Fairfax HS school shooter threat: keep your kid at home 2ma

[Anonymous]

Time to arrest the kid

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Anonymous wrote:Who is Ryan McElveen? He’s mentioned in the tweet.

A school board member.

He also sent out information basically telling students it's ok to protest. He failed to provide any further guidance on how that might be responsibly done, IMO. Maybe the student is pointing out that he acted in accordance with was McElveen sent out? Maybe pointing that out to get the suspension revoke would have been a better idea than threatening others and possibly ending up in jail rather than just suspended? SMH.

You have every right to HATE Ryan but this has nothing to do with him. DONT BLAME RYAN

I'm not blaming him. Someone pointed out he was mentioned in the tweet, and that is my guess as to why he was specifically mentioned. I also editorialized about the lack of any boundaries in what he sent out because I know students from DC's school were viewing it very broadly. Also, I don't hate him. I'm disappointed that the guidance he put out wasn't more complete as far as consequence and boundaries. Kids see what SB members put out.

His message that protesting is allowed was clear. Students only got into trouble if they did not return after the protest was over.

Nothing said how long the protest can last, how many students are needed for it to be an allowed protest, it says protest can include leaving school premises. The message from our principal made it clear the absence would be unexcused, that kids wouldn't be allowed to do after school activities on the day they choose to protest because of the unexcused absence, that disruptive behavior and taking advantage of the understanding stance on protests wil not be tolerated. He should have left it up to the principals to articulate how each school will handle protests and the consequences. Many kids read his post too broadly. When dealing with kids/teens specificity, especially as to consequences, is key. But, we can agree to disagree.

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Anonymous wrote:Who is Ryan McElveen? He’s mentioned in the tweet.

A school board member.

He also sent out information basically telling students it's ok to protest. He failed to provide any further guidance on how that might be responsibly done, IMO. Maybe the student is pointing out that he acted in accordance with was McElveen sent out? Maybe pointing that out to get the suspension revoke would have been a better idea than threatening others and possibly ending up in jail rather than just suspended? SMH.

You have every right to HATE Ryan but this has nothing to do with him. DONT BLAME RYAN

I'm not blaming him. Someone pointed out he was mentioned in the tweet, and that is my guess as to why he was specifically mentioned. I also editorialized about the lack of any boundaries in what he sent out because I know students from DC's school were viewing it very broadly. Also, I don't hate him. I'm disappointed that the guidance he put out wasn't more complete as far as consequence and boundaries. Kids see what SB members put out.

His message that protesting is allowed was clear. Students only got into trouble if they did not return after the protest was over.

Nothing said how long the protest can last, how many students are needed for it to be an allowed protest, it says protest can include leaving school premises. The message from our principal made it clear the absence would be unexcused, that kids wouldn't be allowed to do after school activities on the day they choose to protest because of the unexcused absence, that disruptive behavior and taking advantage of the understanding stance on protests wil not be tolerated. He should have left it up to the principals to articulate how each school will handle protests and the consequences. Many kids read his post too broadly. When dealing with kids/teens specificity, especially as to consequences, is key. But, we can agree to disagree.

The protest was 17 minutes, and that was the idea spread all over the country. An unexcused absence was only given if a student never returned.

I do think their should be a uniform rule in terms of what the consequences are, though, but I do not think any students got in trouble if they returned to class.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kid responsible for the threat against Fairfax HS needs to be criminally charged.

What are you going to charge him with? He never said he was going to shoot anyone. He said he was coming to the school and the cops can get it too. Was he planning to yell at the administrators and the cops? I'm not a criminal attorney, so I'd love to hear the perspective of someone in that field about the impact of the vague language.

“I’ve been planning this for months and now I am going to act. Better watch out...”

Really think anyone could interpret this as he is coming to yell?

The threat was not so vague as it triggered a police investigation and most of Fairfax HS kids stayed home today.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The kid responsible for the threat against Fairfax HS needs to be criminally charged.

What are you going to charge him with? He never said he was going to shoot anyone. He said he was coming to the school and the cops can get it too. Was he planning to yell at the administrators and the cops? I'm not a criminal attorney, so I'd love to hear the perspective of someone in that field about the impact of the vague language.

“I’ve been planning this for months and now I am going to act. Better watch out...”

Really think anyone could interpret this as he is coming to yell?

The threat was not so vague as it triggered a police investigation and most of Fairfax HS kids stayed home today.

I can definitely understand staying home in light of these events and postings. It’s similar at my DS’s HS. A student has been posting a countdown to today and between that and how the student behaves in class I know there are students leary of going to school.

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Anonymous wrote:The kid responsible for the threat against Fairfax HS needs to be criminally charged.

What are you going to charge him with? He never said he was going to shoot anyone. He said he was coming to the school and the cops can get it too. Was he planning to yell at the administrators and the cops? I'm not a criminal attorney, so I'd love to hear the perspective of someone in that field about the impact of the vague language.

“I’ve been planning this for months and now I am going to act. Better watch out...”

Really think anyone could interpret this as he is coming to yell?

The threat was not so vague as it triggered a police investigation and most of Fairfax HS kids stayed home today.

I can definitely understand staying home in light of these events and postings. It’s similar at my DS’s HS. A student has been posting a countdown to today and between that and how the student behaves in class I know there are students leary of going to school.

What school?

[Anonymous]

WSHS

[Anonymous]

I was a little suspicious of the coordination between the guy that posted the threat and the guy that alerted the police. Have they said it was a coordinated hoax to see what happened/get schools closed? Or was there an actual threat?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WSHS

Yes. WSHS

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Anonymous wrote:WSHS

Yes. WSHS

Yep.

[Anonymous]

What is WSHS? And if this is a legit threat has anyone reported it?

[Anonymous]

I also heard of kids were staying home from WSHS but do not have students there myself and have not heard anything on the news. Please, FCPS, give us information. Kids are truly worried.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also heard of kids were staying home from WSHS but do not have students there myself and have not heard anything on the news. Please, FCPS, give us information. Kids are truly worried.

I admit I have been checking in with my high schooler ther e throughout the day.

We also discussed things like staying vigilant and alert (like not looking at the smart phone when transitioning between classes), escape if you can/play dead if you can't, and how if someone is shot ask the girls for their tampons and pads to try to slow beeding until help arrives.

I cannot believe we have to have these discussions with our kids...

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Anonymous wrote:What is WSHS? And if this is a legit threat has anyone reported it?

West Springfield

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Anonymous wrote:I also heard of kids were staying home from WSHS but do not have students there myself and have not heard anything on the news. Please, FCPS, give us information. Kids are truly worried.

I admit I have been checking in with my high schooler ther e throughout the day.

We also discussed things like staying vigilant and alert (like not looking at the smart phone when transitioning between classes), escape if you can/play dead if you can't, and how if someone is shot ask the girls for their tampons and pads to try to slow beeding until help arrives.

I cannot believe we have to have these discussions with our kids...

Absolutely heartbreaking. My kids are resilient but this is a lot to deal with on top of everything else