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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My HS has a fully closed lunch and probably 800 kids leave anyway and just show back up like nothing happened.  Its infuriating that we don’t do anything about it.  But its hard to stop when there are something like 45 exterior doors that are not allowed to be locked due to fire codes.[/quote]

What has your admin team said about this problem? Have they advocated for more safety staff?[/quote]

We have 9 security guards already.[/quote]

Do you believe 9 security guards is enough to prevent the problem you're describing?[/quote]

Its likely the largest allocation in the county[/quote]

So you're not gonna answer the question?[/quote]

Honestly my solution would be to lock 8 of the 10 public bathrooms at lunch and force all 2500 students to use two bathrooms so security can be stationed at heavily used exits instead of having to be bathroom monitors.

However that solution makes parents sad that their HS kids might have to hold their bladders for an hour.

Hiring more security would be great if you all want to pay more in taxes to add an additional 50-60 security personnel [/quote]

So the number needed in your head is 50 security personnel? Without knowing your role or your expertise, I have no way of knowing why you're throwing that number out.

But here's what I do know: Our high schools have a massive footprint. Even with the 9 security staff you're talking about, it's not as if that's always what you get everyday. When security staff call out sick, there's no substitute for them like there is with teachers.

But you know what MCPS could do? The BOE or Taylor could direct Chief Safety Officer Marcus Jones to review the problem and come up with a revised per school security staff allocation that would meet the goal of preventing students from leaving the school building when they aren't supposed to.

Why do you think that hasn't happened yet?[/quote]

50 county wide.  Roughly 2 more in each school[/quote]

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