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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if central office has resorted to planting weapons so City Council takes their cries for help with school safety and discipline seriously?   Wonder if this is related to the drive-by shooting murder over the weekend?[/quote]
What power does City Council that Central Office does not have, in this matter?[/quote]

$$$$$$$[/quote]

City Council still wants to cut funding for SROs and police presence at schools.  They think it is not a law enforcement problem.  It is really is insane.  [/quote]

If a teacher intercepted the gun as reported, it sounds like they need to fund more teachers instead of SROs.[/quote]

You think teachers should have to do this? [/quote]

Should they have to do it? Absolutely not. [b]Are they likely to be the ones who do?[/b] Sadly, yes. And if that is what happened today, that teacher is a hero and I will be forever grateful.[/quote]

Can you cite some numbers on this?

Yes, the teacher is a hero but saying that teachers should then take the place of SROs is problematic. Perhaps you were being flip but according to multiple polls, the number one reason teachers are leaving is because of violence in the schools. And this is Alexandria where every bad idea is given a chance to become policy. [/quote]

I was not saying teachers “should then take the place of SROs.” I meant (but perhaps did not state this clearly) that managing students’ safety is increasingly becoming part of our job as teachers. And it is not tenable.[/quote]

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