Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 23:50     Subject: Re:What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid said police entered the building and had both pistols/handguns and rifles, and could hear the officers in the hallways. Apparently the entire building was not locked down, only sections/areas. Teacher did not know what was going on, or maybe did not give information to not scare the kids.


My daughter had a very different experience in that she said she didn’t even know anything was wrong until the announcement at dismissal. So if officers came in, they didn’t make enough of a fuss to alarm kids that were in classrooms.
My kid had the teacher read the note from the principal: ‘Secure the building now!’
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 22:06     Subject: Re:What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:My kid said police entered the building and had both pistols/handguns and rifles, and could hear the officers in the hallways. Apparently the entire building was not locked down, only sections/areas. Teacher did not know what was going on, or maybe did not give information to not scare the kids.


My daughter had a very different experience in that she said she didn’t even know anything was wrong until the announcement at dismissal. So if officers came in, they didn’t make enough of a fuss to alarm kids that were in classrooms.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 21:01     Subject: Re:What happened at Longfellow today?
My kid said police entered the building and had both pistols/handguns and rifles, and could hear the officers in the hallways. Apparently the entire building was not locked down, only sections/areas. Teacher did not know what was going on, or maybe did not give information to not scare the kids.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 20:56     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Secure the building means the threat was outside the building. The metal detectors don't scan the community, so it is irrelevant to bring them up.

There's nothing covert about the terms FCPS uses. Secure the building is pretty obvious that it isn't about an internal threat.


Why not just say "secure the perimeter" or "secure the neighborhood".


Because they are securing the building, not the neighborhood? How is this a difficult concept?


+1
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 19:58     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
So, what was the outside threat?
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 18:17     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Secure the building means the threat was outside the building. The metal detectors don't scan the community, so it is irrelevant to bring them up.

There's nothing covert about the terms FCPS uses. Secure the building is pretty obvious that it isn't about an internal threat.


Why not just say "secure the perimeter" or "secure the neighborhood".


Because they are securing the building, not the neighborhood? How is this a difficult concept?
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 18:00     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We received text message and emails that the building was in “secure the building mode” and then follow up when it was cleared. My 8th grader has fairly expressed not knowing what triggered it is its own level of stress wondering and imagining what it could have been. There is a rumor that a kid brought a gun to school, but it is also unconfirmed.


How is this possible with metal detectors?


LOL, the metal detectors are a joke.


Were there indoor shootings in schools with metal detectors from the guns that are detectable for these metal detectors?
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 17:59     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:Secure the building means the threat was outside the building. The metal detectors don't scan the community, so it is irrelevant to bring them up.

There's nothing covert about the terms FCPS uses. Secure the building is pretty obvious that it isn't about an internal threat.


Why not just say "secure the perimeter" or "secure the neighborhood".
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 17:54     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
Secure the building means the threat was outside the building. The metal detectors don't scan the community, so it is irrelevant to bring them up.

There's nothing covert about the terms FCPS uses. Secure the building is pretty obvious that it isn't about an internal threat.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 17:53     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We received text message and emails that the building was in “secure the building mode” and then follow up when it was cleared. My 8th grader has fairly expressed not knowing what triggered it is its own level of stress wondering and imagining what it could have been. There is a rumor that a kid brought a gun to school, but it is also unconfirmed.


How is this possible with metal detectors?


LOL, the metal detectors are a joke.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 17:49     Subject: Re:What happened at Longfellow today?
OP here; my student had that same question after all the noise about the metal detectors. I don’t know “how” but I’m pretty sure it’s within possibility. I am appreciative of hearing perhaps it was a threat of someone outside the school, and that the school and ffx police took it seriously.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 17:20     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
Anonymous wrote:We received text message and emails that the building was in “secure the building mode” and then follow up when it was cleared. My 8th grader has fairly expressed not knowing what triggered it is its own level of stress wondering and imagining what it could have been. There is a rumor that a kid brought a gun to school, but it is also unconfirmed.


How is this possible with metal detectors?
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 17:03     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
We haven’t heard details. It sounded like the so-called threat was on the outside. The police and security hung around for the dismissal.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 16:42     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
I’m pretty sure a call was made to the school threatening a gun.
Anonymous
Post 05/08/2026 16:23     Subject: What happened at Longfellow today?
We received text message and emails that the building was in “secure the building mode” and then follow up when it was cleared. My 8th grader has fairly expressed not knowing what triggered it is its own level of stress wondering and imagining what it could have been. There is a rumor that a kid brought a gun to school, but it is also unconfirmed.