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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My crystal ball says an SRO would have prevented this tragedy.  Yours says otherwise.  The truth is, we'll never know.[/quote]

An SRO has never prevented a tragedy.[/quote]

Wrong. I’m a high school teacher who has witnessed a tragedy being averted by an SRO. I had a student with a huge knife, which he brought to school to threaten/hurt another. The SRO talked him down and retrieved the knife.

So yes, it happens. We just don’t advertise it when it does. [/quote]

I don't doubt that some SROs have done good, even averting incidents.

But OP and others seem to be asserting that the presence of an SRO would have prevented this specific tragedy, and that [b]SROs overall are a net good for the school environment, justifying the cost and negative effects.  Neither of those things has proven to be true[/b].[/quote]

Having worked in both middle and high schools for a long time, I strongly disagree. I doubt you've been in them long enough to see some of the violent fights that have been averted or strong, behavior disordered kids who have very poor impulse control and direct their anger towards innocent kids and teachers. Who do you think should intervene?

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I'm not sure what is to disagree with.  I acknowledge and am grateful for those instances when SROs have helped avert violence.  But the question remains whether those instances outweigh the documented negative impacts and justify the overall expense.  Most studies that I have seen indicate that they do not.[/quote]

PP here. If we are going to allow students with extremely aggressive and violent behaviors to walk the halls of our public schools and not be educated in separate facilities as used to be the norm, then we need to be prepared for what might happen. The average teacher (male or female) isn't strong enough to protect the other kids when the students I mentioned lose control. If it were your child who is being hit, kicked, battered, etc, then I think you would believe it's worth the expense. Otherwise, we need to have an alternative placement/plan for those who have a known history of the behaviors I described. [/quote]

The decision whether or not to have SROs should be made by the people within schools, not politicians. When PGCPS surveyed the community, the vast majority of students and teachers said to keep SROs. MCPS didn’t have a similar survey. Instead, politicians made the decision without considering much community input.

I’m a teacher. I’ve seen the incredible good SROs can do. As somebody who is directly impacted by this decision, I would like to think I can have a say. [/quote]

Removing SROs entirely from schools certainly seems like a huge mistake.   Hope all the school systems who took this draconian approach will reverse course and reinstate SROs in schools. [/quote]

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