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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a ridiculous post. The principal should have told the kids  there was no threat but has no reason to send an email to parents immediately.

And even if you disagree jumping from there to cutting funds for MCPS is just dumb, or I guess trolltastic[/quote]

This. I'm shocked that parents are in uproar about this. Take a step back and analyze what happened:

*2 girls decided to be stupid and get drunk before school
*They show up drunk at school and pass out in the bathroom
*Kids found them and reported to admin, 911 gets called
*everyone at the school panics and rumors start going nuts
*Principal sends out a notification at the end of the school day after waiting for MCPS central office to approve the email
*Parents like OP start making calls to cut funds to MCPS.

Since when did parents obtain the right to be notified of health-related information regarding a student who is not their own child? Do principals have to send a school-wide notification if a student has an asthma attack?
If the Principal can't send an email (which I agree is a total bottle neck), then the PTA President's notification that there is no threat to other students should be enough. Geez. How this made news is ridiculous. [/quote]

The problem is social media and cell phones.

The school's communication policy and structure was built before both of those things. The image of the girls passed out was circulating all over social media and the school.

The school needs to respond in real-time to prevent the rumor mill from swirling.

A response that says: "We're aware that images of two students passed out in the bathroom are circulating, however, the rumors about it being due to a drug or fentanyl overdose are not true. The students in question are being cared for by medical staff and will be dealt with privately and with their parents and MCPS disciplinary measures."

Something like that. You have to cut through the chatter as the authority. Sitting on the sidelines silently allows the worst of the worst assumptions to dominate the conversation. This is 2023, not 2003.[/quote]

I disagree. It is not the school's job to provide real-time alerts on situations that don't impact their kids in fear of rumors spreading. Parents who are dying to know can easily call the school and even the PTA (if they want to) can send a notification that says, the rumors are not true and that there's no threat at the school.    [/quote]

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