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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look people I'm a BCC parent and I'm horrified by what happened today. But I don't see why people are blaming the school personnel or school district for this - preventing swatting is not something remotely within their control. Hopefully the MCPD and even federal authorities can find a way to trace the call and prosecute the person who made it.

The principal's letter was excellent - it also explained why they took this as seriously as they did (perhaps in response to criticism here that bomb threats elsewhere haven't resulted in lockdowns.) It sounds like they did everything right, although I think there may be lessons to be learned. My kid was outside the building and ran inside when they were told that there was some "outside activity," then shoved in a small room with a bunch of others. Ideally if school personnel were aware of the specifics around the threat, they might have encouraged students to run away rather than come inside.

There are real issues at BCC; I have an older kid who graduated a few years ago and I never heard about the stuff that has happened even in this year alone. I hope we can find ways to deal with the routine violence - fighting etc - as well as prevent weapons from getting into schools. But I also realize there's no simple or obvious answer. We have parents feuding on the listserv about SROs and others blaming social media or the lack of respect for authority among young people or restorative justice and so on and so forth. Does anyone really think that an SRO would have prevented today's swatting call? Or that a cell phone ban would have ensured that no student brought a weapon to school?[/quote]

Yes!!!  I concur—well said!  The listserv has devolved.[/quote]

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