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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in this district. The families of children WHO ATTEND THIS SCHOOL get an email every time this happens letting them know there was an event at school and if their child saw it and needs mental health support, there are resources available at school. The entire LCPS community does NOT receive that message and nor should it when it is an issue occurring at a school they do not attend.

The story coming out now is pure politics. It’s Chapman wanting to scare up drama for re-election- the extra police he’s put at the school aren’t doing anything it standing around outside in the morning. A school board candidate is using this for her campaign. Now there’s news cameras they’re making a spectacle of the school. None of these people actually care about the real issue and this is not new info- people have been to the school board about the drug crisis and LCPS’ lack of response and resources earlier this year. 
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Exactly this.
Parents have been notified all along. [/quote]

I am no Youngkin groupie AT ALL. I think he is a dangerous slick politician. However, I do believe parents have the "right" to know that this is happening and to what extent it is happening in their kids' school. There is a big difference between the generic email notifications the schools currently send out (we're APS, but they sound exactly like what's described above) and actually notifying parents that an OVERDOSE or DRUG incident occurred. The generic emails can be anything from a student fainting and an ambulance being called, someone falling down the stairs and breaking an arm, a fist-fight fight in the cafeteria, to a student being high or unconscious from an accidental drug overdose. Drug use and the mental health "crisis" of teens is a larger issue concerning more than individual kids and their parents. Fentanyl has advanced the game tremendously. It is important for the parents to know the extent of the problem in their kids' school.
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I'll add that an incident like this, with EIGHT students within such a short timeframe, makes it something parents need to be aware of immediately. Clearly there is a bad batch of drugs out there and/or stronger stuff is infiltrating the community. Parents need to know! Otherwise, it's continual denial that anything will happen to their kid.[/quote]

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