.

Churchill can only do so much without MCPS approval. MCPS catered to the ultra liberal parents who don't want any security in the schools. So, this is what we get. Violence at the school and slow police times. This isn't just a Churchill issue and removing security at the schools was a mistake. Not all kids have phones so relying on phones is an issue but they could even put up signs, sound an alarm or something like they did when we went to HS.

They did not remove security at schools, they remove worthless SROs at schools. There are security guards at schools.
Stop with your Fox News, Q propaganda.
Idiot

MCPS didn't remove the SROs. Marc Elrich refused to assign them to schools. MCPS had no choice but to go along with it, or look racist. Elrich made this unilateral decision.

[Anonymous]

Ehlrich has to go for many reasons and this is one
My son plays varsity football and I fear going to certain games because of the fighting , harassment and bullying from both students and parents at certain games. There isn't enough security.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ehlrich has to go for many reasons and this is one
My son plays varsity football and I fear going to certain games because of the fighting , harassment and bullying from both students and parents at certain games. There isn't enough security.

right and what security they have are exhausted. beyond exhausted.

[Anonymous]

Marc Elrich says he will remove SROs from schools.

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/elrich-says-he-will-remove-police-officers-from-schools/

He creates a mental health task force.
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/post-school-resource-o-conversation-montgomery-leaders-create-task-force-to-address-students-mental-health-needs/65-c6940256-e77e-4e84-956a-36638698034f

Where are the new counselors?

Why pull out one resource before replacing it with another?

[Anonymous]

Seems like a lot of these posts are trying to shift the blame away from a knife-wielding student to others. SROs have dubious benefits at best. El Rich was right to remove them there are a waste of tax dollars. Further it wouldn't have mattered in this case even if the SRO didn't just run away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of these posts are trying to shift the blame away from a knife-wielding student to others. SROs have dubious benefits at best. El Rich was right to remove them there are a waste of tax dollars. Further it wouldn't have mattered in this case even if the SRO didn't just run away.

They’re not there. Smh.

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Anonymous wrote:The MCCPTA advocated for an alert system after the bomb threat incident at Churchill years ago under Benz. Both that incident and last week’s assault highlighted the most vulnerable times of the school day is when students are coming to school - either at the beginning of the school day or at lunch. These are the times doors are unlocked and students are outside coming into the building. Not an easy time to lockdown the building or get students to safety.

MCPS needs to wake up and realize safety attacks will come at these periods of vulnerability, not on their class schedules.

And how should MCPS address that risk?

Use the same robo phone, text, and email service that Mr. Taylor uses for his Sunday announcements. You can prepare a general lockdown alert that tells students on campus to go into the building and secure themselves in a classroom. For students not on campus should go home till it is safe to go to school.

College campuses have used such alerts for over a decade. MCPS has the technology but has never used it to improve school safety.

I don’t know about other families, but my HS student doesn’t get those robocalls, the parents do. My kid would never see an MCPS email in time to react to an emergency. They probably wouldn’t answer a phone call from MCPS, either. They might see a text, but there’s a chance they wouldn’t even read it right away if it weren’t from a friend or family member.

We all just get so much canned messaging from MCPS that nobody treats any of them as urgent. I think it would need to be a dedicated emergency source in order to be of any use in a real emergency. The emergency text/email service at the university I work for is completely separate from any other messaging. If you see a message from them, you know something is happening right now.

Churchill has the ability to text, call, and email alerts to students. They have the phone number and MCPS email for my child which is alerted on his chrome book and phone. It’s not rocket science and there could be a special format for security alerts.

If Churchill and MCPS are too dense to come up with a plan, there are security firms that perform risk assessments for schools so safety improvements are implemented. Every child at Churchill has a cellphone. Sending out alerts to phones would be easy, quick, and cheap.

Churchill can only do so much without MCPS approval. MCPS catered to the ultra liberal parents who don't want any security in the schools. So, this is what we get. Violence at the school and slow police times. This isn't just a Churchill issue and removing security at the schools was a mistake. Not all kids have phones so relying on phones is an issue but they could even put up signs, sound an alarm or something like they did when we went to HS.

They did not remove security at schools, they remove worthless SROs at schools. There are security guards at schools.
Stop with your Fox News, Q propaganda.
Idiot

Because an unarmed rent a cop will be a deterrent lol

Well SROs were never a deterrent, were they?

You’re so dumb:

Yes, they have. One example here in MD.

By Matthew Barakat and Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press

GREAT MILLS, Md. — A teenager with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of these posts are trying to shift the blame away from a knife-wielding student to others. SROs have dubious benefits at best. El Rich was right to remove them there are a waste of tax dollars. Further it wouldn't have mattered in this case even if the SRO didn't just run away.

Seems like you are the PP that is doing the deflecting. Churchill got lucky when the student with a weapon didn’t use the weapon. How many people would have been hurt if it takes the Montgomery County Police Department 20 minutes to respond to 911 calls?

SROs is a program that disperses police officers throughout the community. An SRO at Churchill can quickly respond to any incident within the cluster schools or the general neighborhood. They can leave campus to respond to other calls when needed.

Also, getting rid of SROs doesn’t get rid of bad police officers. Montgomery County will only improve the officers on duty by investing in training. That is needed no matter where police are assigned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of these posts are trying to shift the blame away from a knife-wielding student to others. SROs have dubious benefits at best. El Rich was right to remove them there are a waste of tax dollars. Further it wouldn't have mattered in this case even if the SRO didn't just run away.

BS

There is plenty of blame to go around. We have seen (especially during this pandemic) that MCPS and Elrich are not doing what is in the best interest of our kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ever get a weather alert on your phone with an alarm? Hard to miss and definitely gets your attention.

Also, what student at Churchill isn’t glued a cellphone? It would be so easy to send out an alert

No--it's easy to RECEIVE an alert. Sending an alert takes time and organization. Not a ton of time, but in this particular case, it seems like the danger was gone before an alert was feasible.

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Anonymous wrote:The MCCPTA advocated for an alert system after the bomb threat incident at Churchill years ago under Benz. Both that incident and last week’s assault highlighted the most vulnerable times of the school day is when students are coming to school - either at the beginning of the school day or at lunch. These are the times doors are unlocked and students are outside coming into the building. Not an easy time to lockdown the building or get students to safety.

MCPS needs to wake up and realize safety attacks will come at these periods of vulnerability, not on their class schedules.

And how should MCPS address that risk?

Use the same robo phone, text, and email service that Mr. Taylor uses for his Sunday announcements. You can prepare a general lockdown alert that tells students on campus to go into the building and secure themselves in a classroom. For students not on campus should go home till it is safe to go to school.

College campuses have used such alerts for over a decade. MCPS has the technology but has never used it to improve school safety.

I don’t know about other families, but my HS student doesn’t get those robocalls, the parents do. My kid would never see an MCPS email in time to react to an emergency. They probably wouldn’t answer a phone call from MCPS, either. They might see a text, but there’s a chance they wouldn’t even read it right away if it weren’t from a friend or family member.

We all just get so much canned messaging from MCPS that nobody treats any of them as urgent. I think it would need to be a dedicated emergency source in order to be of any use in a real emergency. The emergency text/email service at the university I work for is completely separate from any other messaging. If you see a message from them, you know something is happening right now.

Churchill has the ability to text, call, and email alerts to students. They have the phone number and MCPS email for my child which is alerted on his chrome book and phone. It’s not rocket science and there could be a special format for security alerts.

If Churchill and MCPS are too dense to come up with a plan, there are security firms that perform risk assessments for schools so safety improvements are implemented. Every child at Churchill has a cellphone. Sending out alerts to phones would be easy, quick, and cheap.

Churchill can only do so much without MCPS approval. MCPS catered to the ultra liberal parents who don't want any security in the schools. So, this is what we get. Violence at the school and slow police times. This isn't just a Churchill issue and removing security at the schools was a mistake. Not all kids have phones so relying on phones is an issue but they could even put up signs, sound an alarm or something like they did when we went to HS.

They did not remove security at schools, they remove worthless SROs at schools. There are security guards at schools.
Stop with your Fox News, Q propaganda.
Idiot

Because an unarmed rent a cop will be a deterrent lol

Well SROs were never a deterrent, were they?

You’re so dumb:

Yes, they have. One example here in MD.

By Matthew Barakat and Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press

GREAT MILLS, Md. — A teenager with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted.

Even closer to home an Ari took a gun from a student at Clarksburg before he could do any damage. SROs are critical in preventing or minimizing violence in schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The MCCPTA advocated for an alert system after the bomb threat incident at Churchill years ago under Benz. Both that incident and last week’s assault highlighted the most vulnerable times of the school day is when students are coming to school - either at the beginning of the school day or at lunch. These are the times doors are unlocked and students are outside coming into the building. Not an easy time to lockdown the building or get students to safety.

MCPS needs to wake up and realize safety attacks will come at these periods of vulnerability, not on their class schedules.

And how should MCPS address that risk?

Use the same robo phone, text, and email service that Mr. Taylor uses for his Sunday announcements. You can prepare a general lockdown alert that tells students on campus to go into the building and secure themselves in a classroom. For students not on campus should go home till it is safe to go to school.

College campuses have used such alerts for over a decade. MCPS has the technology but has never used it to improve school safety.

I don’t know about other families, but my HS student doesn’t get those robocalls, the parents do. My kid would never see an MCPS email in time to react to an emergency. They probably wouldn’t answer a phone call from MCPS, either. They might see a text, but there’s a chance they wouldn’t even read it right away if it weren’t from a friend or family member.

We all just get so much canned messaging from MCPS that nobody treats any of them as urgent. I think it would need to be a dedicated emergency source in order to be of any use in a real emergency. The emergency text/email service at the university I work for is completely separate from any other messaging. If you see a message from them, you know something is happening right now.

Churchill has the ability to text, call, and email alerts to students. They have the phone number and MCPS email for my child which is alerted on his chrome book and phone. It’s not rocket science and there could be a special format for security alerts.

If Churchill and MCPS are too dense to come up with a plan, there are security firms that perform risk assessments for schools so safety improvements are implemented. Every child at Churchill has a cellphone. Sending out alerts to phones would be easy, quick, and cheap.

Churchill can only do so much without MCPS approval. MCPS catered to the ultra liberal parents who don't want any security in the schools. So, this is what we get. Violence at the school and slow police times. This isn't just a Churchill issue and removing security at the schools was a mistake. Not all kids have phones so relying on phones is an issue but they could even put up signs, sound an alarm or something like they did when we went to HS.

They did not remove security at schools, they remove worthless SROs at schools. There are security guards at schools.
Stop with your Fox News, Q propaganda.
Idiot

Because an unarmed rent a cop will be a deterrent lol

Well SROs were never a deterrent, were they?

You’re so dumb:

Yes, they have. One example here in MD.

By Matthew Barakat and Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press

GREAT MILLS, Md. — A teenager with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted.

Even closer to home an Ari took a gun from a student at Clarksburg before he could do any damage. SROs are critical in preventing or minimizing violence in schools.

Edit: Ari = SRO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a lot of these posts are trying to shift the blame away from a knife-wielding student to others. SROs have dubious benefits at best. El Rich was right to remove them there are a waste of tax dollars. Further it wouldn't have mattered in this case even if the SRO didn't just run away.

BINGO!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The MCCPTA advocated for an alert system after the bomb threat incident at Churchill years ago under Benz. Both that incident and last week’s assault highlighted the most vulnerable times of the school day is when students are coming to school - either at the beginning of the school day or at lunch. These are the times doors are unlocked and students are outside coming into the building. Not an easy time to lockdown the building or get students to safety.

MCPS needs to wake up and realize safety attacks will come at these periods of vulnerability, not on their class schedules.

And how should MCPS address that risk?

Use the same robo phone, text, and email service that Mr. Taylor uses for his Sunday announcements. You can prepare a general lockdown alert that tells students on campus to go into the building and secure themselves in a classroom. For students not on campus should go home till it is safe to go to school.

College campuses have used such alerts for over a decade. MCPS has the technology but has never used it to improve school safety.

I don’t know about other families, but my HS student doesn’t get those robocalls, the parents do. My kid would never see an MCPS email in time to react to an emergency. They probably wouldn’t answer a phone call from MCPS, either. They might see a text, but there’s a chance they wouldn’t even read it right away if it weren’t from a friend or family member.

We all just get so much canned messaging from MCPS that nobody treats any of them as urgent. I think it would need to be a dedicated emergency source in order to be of any use in a real emergency. The emergency text/email service at the university I work for is completely separate from any other messaging. If you see a message from them, you know something is happening right now.

Churchill has the ability to text, call, and email alerts to students. They have the phone number and MCPS email for my child which is alerted on his chrome book and phone. It’s not rocket science and there could be a special format for security alerts.

If Churchill and MCPS are too dense to come up with a plan, there are security firms that perform risk assessments for schools so safety improvements are implemented. Every child at Churchill has a cellphone. Sending out alerts to phones would be easy, quick, and cheap.

Churchill can only do so much without MCPS approval. MCPS catered to the ultra liberal parents who don't want any security in the schools. So, this is what we get. Violence at the school and slow police times. This isn't just a Churchill issue and removing security at the schools was a mistake. Not all kids have phones so relying on phones is an issue but they could even put up signs, sound an alarm or something like they did when we went to HS.

They did not remove security at schools, they remove worthless SROs at schools. There are security guards at schools.
Stop with your Fox News, Q propaganda.
Idiot

Because an unarmed rent a cop will be a deterrent lol

Well SROs were never a deterrent, were they?

You’re so dumb:

Yes, they have. One example here in MD.

By Matthew Barakat and Jesse J. Holland
Associated Press

GREAT MILLS, Md. — A teenager with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire erupted.

Even closer to home an Ari took a gun from a student at Clarksburg before he could do any damage. SROs are critical in preventing or minimizing violence in schools.

I heard he ran away to cower behind a tree.

[Anonymous]

All this stuff is performative. If we really wanted to do right by our kids and our communities we’d have smaller schools instead of these giant places where no one really knows anyone. Where the teachers and administrators don’t know the kids and aren’t able to invest in individuals because there are too many of them. We don’t want to spend the money and the effort. People in power don’t want to give up their control. So we throw tons of money at creating these huge machines that don’t serve our children and thus don’t serve our communities and we wonder why it is such a mess.