I'm seriously considering taking my kids out of public school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There hasn’t been one shooting in a private school. We looked at security first when looking at schools. Our school has double gates on all entrances as well as no exterior windows - all windows face the enclosed courtyard. There is a guard at every outer gate.

+1. We did the same and found the same type of security in our private school. Security was the most important factor for us.

[Anonymous]

We switched to a great private school with enhanced security after Sandy Hook. Double gated, armed guards, strict perimeter protocol. It’s also a great school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

[Anonymous]

OP, living life is a risk. Don’t saddle your child with your anxiety.

9/11
Covid
Oklahoma City Bombing
Boston Marathon Bombing
TWA Flight 800

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Would you STFU about fatherless homes. No evidence it matters.

[Anonymous]

I’m curious how many of these pro-private folks also support gun control.

My pro-private school sister belongs to the NRA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There hasn’t been one shooting in a private school. We looked at security first when looking at schools. Our school has double gates on all entrances as well as no exterior windows - all windows face the enclosed courtyard. There is a guard at every outer gate.

And how much does this cost? Not everyone is rich. You will just raise a very anxious child.

[Anonymous]

All of these guarded schools do no good if the shooter is a current student like Columbine or the recent Michigan shooter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There hasn’t been one shooting in a private school. We looked at security first when looking at schools. Our school has double gates on all entrances as well as no exterior windows - all windows face the enclosed courtyard. There is a guard at every outer gate.

And how much does this cost? Not everyone is rich. You will just raise a very anxious child.

Only rich kids deserve safety and security of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, if switching makes you feel safer, you should switch. But your best bet is to keep your kids out of gangs/crews and don’t have a gun in your house.

Recent data:

New England J of Med (April 2022)

Leading Causes of Death among Children and Adolescents in the United States, 1999 through 2020.
The previous analysis, which examined data through 2016, showed that firearm-related injuries were second only to motor vehicle crashes (both traffic-related and nontraffic-related) as the leading cause of death among children and adolescents, defined as persons 1 to 19 years of age.4 Since 2016, that gap has narrowed, and in 2020, firearm-related injuries became the leading cause of death in that age group (Figure 1). From 2019 to 2020, the relative increase in the rate of firearm-related deaths of all types (suicide, homicide, unintentional, and undetermined) among children and adolescents was 29.5% — more than twice as high as the relative increase in the general population. The increase was seen across most demographic characteristics and types of firearm-related death (Fig. S1 in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this letter at NEJM.org).

Yes, 19 second through fourth graders would be alive today if only they had been “kept out of gangs/crews.” Those Sandy Hook first grade gangbangers were the worst

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Nonsense.

Nonsense?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of these guarded schools do no good if the shooter is a current student like Columbine or the recent Michigan shooter.

Those were public schools. Kids like that would be flagged and expelled from private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is PP. I mean not much more you can do if you’re not willing to enact gun control.

You start paying attention to the lack of effective mental health services for teen boys from fatherless homes.

Nonsense.

Nonsense?!

Total and utter parroted bullcrap and nonsense.

[Anonymous]

I did. A lot of parents I know in our school had security as their top reason for choosing private school. It’s a stretch for us but worth it.