Did Fallsmead class run out of school and into community during Wootton Shooting?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Because I am a parent of one of the 4th graders who ran from the building.

And? Are you saying the information conflicts with what you heard from the teacher or your child? Or is it inherently incompatible with something you observed? You're being so vague I really don't understand what you're claiming.

Not sure what's vague about saying i'm a parent of one of the 4th graders who ran from fallsmead with her teacher. I have talked with my child, talked to other parents who talked to their children, and talked to the parents who sheltered the children. There were factual statements in the email from the principal and there were inaccuracies based on the accounts of the adults who sheltered children in their home, and another in her SUV. The issue at hand is that the principal and assistant principal failed to alert parents that their children had left campus during a lockdown. And when she did call 24 hours later, defended her actions and placed blame on other parties.

Defended what actions? Who did she blame? What did she say they did wrong?

MCPS defender back at it with their questions. "Placed blame on other parties" seems to be a reoccurring pattern. Read snow day threads & cleanup efforts days, coordinating with other parties to cleanup, and several others. Don't try to defend it there are parents on here who have been with the systems for decades.

I don't get it- why the obfuscation here? Why not say what the principal said and describe what was wrong?

Why don't you look into it and report back here when you find out. Let's say a deadline by the end of this month. TIA.

[Anonymous]

My active shooter training is “run, hide, fight”. My elementary school kids’ active shooter training focuses on hiding in the corner in the classroom under and behind furniture and being very quiet.

If either kids teachers thought getting the kids away from the building was the best choice I wouldn’t fault them.

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Anonymous wrote:Because I am a parent of one of the 4th graders who ran from the building.

And? Are you saying the information conflicts with what you heard from the teacher or your child? Or is it inherently incompatible with something you observed? You're being so vague I really don't understand what you're claiming.

Not sure what's vague about saying i'm a parent of one of the 4th graders who ran from fallsmead with her teacher. I have talked with my child, talked to other parents who talked to their children, and talked to the parents who sheltered the children. There were factual statements in the email from the principal and there were inaccuracies based on the accounts of the adults who sheltered children in their home, and another in her SUV. The issue at hand is that the principal and assistant principal failed to alert parents that their children had left campus during a lockdown. And when she did call 24 hours later, defended her actions and placed blame on other parties.

Defended what actions? Who did she blame? What did she say they did wrong?

MCPS defender back at it with their questions. "Placed blame on other parties" seems to be a reoccurring pattern. Read snow day threads & cleanup efforts days, coordinating with other parties to cleanup, and several others. Don't try to defend it there are parents on here who have been with the systems for decades.

I don't get it- why the obfuscation here? Why not say what the principal said and describe what was wrong?

Why don't you look into it and report back here when you find out. Let's say a deadline by the end of this month. TIA.

I'm serious- why are these posters being so evasive? I really don't understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My active shooter training is “run, hide, fight”. My elementary school kids’ active shooter training focuses on hiding in the corner in the classroom under and behind furniture and being very quiet.

If either kids teachers thought getting the kids away from the building was the best choice I wouldn’t fault them.

Ditto we tell them to run

[Anonymous]

I applaud that teacher. This is the first time I have heard of a teacher taking a class out of a school. That teacher didn't have the full information but still a bold decision.

Have you not seen the school shootings where classrooms are just sitting ducks waiting to be shot. Have you not seen Uvalde where the police did not go in to help. And other school shootings where "security" ran the other way.