Wakefield on lockdown -- yes, again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something’s up at ACHS as well, which is only like 1.5 miles away…

There was at least one reference to finding the Langston principal so it sounds like the suspect may be affiliated with another school

Langston is another APS school.

Thanks, Captain Obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How unbelievably frightening for these kids. They should close tomorrow and offer counselors.

Oh please. No, they shouldn't.

Too bad buddy, they are closed tomorrow. Good thing you dont make the decisions. Mental health and physical safety come first.

But, but, PP works at home and doesn’t want her loud kid in her relaxing house tomorrow! No fair!

(she’ll deny it now, of course, but she is)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s scary is that it was an 18YO and with the school (all the schools) being so large I can see how he would easily be let into the building as there’s no way that the staff members who push the button to unlock the doors know every single student in the school.

Moreover, he could have slipped in during arrival and no one would think anything of it.

I think about this with the high schools every day. In Chantilly a 20 something slipped in looking like a student and was in the girls bathroom last year. Security in high schools is lacking for sure.

They need scannable IDs for access. Yes, one could get stolen and used and *insert improbable excuses here,* but it would cut down on the teenagers who aren’t students and aren’t supposed to be there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s scary is that it was an 18YO and with the school (all the schools) being so large I can see how he would easily be let into the building as there’s no way that the staff members who push the button to unlock the doors know every single student in the school.

Moreover, he could have slipped in during arrival and no one would think anything of it.

I think about this with the high schools every day. In Chantilly a 20 something slipped in looking like a student and was in the girls bathroom last year. Security in high schools is lacking for sure.

They need scannable IDs for access. Yes, one could get stolen and used and *insert improbable excuses here,* but it would cut down on the teenagers who aren’t students and aren’t supposed to be there.[/quote

Then y’all can scream about wasted taxpayer dollars, so it’s a win-win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So more stuff happening tonight. Tonight there were social media posts that Monday Wakefield would look like movie set because gang surrounding the 18 year old jailed last week was coming. Went on to say 2 groups were going to have gun fight at school. After DC saw these posts kids were saying “stay safe” and planning to skip. Word got to authorities and principal sent message about 11 pm acknowledging social media posts.

Things are so messed up. Don’t know how school is going to put it all back together.

Disgusting. 18 year-old in gangs in Arlington. That’s a huge effing shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So more stuff happening tonight. Tonight there were social media posts that Monday Wakefield would look like movie set because gang surrounding the 18 year old jailed last week was coming. Went on to say 2 groups were going to have gun fight at school. After DC saw these posts kids were saying “stay safe” and planning to skip. Word got to authorities and principal sent message about 11 pm acknowledging social media posts.

Things are so messed up. Don’t know how school is going to put it all back together.

Ugh this is so terrible.

My DC is in elementary, and all of this is really giving me pause about our long term plans and if we stay in Arlington. Remote work is sounding inviting. Yes, there are problems everywhere, but, Arlington shows no interest in course correcting.

We lived in Green Valley for several years before we finally moved in 2021. We had enough gunshots and drugs and violence and screaming at all hours of the night to last us a lifetime. We advocated a lot to the civic association and county. The county was empathetic, but, acted like their hands were tied. The civic association showed complete indifference, and a member even had the audacity to tell us to move if we didn't feel safe.

If the scales have not already fully tipped, they are very much in the process, and things are not moving in a good direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So more stuff happening tonight. Tonight there were social media posts that Monday Wakefield would look like movie set because gang surrounding the 18 year old jailed last week was coming. Went on to say 2 groups were going to have gun fight at school. After DC saw these posts kids were saying “stay safe” and planning to skip. Word got to authorities and principal sent message about 11 pm acknowledging social media posts.

Things are so messed up. Don’t know how school is going to put it all back together.

Ugh this is so terrible.

My DC is in elementary, and all of this is really giving me pause about our long term plans and if we stay in Arlington. Remote work is sounding inviting. Yes, there are problems everywhere, but, Arlington shows no interest in course correcting.

We lived in Green Valley for several years before we finally moved in 2021. We had enough gunshots and drugs and violence and screaming at all hours of the night to last us a lifetime. We advocated a lot to the civic association and county. The county was empathetic, but, acted like their hands were tied. The civic association showed complete indifference, and a member even had the audacity to tell us to move if we didn't feel safe.

If the scales have not already fully tipped, they are very much in the process, and things are not moving in a good direction.

We like in GV. I thought we were in for a good "year" because this summer was better than years past. It is kind of surprising to have so many shootings in winter. We are on the opposite end from the town square at least and can't really afford to move anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait a minute. A student at Wakefield was removed for having a GUN AT SCHOOL on Thursday. Has this been communicated to the community?! They told us that the non-student could not be proven to have a gun. They didn’t tell us that another student did. What is happening with the judgment of APS leadership? Shouldn’t the community know about that? Wow.

Ok this tracks with what the police scanner was saying. Keeping in mind you don't get the full story bc they talk in other ways but on the scanner

first they talk about locating the victim
then the talk about bringing out the victim
then they talked about having others - sometimes referred to as witness and sometimes suspect - in the clinic
then later on they said ok I bring one of them down now which indicates there were more than one
that was likely the kid in handcuffs and they just aren't going to handcuff a student for fun
so yeah, he probably is a minor and yes he probably had a gun and yes he probably got scared when he saw cops showed up in force with the swat team and assault rifles and realized they weren't kidding around

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s scary is that it was an 18YO and with the school (all the schools) being so large I can see how he would easily be let into the building as there’s no way that the staff members who push the button to unlock the doors know every single student in the school.

Moreover, he could have slipped in during arrival and no one would think anything of it.

I think about this with the high schools every day. In Chantilly a 20 something slipped in looking like a student and was in the girls bathroom last year. Security in high schools is lacking for sure.

They need scannable IDs for access. Yes, one could get stolen and used and *insert improbable excuses here,* but it would cut down on the teenagers who aren’t students and aren’t supposed to be there.

I actually support this. Today that technology is pretty cheap and easy to get.
Scan in and scan out of the school.
Now that I think of it, it would actually be really good for daycares to use this method so they can quickly tell when a kid is not present and send out a robocall - prevent some of the tragic hot car deaths
but back to the topic - also when there is an emergency in the building, it is very easy then to determine who is in the building and who is not so they can account for students and staff quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s scary is that it was an 18YO and with the school (all the schools) being so large I can see how he would easily be let into the building as there’s no way that the staff members who push the button to unlock the doors know every single student in the school.

Moreover, he could have slipped in during arrival and no one would think anything of it.

I think about this with the high schools every day. In Chantilly a 20 something slipped in looking like a student and was in the girls bathroom last year. Security in high schools is lacking for sure.

They need scannable IDs for access. Yes, one could get stolen and used and *insert improbable excuses here,* but it would cut down on the teenagers who aren’t students and aren’t supposed to be there.

I actually support this. Today that technology is pretty cheap and easy to get.
Scan in and scan out of the school.
Now that I think of it, it would actually be really good for daycares to use this method so they can quickly tell when a kid is not present and send out a robocall - prevent some of the tragic hot car deaths
but back to the topic - also when there is an emergency in the building, it is very easy then to determine who is in the building and who is not so they can account for students and staff quickly.

This could also work for the high school seniors who leave campus for lunch, for H-B students who come and go throughout the day, or for other students who drive themselves to/from the Career Center.

[Anonymous]

I think a scanner sounds easy, but it would slow things down significantly in the morning. I mean it is like a giant wave of kids coming in every morning. To get what 1K plus kids to scan in every morning (and wait for the door to close between each kid). It just doesn't sound feasible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a scanner sounds easy, but it would slow things down significantly in the morning. I mean it is like a giant wave of kids coming in every morning. To get what 1K plus kids to scan in every morning (and wait for the door to close between each kid). It just doesn't sound feasible.

I agree.

That said, if they were going to scan kids in they should make it like Apple Pay and keep it on their phones. Actual cards will be lost easily.

[Anonymous]

I think we have to remind ourselves that the system largely worked. The school was alerted to the issue. They instituted the correct procedures. The police were called. The student in danger was protected. No one was hurt and the suspect was later arrested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we have to remind ourselves that the system largely worked. The school was alerted to the issue. They instituted the correct procedures. The police were called. The student in danger was protected. No one was hurt and the suspect was later arrested.

This. So much actually went right that day, despite how scary it was for students and parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think we have to remind ourselves that the system largely worked. The school was alerted to the issue. They instituted the correct procedures. The police were called. The student in danger was protected. No one was hurt and the suspect was later arrested.

This. So much actually went right that day, despite how scary it was for students and parents.

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