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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swanson isn't alone, there's been other bad incidents at other middle schools.  The difference is that a very vocal parent clearly has a connection to Fox News and is often quoted in the Fox articles.  We are Swanson parents and very concerned, but the news articles are focused on Swanson because parent(s) are drawing media attention to it.
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The bathroom stuff going on is stupid but isn't going to result in kids getting killed. The 7th grader who brought the taser should concern everyone. That child has already been suspended this year multiple times for threatening other students, including telling students that he is going to get a weapon and shoot the school. This is not a secret in the 7th grade. I am worried that all the noise about the Swanson bathroom situation and the kid getting punched in gym class is drawing attention away from what is going on with this one particular child in 7th grade. He is freaking kids and teachers out, but the principal and APS administration don't seem to be taking it seriously. I think APS is downplaying the situation because they don't want to reopen the SRO debate. This kid should not be in school though. He's supposedly suspended through spring break, but the 7th graders are worried about what he might do when he comes back and whether he will get access to a real gun over the next two weeks. [/quote]

What is the right response here? If they expel him he could escalate; at this point he hasn't done anything serious enough to warrant arrest [b](unless the taser thing is still going to trial?)[/b].  Have the parents been tracked down, they should be meeting with the sheriff regularly.[/quote]

The taser thing isn't going to trial, because the Swanson principal didn't call the police when it happened. 7th grade parents reached out to Fox News about it, but that's the first time the police heard about it. The interim Swanson principal came out of retirement to take this job. She was the principal at Key Elementary for two decades before she retired. She's handling these middle school students like they are elementary students, and they are walking all over her. Just look at the PTA email that went out today. "We will continue to work with the students to help them manage their journey through the middle school years." Okay, but how about calling the cops when a student shows up with a weapon? She thinks she can get this all under control by talking to the kids and giving them candy when they visit her office.

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I can't speak to how she is handling the current situation, or Swanson in general, but she was a terrific principal at Key for many, many years.  I would expect that she would be able to handle a middle school.  [/quote]

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