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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since SROs are no longer in schools, then what is MCPS doing to keep schools safe?[/quote]

Restorative justice practices and more emphasis on mental health support.

Which is great. And absolutely needs to happen.

I just wish they hadn’t removed the SROs too. MoCo is the only county that removed them in Maryland, even though several others examined the issue in the wake of George Floyd’s murder.   [/quote]

What exactly would an SRO done? Pulled a gun? [/quote]

Presence is deterrence. Nobody ever has to touch a gun.  There is far more to the spectrum of police work than an arrest/use of force.[/quote]

So we agree we don’t need police with guns in the schools. [/quote]

No. What is needed is a zero tolerance policy for violence in school.  Years ago people were expelled for violence.  Now they're given a cookie and told to write a note to themselves telling them why they're awesome.[/quote]

There is a lot of truth to this. [/quote]

I must admit I didn't feel this way until the Damascus broom incident. Some students are a danger to others and should be in a facility that can both educate them and ensure their behavior doesn't injure others. A high school with 1 or 2 thousand kids isn't the place for a student who is violent. [/quote]

It’s called RICA. Did you even know that? [/quote]

That was when you get in big criminal trouble. There used to be an in-between option -- Mark Twain school in Rockville -- but MCPS shut it down to big fanfare some years ago. The new strategy is to transfer the problem student to a new school. The ringleader in the Damascus rape case was on his 2nd or 3rd school at that point.[/quote]

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