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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I agree, what happened to that child at ESS could happen at any MCPS school. That it happened reflects a systemic problem that won’t be remedied by few retirements and/or transfers. [b]It’s unclear what training and experience the police and MCPS lacked in this case.[/b] The idea that is a seasoned MCPS educator would allow the police to do what they did without objection because they lacked appropriate training is hard to accept. I’m more troubled that MCPS did nothing about this incident until the public saw the video more than a year later.

Neither the school system or the police department have publicly addressed the issue of whether the two agencies can assure parents (especially those of us who are parents to children of color) that what happened to child at ESS will not happen to another child. According to Bethesda Beat, the officers are back in the street and the AP is at another school. In light of those facts, it’s more than reasonable to conclude that can and likely will happen again to another MCPS student[/quote]

The police need to be off the street. There's no "training" that can address that level of absolute rage at a small child. The officers are not fit to serve, and the fact that they are still in our community should concern every single parent and every single resident.

As for MCPS staff, they need training on de-escalation, on what they can and cannot ask police to do inside the school building, on what they can and cannot share with law enforcement regarding a child's disciplinary history, and some cultural competency support to figure out how to handle the situation when the parent, the cops, and the child are all Black and all seem to be on the same page regarding discipline but are still wrong.

The AP failed here. She failed as an educator and as a human being. But she failed inside a system that set her up to fail and if we want to make sure that all of our children are safe inside MCPS schools we need to demand systemic changes, not just changes to which person is which position.  [/quote]

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