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[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]

Churchill doesn’t apply Restorative Justice if both students are white.  Central Office won’t even help with going down that avenue if the students are white. Check with the staff in the Restorative Justice Department.

As far as mental health support, who is providing that support? There’s nobody that has been designated for that role to support students at Churchill. The school doesn’t even have a school nurse on board at a time we are in a pandemic.

School security is mostly on the perimeter, checking entrances and exits. Other school staff should patrol the hallways more often.[/quote]

School nurses are not mental health professionals.  All schools have counselors and most have one social worker but they aren't there to provide mental health services and if your child needs mental health services you need to get it outside school.

Restorative Justice is absurd.  Suspend the kids and make their parents pay for the damage.  Kid behave this way as they are allowed to get away with it.[/quote]

Actually most MCPS high schools do not have social workers. There are pupil personnel workers but they don't work in the school and mostly attend meetings (IEP meetings etc.)[/quote]

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