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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why just elementary schools, OP? Usually shootings are in high schools or middle schools.

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Did you completely miss Sandy Hook and Uvalde? How can you ask why focus on elementary schools?[/quote]

PP you replied to. Because

A. My kids only ever had threats and lockdowns at their respective MCPS high schools (Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Walter Johnson), never when they were in the middle or elementary schools of those clusters.

B. Having volunteered in all those buildings, I can tell you that middle and high school buildings are much larger, with a lot more exterior doors, and it's far easier to get in if someone forgets to lock a door or holds the door for you. At my kids' elementary schools, there were fewer doors and fewer comings and goings to keep track of.

This is the lived experience of a parent who has been through K-12 with that kind of fear at the back of my mind.

I know your kids are probably in elementary, which is why you're focusing on those, but the reality is that larger buildings are exponentially more at risk. The mentally ill can write manifestos all they want, but if they can't get into the elementary school building... they'll try to get into an easier one.

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What OP is telling you, that you don't seem to grasp, is that despite the secondary schools being bigger, they have better safety measures and resources in place compared to their elementary counterparts.[/quote]

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