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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like [b]a lot of these posts are trying to shift the blame away from a knife-wielding student [/b]to others. SROs have dubious benefits at best. El Rich was right to remove them there are a waste of tax dollars.  Further it wouldn't have mattered in this case even if the SRO didn't just run away. [/quote]

BINGO![/quote]

The knife-wielding student (and the broader mcps punishment issue if the kid is allowed to remain in public school) is the main issue here.  Whether we should have SROS is a good debate, too, but I'd hope that people would listen to the pros and cons before rushing to judgment.

But I generally get frustrated when people who have almost no knowledge of a situation diagnose what everyone else did wrong.  We have only tiny bits of information, yet people assume they know how the situation would be best handled.

This same issue revealed itself loud and clear at the last PTA meeting.  Parents assumed they knew best about things like where kids should eat lunch (as a reminder, there was a chorus of voices saying more kids should be allowed to eat in the bus loop and the principal said he limited it to seniors because there wasn't a good way to secure the area... and yet the question came up over and over by parents who thought they knew better).

Parents complained that lunchlines were way too long and the principal pointed out that kids have a full hour for lunch and if they check in with teachers or hang out with friends first, then there is virtually no line at all 20 minutes into lunch.

Parents complained that kids should be able to eat wherever they wanted in the building (especially the second floor), and the principal pointed out that not only is there a monitoring issue (limited staff to ensure safety if kids are literally everywhere), but the second floor has several areas where kids try to take makeup tests at lunch and the noise is distracting.

What I'm saying is that no one on this board really understands the full detailed picture of what happens (nor should we-- that's what we hire administrators for).  So when parents with little information think they should criticize how things are handled, it's kind of a joke.  But the frustrating thing is that it just adds to all of the discord in our community, adding negativity and stress for everyone.

No problem with asking the principal a question at the PTA meeting (and having an open mind for the response).  No problem in voicing a concern on behalf of your kid.  But don't assume you know everything and can do everyone's job better than they can-- you almost certainly don't and can't.
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