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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of the info poster here is completely inaccurate, especially when it comes to landline phones (in my experience, in every classroom and they CAN call out), call buttons to office (they are there and they work), 911 call ability (they can be called), and camera use and monitoring. As for cell phone ability, it tends to be spotty but not nonexistent, and depends on the carrier and the school location.

You should know what the situation is at your child's school. But but posting incorrect, detailed info on a public forum and making it seem like a system-wide issue is irresponsible and makes students and staff even more vulnerable..

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Yes, this thread should be deleted as it is just fear mongering and not accurate [/quote]

Are you serious?!?!? Not accurate??? Our principal is crying out for help. Teachers are afraid to come to work. My elementary school DOES NOT have cell service in the majority of the building. Our kids need help, why would you want to suppress efforts to help them? [/quote]

What school? Without basic, verifiable details, this is fearmongering.[/quote]

+1 This thread started with a plea for parents to copy paste a letter, but none of the details have been verified nor has any person been willing to put their name to this cause publicly.

I'm not saying there are not potential security issues, but this feels very suspicious if there has not been previous school board testimony or any sort of organized advocacy, or anyone coming forward to say they wrote the letter and they've seen these issues and they are willing to advocate publicly for change.[/quote]

There has been multiple testimonies on the gaps and risks in safety and security for elementary schools in several recent BOE meetings. Go back and watch them.[/quote]

The problem with this post is that it is extrapolating the security issues at one elementary school to all elementary schools with no evidence.  This actually harms efforts to improve school security.  MCPS does have some schools with known nasty security issues that have been named aloud in BOE testimony. The original poster should do that with the school in question.  Not all elementary schools have these issues so differentiating is important.  Pitting elementary schools against high schools also is unhelpful.  There are plenty of security issues there as well. All schools should have a method for classrooms to quickly call 911. Any school that does not have that should be named in BOE testimony and parents from that school should be alerted so they can advocate. My kids’ ES had a system so teachers could quickly contact the office.  Also, while not all classrooms had cell reception, teachers could connect their cell phones to school WiFi.  But the fact one school had this capacity does not mean others are not lacking. Please OP advocate more narrowly and with clear evidence and then coalition build. Perhaps reach out to PTAs at other schools to see if they share the same issue.  [/quote]

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