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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are in a Bethesda-area high school and middle school. We received alerts to talk to our kids about fentanyl-laced pills, especially the ones that look like candies - just one pill can kill you. MCPS has drug and substance abuse awareness programs for students every year, which are very informative. I have personally warned my children never to take pill-shaped items from someone else in or out of school without verifying with me. My son has ADHD meds that he sometimes has to carry on his person,  in the original prescription bottle, and he knows exactly what the markings are and how many he has.

I know you created this thread to blame MCPS for everything, but I'm addressing the readers: MCPS can't detect pills. Metal detectors don't work in this situation. Strip and body cavity searching is not in the cards. What do you want MCPS to do that they are not already doing?

Fentanyl is a societal problem, and needs to be addressed at the national level. Drugs streaming across the border are as urgent a conversation as gun control, and indeed are linked to guns and trafficking.

Talk to your kids. Listen to them. Build trust from a young age. [/quote]

You should expect more out of life than this. When i was in high school,  I was called to the office because a teacher in the hallway saw me give my friend Tylenol for a headache.  Of course I showed them the pills and the matter was cleared up immediately,  but if I had refused, I would have been held in the office until my parents arrived.

Our schools are unmanageable Not because of any other reason than that they are too large and underfunded. There are too many students in the hallways for teachers to over see who is doing what. There aren't enough security guards for the THOUSANDS of students in each building.  This isn't the board of educations mistake. This is the mistake of the county government who would rather cram as many bodies into as few schools as possible than to build another school. Another school means less housing which means less tax dollars for them.

Every problem leads back to the source- the schools are too big and understaffed.[/quote]

Agreed.  Our schools are too big and understaffed.  THAT is the problem.

Our county leaders have allowed unchecked overdevelopment, without pushing for the appropriate infrastructure.  Our schools can’t keep up with the influx of students.  Problems follow.  [/quote]

This is a huge problem because they keep putting more kids in the same schools.  The county and MCPS gave away so much land that they should have built new schools on.  They should limit HS to 1500-2000 students max.  [/quote]

MCPS is currently, right now, building two new high schools.[/quote] and how many students will be crammed in there? They are building 2 measly schools to house the thousands of new development they have allowed PLUS the new housing that's been approved already.  Give me a break. [/quote]

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