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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can hear a helicopter circling in downtown Bethesda. [/quote]

Me again. Now hearing sirens.

I'm prepared to bet that following Monday's "weapon" in the school building (Principal chose to hide the fact that it was a gun and we heard it from the media), Mooney chose to go into lockdown over today's bomb threat so he wouldn't be hauled over the coals by BCC parents twice in the same week.[/quote]

This isn't about Mooney.  MCPS and MCPD call the shots on this stuff.  It is absurd to blame him for this stuff.  His communication is lacking because MCPS ties his hands about what he can and cannot say.  It is ridiculous.  He ends up being a fall guy[/quote]

No, don't give us that crap again. Principals have enormous leeway in how they run their school, and most bomb threats are considered not credible. If Mooney doesn't manage communications and safety correctly, he will push towards a lockdown, and MCPD will say "OK, it's your school". [/quote]

That is not how any of this works. I wish Dr. Mooney did have more control. MCPS Central Office insists on handling most of this and they do an absolutely horrible job. They are slow, they are incomplete, they are evasive and most importantly - they never prioritize students and staff who are often scared because they have no information.

As parents, we are the ones who must handle communication. Through cell phones in school (not in locked pockets) we can get messages from our kids and we can inform them of what is going on. Remember - BCC will not give students and staff information very efficiently. In 2022, kids and a teacher hid in a kiln for a very long time. Others were stuck in a gym with no intercom. Nobody told them even after it was clear they were safe.

Yes MCPS should do better. YES - BCC and Mooney probably could do better. But let's be real - they don't have the tools, skills or motivation to do so. Make sure you keep your phone with you while your kids are at school and have a good network of other parents who can help you get your kid if you can't get there in an emergency. 
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