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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weapons detectors will not solve the guns in school issue. PG has them and they still have gun issues.

Example: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/police/charles-herbert-flowers-lockdown-gun-was-found-on-school-grounds/65-a4750726-f8eb-425c-afe4-607caba31fa9[/quote]

So your answer is to do nothing until a student or teacher is seriously hurt or worse?[/quote]

Absolutely not. I'm just saying that safety is not an issue that technology will fix.

It is a people, poverty and community issue. MCPS needs to partner with the Northwood community to understand root causes and actually solve the problems.

That starts with being transparent about the safety issues in the system, engaging the community on coming up with the needed solutions and resources, and hold school and system leadership accountable for their missteps and failures.

MCPS, thus far, has been unwilling to do those things. They just quickly shift from one lockdown to the next, insisting everything is ok and that these incidents are one-off anomalies when they aren't. They're part of a pattern that needs to be addressed systemically.[/quote]

MCPS cannot solve societal problems. MCPS needs to focus on teaching. Teenagers past the age of 16 should be allowed to drop out of school if they are not interested in an education. MCPS cannot rescue every student. [/quote]

First off, that cannot be the case when MCPS is more than half of the county budget. If they're going to be that much of the services experienced by county residents, they need to be part of the solution. School is also the place where children spend the most time outside of their home. They have to be part of the solution.

Second, that is definitely not the expectation of the state of Maryland, who has established the community schools model and views schools as hubs for community resources. Schools are a community resource, which is why they're open to the public for use and rental. Schools are an inextricable part of our community, so you can't say MCPS cannot solve societal problems, when providing a free education to children in itself is in fact an attempt to solve a societal problem.[/quote]

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