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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There should be an SRO officer at every high school and middle school.  [/quote]

+1 yes, and I'm fine with them walking the hallways.[/quote]

since they only make schools less safe it's kind of a bad idea[/quote]

Post proof, and it can’t be about Parkland or Uvalde. Bonus points if your data is actually related to MCPS, since that’s the subject of this thread. [/quote]

MCPS SROs are no different than azarose every place else this isn't magic. Cases like parkland and uvalde show that they are not effective in these dangerous situations, nor do they indicate that they make schools in any way safer for our children[/quote]

I’m a teacher. In one case, I watched an SRO calmly take a 16-18 inch knife off one of my students. I watched as the student admitted to the officer he planned to use it on another student at the end of the school day. In another case, I watched an SRO respond to a student who was stranded with a pair of scissors. He administered the aid. In a third case, I watched an SRO talk to a distressed student about something that occurred the day prior, and helped the student calmly resolve the matter.

There was no press for any of these occasions. That’s a shame, too, because the narrative about SROs is remarkably unbalanced. I’m 100% in support of SROs because I’ve seen first hand (multiple times) the good they can bring to our community.

I’ve often wondered how many interactions the loudest among us have actually had with SROs. [/quote]

MCPS HS pricnipals were also universally in favor of keeping SROS, but they were overruled by activist voices and Elrich and Jawando.[/quote]

Never been a fan of Jawando but at least he got this right. All the research shows that SROs make schools less safe.[/quote]

I’ll fix this for you: 
All the research Jawando decided to look at shows SROs make schools less safe.

Interestingly, PGCPS went the other way and kept SROs. They surveyed the whole community and 80% of students and staff said they wanted SROs to remain. The research they presented showed the positive value of SROs on a community.

[b]But the MCPS removal was all Cherry-picked data and minuscule focus groups. [/b][/quote]

The only way mcps knows how to do things [/quote]

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