Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

That picture/staff member was a hero for doing that. Kudos to taking action!

Anonymous wrote:https://mocoshow.com/2025/12/17/student-injured-in-wheaton-high-school-stabbing-suspect-not-in-custody/

Shocked a thread hasn’t been started especially after the panic at Northwood a few weeks ago where no one was even hurt.

Was there a lockdown? Community letter?

The quiet on this is disturbing. Are we just desensitized?

Why didn't you start a thread sooner, OP?

FWIW, others are correct that it is functionally impossible to have security at every exit. You can put security at the big double door exits, but there are still (correctly) at least 50 other doors for fire egress. It's also kind of unclear as to whether this kid was let in specifically to do crime, or whether some unsuspecting teen just "held the door" because that's human nature.

Anonymous wrote:

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

It says "staff member," not teacher.

While making contact, administration remained on hold for approximately 15 minutes before connecting with law enforcement

Oh wow. This is MCPS basically throwing MCPD under the bus.

At approximately 12:47 p.m., a staff member heard a verbal altercation in a hallway. Upon entering the area, the staff member observed a juvenile with a knife. The staff member immediately intervened, disarmed the individual, and attempted to escort him to the main office. During this process, the individual fled the building and was observed running off campus.

It was wildly inappropriate and against protocol for the teacher to disarm the individual with the knife instead of calling security and/or the police to do that.

Not only could that teacher have been seriously hurt, but because this teacher decided to take things into their own hands instead of calling the appropriate people, the intruder was able to escape the building.

I hope the principal and teacher are held accountable for this.

Anonymous wrote:How is it possible that they waited for 15 minutes to connect with law-enforcement? I flat out don’t believe that which makes me doubt how it’s being handled.

They waited a lot longer than 15 minutes to connect with law enforcement. They're lying.

How is it possible that they waited for 15 minutes to connect with law-enforcement? I flat out don’t believe that which makes me doubt how it’s being handled.

Anonymous wrote:https://mocoshow.com/2025/12/17/student-injured-in-wheaton-high-school-stabbing-suspect-not-in-custody/

Shocked a thread hasn’t been started especially after the panic at Northwood a few weeks ago where no one was even hurt.

Was there a lockdown? Community letter?

The quiet on this is disturbing. Are we just desensitized?

Here's the truth about school safety in MCPS:

1) Some principals and their directing are skilled at suppressing information about serious incidents from getting out to the public and media. I don't know why staff and students in those schools comply with this but that is the reality. Wheaton is one of those schools that keeps a lid on things pretty well.

2) The full story is not out. The student has more injuries than what police said. Also, the person who attacked him was an intruder who should not have been able to get into the school building to attack him. There are actually other violent incidents like this that have been going on at Wheaton for some time.

3) Both MCPS and MCPD seem to be committed to controlling the narrative around safety in our schools and pretending like things are not as bad as they really are.

Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

OK, this is at every school. They have 2000+ students so the kids all don't know each other.

Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

This happens at every school. You can't possibly have staff sit at all of the school doors during the entire day to prevent students from letting others in. That's a ridiculous idea.

Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

there’s sometimes 50-100 doors at a high school

admin and security don’t stand a chance with the number they are staffed for. For a school like Wheaton or Blair, you’d need 30+ security to even begin to make a dent

or the county could wise up and start holding real school and legal consequences for dangerous behavior

Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

They also need some kind of weapon detector.

There was no lockdown and most of the students didn't even know it happened. Security is good at Wheaton but like all schools there isn't enough.

Jesus, the person didn't go to school there, but other students let them in. There needs to be an administrator standing at the door limiting who is allowing people in!

Why didn't you post about this sooner? There may not be too many Wheaton HS parents posting here.

Here's some more context from the linked article. It is disturbing, of course.

As part of the initial investigation, it was determined that the individual with the weapon is not a Wheaton High School student. However, it appears that Wheaton students knowingly provided individual access to the building. Prior to staff intervention, one Wheaton student sustained a minor laceration to the hand. The student was assessed, and the injury was determined to be minor.

https://mocoshow.com/2025/12/17/student-injured-in-wheaton-high-school-stabbing-suspect-not-in-custody/

Shocked a thread hasn’t been started especially after the panic at Northwood a few weeks ago where no one was even hurt.

Was there a lockdown? Community letter?

The quiet on this is disturbing. Are we just desensitized?