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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Neighbor kid said today's BCC lockdown was over 2 hours long and then a shelter in place before school ended for the day. What were police doing for that long?[/quote]

The threat was called at around 11:30am, lockdown implemented, the police arrived, and I suppose took some time to set-up and confer with admin. Police dog teams cleared each schoolroom and all storage and closets one by one, gave the all clear, and THEN there was a shelter in place, not quite sure why. Dismissal was at the regular time. [/quote]

It sounds like this first poster has not been inside BCC. It is huge. Frankly, I am surprised they finished the sweep in only two hours. [/quote]

Yes. Thank you. I’m grateful to the police.

Disgusted by the school board and the PTSA “check your privilege” attitude.

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You must be thrilled that the PTSA president announced she will not continue on next year, which is something she had agreed to do when no one else stepped up. Will you volunteer? [/quote]

I'm very sad the PTSA President is leaving. She did a great job. MCPS has ignored concerns for safety (I know they can't fix it all but they won't address anything)
She gently mentioned that some from a more privileged background may not fully understand why SROs are not always the best idea. 
She didn't say this but we know data doesn't support the value of SROs but many don't care. I get it. I'm a middle aged white lady. I would feel better with SROs but it doesn't mean I'd actually be safer.

The person whom she responded to is very vocal about SROs but doesn't really acknowledge the other point of view so the President was trying to help (at least that's how I took it) 
Look - the SROs won't save anyone from a bomb. Won't save them from a shooting. What they often do is rough kids up for very minor offenses and then the issue is an MCPD issue rather than an MCPS issue. [b]Typically schools with SROs have a high number of arrests for minorities for offenses that didn't need law enforcement.[/b]

The SRO issue aside, I've heard the emails sent to the PTSA were horrific and nobody should have to deal with that - especially for a volunteer job that is really an unpaid full time job.
I couldn't do it and I think those who think the PTSA President has so much power to fix everything should step up and do it.

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Just please stop. You have no clue what you are talking about. My kid goes to a HS with a high minority population, 47% FARMS. Majority of parents and students here want SROs to come back. [/quote]

In case you didn't know, FARMS isn't the same as the number of non-white people. There are plenty of high-income black families who worry about their kids if they have to deal with police. So right there, I think you might not understand the issue. Do you have numbers on how many non-white families want SROs or did you talk to two low income people and assume they are the same as people of color?

I'm just using data on effectiveness of SROs. Try Googling it if you want to really understand why it's not a magical solution.

SROs make white people like me feel better but I'm able to see the other side of this because most of my family is not white and I have witnessed how they are treated differently by police.  
I bet you have never witnessed a loved one be harassed by police and have to keep saying yes sir because just a little side eye could end up being the end of them. Your own white privilege is blinding you and stop saying you have one black friend so you know everything. Ever hear of Uvalde? How effective were the police there? A mother ran in to save her own kids.

Stop voting for Republicans who only care about using guns to scare their constituents into voting for them. Most people want common sense gun control and we should only elect people who will support that.

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DP also with a kid at a high FARMS school, who also actually knows black families. I guarantee you that the majority are highly in favor of tight discipline in school including SROs. It’s only the super leftist activists who often don’t even have kids at the school - who are against it. But sure, my lefty black intellectual in law is probably against SROs in schools and the “school to prison pipeline.” Meanwhile she sends her own kids to a fancy private school because the publics are “to dangerous.” Lol. [/quote]

I would love to see a straight up vote on the SRO question broken down by race and school and whether you are a teacher or oarent or student.  At one point, they asked for thoughts at a PTA meeting and basically no one said anything.  As a white parent, I didn’t feel comfortable voicing my opinion because I really don’t know what the impact is on black kids and I think that’s a really important question.  As far as I know, no one has that data.  The fact that a majority black county like PG kept the SROs says something, but of course that doesn’t answer the question.  [/quote]

I can assure you that in DCPS there would be a strong black majority for SROs. [/quote]

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