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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ultimately, security at MCPS athletic events is MCPS responsibility.  The police at football game mostly congregate in the parking lot area or streets right off of school campus.  At our school, you see about 5 police cruisers with uniformed officers standing around talking to one another.  None come into the stadium or stands.

School staff could improve security if staff members actually sit in various spots throughout the stands instead of congregating together on the football sideline. Particularly at the end of the game if there was a reminder to throw trash in the trash cans with staff redirecting people to clean up after themselves, the stadium would not been left covered in trash.

Were there middle school kids at the game? Yes. Were there elementary school kids at the game? Yes.  Some were sitting with parents but some had a chaperoning adult watching a group of kids from an area of the stadium that was close by. There were no problems having the younger kids at the game. One high school student on the other hand was stumbling drunk in the stands.

There was one fight on the field.  I wish there were none and MCPS should look at how players are coached and the consequences of fighting during a game.
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I'm a parent of a football player. I can't believe you think that staff attending the events should be told where they have to sit or be working on off time and directing attendees to throw their trash away!  
When I was growing up woodsy owl told us and now a days no one is telling anyone.  I agree there should be more public pressure on everyone to clean up and stop littering. But I don't know how we could possibly ask any more of our school staff on their off time! We are lucky enough that they care enough to come out to the games.

As for players fighting.  You have hormonal boys out there getting fowled, etc. You want to blame that on the coaching staff? Gmab! You seem to have a lot of "everyone else should " and blame for everyone else but it takes a village.  When you were at the game did you tell kids where to throw their trash?[/quote]

The administrators at the football game are not off duty.  It’s part of their job responsibility to be there. MCPS could also hire extra security personnel specifically for the game. I haven’t seen one of the six school security officers in the stadium at our games. They tend to only monitor the parking lot with the police.

The point is, most of the problems occur in the stands which happens to be the place no one on duty goes.  I can see your point that staff shouldn’t have to remind students to throw away trash, but a public announcement on the intercom with staff standing nearby would probably help.  Lunch at school was a wreck outside till students heard reminders and staff were present at the end of lunch.

As far as the fights on the field, that’s not part of the game yet coaches actually encourage players to fight. If students had to sit out the rest of the game, I am sure coaches and players would think twice before throwing fists at one another.[/quote]

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