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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What action items resulted from the safety meeting held at BCC HS? What did the stakeholders - students, parents, the school, MCPS, police, elected officials and others - say about improving safety at the school and across MCPS secondary schools? [/quote]

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Figures. They will check their box saying we held a meeting. They don't know what to do.[/quote]

Parents submitted questions ahead of the time and the first hour or so involved Dr. Mooney and MCPS staff answering those questions. Then there was another hour for additional questions from the audience. Action items are supposed to come later (per PTSA president at the meeting). So no, I don't think this was just a "check the box" meeting. It was really helpful to hear about state and federal laws that severely limit what MCPS and principals can and can't share. I always thought these were MCPS rules, but the MCPS reps who were there seemed just as frustrated. While I think the intent of these law is good, the impact results in a lot of frustration all around. It was helpful to hear more about disciplinary action schools can take (and also how this is shaped by state law in some cases - and the laws that prevent principals from even saying, "the student involved was suspended for X number of days"). I actually thought it was a good meeting and I appreciate Dr. Mooney's willingness to answer questions and to sit there and take some pretty harsh criticism, some of which he deserves and some of which he doesn't. [/quote]

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