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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why just elementary schools, OP? Usually shootings are in high schools or middle schools.

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Did you completely miss Sandy Hook and Uvalde? How can you ask why focus on elementary schools?[/quote]

PP you replied to. Because

A. My kids only ever had threats and lockdowns at their respective MCPS high schools (Bethesda-Chevy Chase and Walter Johnson), never when they were in the middle or elementary schools of those clusters.

B. Having volunteered in all those buildings, I can tell you that middle and high school buildings are much larger, with a lot more exterior doors, and it's far easier to get in if someone forgets to lock a door or holds the door for you. At my kids' elementary schools, there were fewer doors and fewer comings and goings to keep track of.

This is the lived experience of a parent who has been through K-12 with that kind of fear at the back of my mind.

I know your kids are probably in elementary, which is why you're focusing on those, but the reality is that larger buildings are exponentially more at risk. The mentally ill can write manifestos all they want, but if they can't get into the elementary school building... they'll try to get into an easier one.

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What OP is telling you, that you don't seem to grasp, is that despite the secondary schools being bigger, they have better safety measures and resources in place compared to their elementary counterparts.[/quote]

Elementary schools literally cannot call 911. Would-be shooters (likely former students) know that.[/quote]

PP you replied to. I'm sorry, but having just walked into BCC high school, larger schools do not have better safety measures! They have open lunch, for God's sake AND THEY DO NOT CHECK STUDENT IDs WHEN COMING BACK FROM LUNCH. It's a major, major, flaw. There are 2000-3000 kids in any one high school. Our Principal was punched in the face last year, along with the security guard. We also had a lockdown with bomb and gun threat right in the middle of AP exams last May. So no, you will never convince me that elementary schools are more dangerous. All you're telling me here is that you don't have a high schooler in MCPS. Also, if elementary classrooms can't call 911, I doubt middle and high schools can either. The front desk is supposed to make that call. If you want to make every classroom 911-capable, then you have my full support.

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I’m sorry this is happening at your school but you clearly feel passionately about it, so show up. Register to give testimony in front of the board and demand change. Demand increased funding and security at every level of MCPS schools.[/quote]

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