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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Geez. 48 assaults that resulted in cops being called from September this year vs. 51 for the WHOLE school year in 2019-2020. Hmmm, besides covid, what else changed this year?? https://www.fox5dc.com/news/seneca-valley-high-schools-principal-calls-on-dads[

Lol besides returning to full time in person education after a year and a half of virtual/hybrid? You really don't get what that experience was like for a lot of kids.[/quote]

Absolutely I do. Even more reason NOT to remove SROs this year. I know that SROs were removed this year after many years of supporting high schools and despite requests from principals not to do so. Top it off with the fact that they didn't hire the mental health workers that they promised and assumed would be effective in taking their place. Frankly I'm shocked at the incompetence.[/quote]
+1  If they know that kids are suffering mental health issues from the stress of the past year, it makes more sense to have more security, not less.  Sure, hire more mental health professionals, but we also need more security. We can chew gum and walk at the same time, no?  For me, my kids' safety is paramount.[/quote]

You can add security guards for that. You can call the police when someone is getting stabbed or someone brings a weapon to school. But having police there proactively just means they will arrest more kids (data show that SRO programs increase arrests most in offenses like "disorderly conduct"). Arresting a bunch of kids for nonviolent offenses will not help their mental health.[/quote]
Sure, but they aren't doing that, either.   What would the security guard do with a student who is committing "disorderly conduct"?   Do they just send them back to class? Send them home, only for them to come back and repeat?  How is that helpful to anyone?  What do security guards do when there is a student with a knife? Call the cops, right?  Why do the Principals want SROs in the schools?  Why did the Blair Prinicpal want the cops there? 
 Do you deal with students day in and day out?  Do you know more than the Principals?

In any case, they could also train the SROs to deal with students who have mental health issues.  [/quote]

Do you hear yourself? Let's just arrest the kids? Yes, it's terrible that MCPS can't handle unruly students. That doesn't mean you take them away in handcuffs.[/quote]

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