We have 6 security employees for 2500 students and nearly 300 staff. Ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:This is a non story, a non event. At my DD's HS recently an ex-student went in the back way to the sports field / gym where he knew (remembered) there was always a door left open and unguarded. He proceeded to grope 3 different girls aged 14-17 and attempted to drag one into the bathroom. He was stopped by staff, arrested and taken to jail.

THAT is a disturbing incident because it had victims. This story had no victims.

Which MCPS school?

Anonymous wrote:The link is broken but this is a weird story because MS and HS offices are normally not accessible. If you come in, you are greeting through a window while in a waiting area closed off from both the office and the school itself.

I'm wondering how this happened, or if Springbook is unlike any other HS I've ever been inside.

What school are you at because most schools you enter the office directly from the entrance. There is a second set of locked doors beyond the entrance that you can’t enter. It essentially forces you to go through the main office, where you encounter the secretaries and administrative staff.

Anonymous wrote:This is a non story, a non event. At my DD's HS recently an ex-student went in the back way to the sports field / gym where he knew (remembered) there was always a door left open and unguarded. He proceeded to grope 3 different girls aged 14-17 and attempted to drag one into the bathroom. He was stopped by staff, arrested and taken to jail.

THAT is a disturbing incident because it had victims. This story had no victims.

only because he couldn't find the girl.

It's disturbing that *anyone* could get into the school, roam the hallways looking for a girl. He could've easily assaulted her if he had found her alone in the bathroom.

This is a non story, a non event. At my DD's HS recently an ex-student went in the back way to the sports field / gym where he knew (remembered) there was always a door left open and unguarded. He proceeded to grope 3 different girls aged 14-17 and attempted to drag one into the bathroom. He was stopped by staff, arrested and taken to jail.

THAT is a disturbing incident because it had victims. This story had no victims.

Anonymous wrote:My kid at a DCC HS (not Blair) says that security is very lax and kids come in from all different entrances including back entrances which are not monitored by security.
This is very scary to me. I wish my kid was at a HS with a more strict principal. Our principal is obsessed with social justice

This was an issue that came up at RM after the recent robbery attempt. Several students from another school (Gaithersburg HS) were able to enter RM during the school day. They were not supposed to be there, but they had been lured to RM for an attempted robbery.

RM has tried to tighten up security since then, but there are so many students and not enough Security Staff.

Blair is an even larger school. Very hard to monitor everything and even harder if it is not a strict principal.

Anonymous wrote:This was a homeless person who was seemingly obsessed with a girl he spotted or talked to while she had lunch at the mall. He followed her to the school and seemed to have entered with another parent where the staff thought he was with the other parent.

That is TERRIFYING for that female student. And the guy was able to enter the girls bathroom to look for her.

This story could have ended terribly.

My kid at a DCC HS (not Blair) says that security is very lax and kids come in from all different entrances including back entrances which are not monitored by security.
This is very scary to me. I wish my kid was at a HS with a more strict principal. Our principal is obsessed with social justice

This was a homeless person who was seemingly obsessed with a girl he spotted or talked to while she had lunch at the mall. He followed her to the school and seemed to have entered with another parent where the staff thought he was with the other parent.

The easiest way to get into any building is to piggyback/caboose with someone else. People hold the door for someone following. Staff think you're in legitimately and you can slip by when they're no longer paying attention. Happens all the time, everywhere.

This isn't an MCPS problem so much as a human nature problem.

Anonymous wrote:The link is broken but this is a weird story because MS and HS offices are normally not accessible. If you come in, you are greeting through a window while in a waiting area closed off from both the office and the school itself.

I'm wondering how this happened, or if Springbook is unlike any other HS I've ever been inside.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/springbrook-high-school-intruder-cited-trespassing-no-arrest-man-experiencing-homelessness/65-5f31e7a3-2019-48ee-a2d2-73e09cb2a35c

The link is broken but this is a weird story because MS and HS offices are normally not accessible. If you come in, you are greeting through a window while in a waiting area closed off from both the office and the school itself.

I'm wondering how this happened, or if Springbook is unlike any other HS I've ever been inside.

School should file a restraining order for enhanced future consequences.

Sounds like something that could happen.

Our high school had issues with students (who did not attend that high school) trespassing during the school day. Now, they have locked most of the entrances and have a security guard standing/sitting at the main entrance.

“Witnesses who asked WUSA9 not to reveal their identities said the man entered the school after meeting a female student at a nearby McDonald's and followed her to school. They claim he sat in the office for a few minutes but was ignored.

Witnesses claim the intruder left the office unchallenged and began wandering the hallways saying he was looking for the girl he met.

He entered a girls bathroom before leaving the school, according to one source.

Based on a description from witnesses, police caught up to him in a neighborhood about a mile away.

The man was given a criminal trespass citation but was not arrested, according to police.”

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/local/maryland/springbrook-high-school-intruder-cited-trespassing-no-arrest-man-experiencing-homelessness/