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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a Magruder teacher if anyone has any questions.   Kids were very good during the lockdown.  Staff were pretty positive.  All of us are new to this so it is hard to process it.  Felt like a normal day.  Lockdown was relaxed with most students just on phones.  The worst part by far was not being able to use the restroom.

I agree that communication sucked.  They wouldnt even tell us any details even though it’s all over the news/Twitter.  
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I'm sorry you had to experience this.
Can you confirm: 
so no food, drink or bathrooms. 
and held an additional hour to wait for the super. 
and suspect was among the student body for 2 hours before apprehended (when parents? thought the threat was over)? Did you realize shooter was still at the school? 
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We were on lockdown.  Police wouldn’t let us leave rooms for any reason.  School was treated as a crime scene basically, so no one could leave rooms.  No food or drink except for what kids had on them.  It’s not like the cafeteria was open or anything.

We were not given any details or updates while in the building regarding events going on. Except for a photo sent out asking if that person was in anyone’s room.  Not sure if that person was directly involved or not.  No information about ongoing threats, suspect in a room.  The issue was first treated as a health issue when the boy was found and ambulances were called.  The school was put on lockdown to allow ambulance personnel to arrive.  The first thought is that he injured himself intentionally but there was no knife.  Then there was the realization that it must be a gunshot when the ambulance crew determined the injury, but no gun was found.  So obviously there must be another student involved.  It took time to ID the student, determine location and make a plan to remove student from the classroom safely.  That explains the two hours of time needed before the suspect was apprehended and the lack of communication so that no one was tipped off.

Once he was apprehended, evidence collected , and they made sure no one was involved then the moved to securing the building and removing students.  At that point there were 35 police cars and overhead news chopper and the local inspections had been closed backing up all the traffic.  Obviously McKnight and others didn’t have a helicopter to arrive on site.  Traffic was backed up for miles.  Kids could leave in until buses arrived which is also when the McKnight and other staff were finally able arrive.  There was not conspiracy or anything.  Just traffic.  Staff stayed until almost 7pm when we had a short meeting with no details given except a reference to “health emergency” and introductions to the the county staff in charge of things going forward.  They asked us not to give interviews.[/quote]
Thank you for this thoughtful and thorough response after what must have been a horrendous day. 
You must have been a source of calm for you students. 
Again, I'm really sorry for that this is happening so often in this country. 
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This is a bit too detailed for a teacher. Was that exactly 35 police cars? How do they know? Who told them?

This does not read as a first hand account at all. Just more MCPS propaganda. [/quote]

It’s sad that your first assumption is conspiracy. [/quote]

Not PP you were replying to, but in this age of social media, you can't ever trust what you read online. I am quite sure that there are a few MCPS hacks on this site, but the teacher poster appeared sincere enough - maybe she added info with what she gleaned later, who knows.

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They wrote: “That explains the two hours of time needed before the suspect was apprehended and the lack of communication so that no one was tipped off.”

That’s an excuse for MCPS. Not a first hand account of what happened from someone that was present. [/quote]

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