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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][QUOTE]In an email to MoCo360, county police spokesperson Shiera Goff said officers were dispatched to the school, but the situation was deescalated before community engagement officers arrived.

According to a memorandum of understanding between police and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), [b]“this is not considered a criminal matter—it was simply a fight,”[/b] Goff said. “Any disciplinary action will be handled by MCPS.” [/QUOTE]

Who gets to determine that this is not a criminal matter and that what happened wasn't assault? What if the parents of the child attacked feel differently? Let me guess: The principal gets to determine whether this was a fight vs. an assault?[/quote]

I have the same question. If my daughter is randomly attacked, can it be dismissed as “simply” a fight if she did nothing to provoke it? Or is fight used in a conventional sense of it takes two to tango? But then what if someone escalates it far beyond the other? Or what if one kid said something provocative but didn’t do anything physical and is then beaten?

Also isn’t the punishment likely more severe for recording and sharing? Only if you share? I get the reasoning if you’re *instigating* on social media. But what if you’re highlighting a problem in the schools? Are they trying to deter bad publicity with a threat of punishment for sharing? Or is just instigating the issue?

Is the MOU a public document? Link?[/quote]

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