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[quote=Anonymous]The fact is violence can find your child anywhere. Even at a private school though private schools have the ability to expel a problem student quickly. We have done public and private. The private actually had less security but I will say that it felt safer. Either way, the odds are overwhelmingly in your child’s favor in MCPS. I hate bomb threats and understand why they need to investigate but when has there ever actually been a school bombing in MCPS or anywhere in the DC area? I do not believe there’s been one in my lifetime. And I don’t believe there’s been one anywhere in the country. School shootings are to me scarier. The odds are still very very low but it is hard to see the news and then drop your kids at school. I have done a fairly good job keeping the worry in check but the latest threat at Wootton (our HS) hit too close to home. I was very upset. Yet I sent my son off to school each day since because I think these things can happen anywhere. The school and police did their job well and averted a shooting. Now everyone is vigilant and the perpetrator isn’t free. I remind myself that the kids who will actually strike out violently are true outliers. My kids are at least as safe at school as at Nats Park, on the metro or at the mall. And my gut says they are actually much safer. [/quote]

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