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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our schools don’t need to look or feel like prisons.[/quote]

I've often wondered why the far-right astroturfers that post here are obsessed with turning schools into prisons. Maybe their test data indicates it's a strong wedge issue among uninformed voters.
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I don’t think I’ve seen any far right astroturfers posting here (but certainly have in other threads).  People pushing for the metal detectors (which I’m opposed to because I think they are ineffective) are definitely parents — the RM meeting about the guns had a LOT of parents requesting metal detectors.  I’m one of the parents that does want more security so my kid doesn’t have to hold her pee until open lunch and go at Panera.  I’ve also still got questions about the difference between the CEO and SRO program.  Based on the bullet point chart summarizing the new MOU, it appears there are some material differences with respect to enforcement of the laws regarding drug distribution and the officer’s abilities to be a deterrent presence in the hallways.   I’m a liberal progressive but I’m actually in favor of trained law enforcement and I think our MCPD officers are generally pretty good (not unverizally, but unfortunately no group is universally good).

Fwiw, I went to HS in the 80s and we had an officer in school in plain clothes but everyone knew he was an officer, and everyone knew his sole purpose standing there was to ensure no drug deals at least in the hallway where he was standing.  The school security officers mainly just gave out disciplinary slips if you were in the hallway during class without a hall pass.  Guns weren’t as much of an issue back then because even though I lived in the Wild West with few gun laws, guns were actually expensive back then so really not a lot of people had them.  People had switchblades in their boots or pockets.[/quote]

What questions do you have?

The only change to drug enforcement is possession of small amounts of pot and paraphernalia (which are citations in MC not criminal) are now discipline issues not crimes. Basically MCPS deals with these issues instead of cops,

I grew up in MCOS in the 80’s and we had way more drugs back then and we could smoke in the student lounge but the drugs didn’t kill us like fentanyl. Fights worked th we Marlee’s out cops and teachers did not get involved. [/quote]

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