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It's proof that there aren't ENOUGH sros.
Look at the argument that there were 9 security personnel at Blair. Well Blair has nearly 3100 students! That means one security person per 300 kids! It's. It's not enough!
The schools are TOO big. The politics of Montgomery County ensure that our children's education is diminished to the lowest common denominator instead of raising it to the highest. There should be MORE schools. Less stude.ts at each and MORE security where needed. And by security I include SROs. If Covid didn't convince people that schools are too overcrowded I don't know what will. [/quote]

OK, so we need more security guards. Is 10 enough? Or 15? Or...? How many is enough?

Also, how big do you think the high schools should be, and where should MCPS put them?[/quote]

Lovers think problems are unsolvable.  Leaders solve them.[/quote]

DP the SRO program did not place 10 police officers at each school - what was it, 1 officer? 2 officers?

There is no logical reason for having SROs at schools. Security guards are there to provide security. It does not take long to stab someone multiple times and 1 or 2 SROs in a school of 3000 kids are not going to be there to stop that as it's happening. School staff are there to discipline students. If something rises to the level of a crime, the police can be called. We are lucky we have great police response times in MoCo - average is 9 minutes.

We should not be relying on police to "counsel" students, that is not what police are trained to do, that's an excuse to not hire people actually equipped for that task. [/quote]

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