Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 22:52     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I think all the pro-metal detector/everything is great! posts are from one Gatehouse employee. Every parent and student and teacher thought the rollout, execution and lines were absurd theater.


Just a parent who actually does research, has conversations with the school and asks a lot of questions. Better to get informed than speculate and criticize in an online forum.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 22:46     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Lets pack the kids as densely as possible so that a school shooter can..

yeah smart move
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 22:46     Subject: Re:Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the world we live in we expect instant gratification. People, especially younger, don't know how to wait for things. Yes, there might be delays but as with anything new, there will be a transition time. I have heard from school staff and parents who are at schools who already have detectors, that it takes about a week or two for everyone to get used to them and then it moves quick. So why is everyone freaking out about our poor kids having to wait in line, instead of thinking of the bigger picture, now our kids will be safer!


Gatehouse is this you....my kid was constantly losing 30-45 minutes of instructional time in History class and he was there 20 mins early. Stop talking at people you sound dumb and like you are sitting behind a comfy desk trying to make it all seem ok.


Nope I’m a parent like you with common sense. Are you talking about last year because of course they didn’t have a full fleet of metal detectors, they were testing it out. Highly doubt it took your son an hour to get through.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 22:43     Subject: Re:Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:In the world we live in we expect instant gratification. People, especially younger, don't know how to wait for things. Yes, there might be delays but as with anything new, there will be a transition time. I have heard from school staff and parents who are at schools who already have detectors, that it takes about a week or two for everyone to get used to them and then it moves quick. So why is everyone freaking out about our poor kids having to wait in line, instead of thinking of the bigger picture, now our kids will be safer!

I don't think so. Hundreds of kids lining up out of the school building, only one or two school resource officers around, the students have not place to hide if there is actually a shooter.


They gather outside of the school already, before the doors are unlocked. Why anyone would have an issue with an extra layer of protection, even if not perfect, makes no sense.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 22:41     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:How many more per school? How many more doors will be opened during arrival? How many staff will be stationed to supervise?

Westfield had ENORMOUS delays with two detectors and two doors. They would need at least ten detectors and several more doors.


Why don’t you ask your school these questions instead of complaining on this forum? I did, today at the open house and got a lot of answers. Our school will have it setup during the day for visitors. Why do you think people leaving need to be screened?

As stated before, the two from last school year were the pilot program.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 20:00     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:At my child's middle school today, they were working on the front doors - I'm assuming this was because of the metal detectors?


There is construction going on at our MS, but I think it’s to reconfigure the entrance so that visitors have to go through the office and not the detectors which are portable.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 18:56     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many more per school? How many more doors will be opened during arrival? How many staff will be stationed to supervise?



My kid's school has all the counselors, admin, clinical staff and a few others manning the metal detectors. What happens when someone has a mental health crisis in the morning? Gigantic waste of resources.


I'd be mad if I was them it's not what they are hired for.


Yeah, doesn't really help your kid trust the counselors or clinical staff when their busy patting them down and treating every kid like a psychopath.


seriously
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 18:55     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OK, so how many detectors were installed at how many doors at the larger high schools? Ten? Twenty?


3 doors, 2 at each door.

2900 students standing outside in a walled funnel, surrounded by 2-3 walls with no where to scatter or escape.

30 minutes

Doors open at 7:30 AM

All backpacks mus be opened and emptied.

2 doors close at 8:00.

School goes into full lockdown mode at 8:10 with all doors closed and locked (a literal lockdown. Every. Single. Day. So good for teen mental health.)

Any late students to be escorted individually to their classes by a staff escort team.

Performative prison hell for our kids.

FCPS says they care about teen mental health. Bull.

So 16 students per detector per minute. Kids need super sonic super power to keep a good attendance record.


Nope every time your kid is marked absent or late....call the school and make a fuss. This is not on the kids.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 17:48     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OK, so how many detectors were installed at how many doors at the larger high schools? Ten? Twenty?


3 doors, 2 at each door.

2900 students standing outside in a walled funnel, surrounded by 2-3 walls with no where to scatter or escape.

30 minutes

Doors open at 7:30 AM

All backpacks mus be opened and emptied.

2 doors close at 8:00.

School goes into full lockdown mode at 8:10 with all doors closed and locked (a literal lockdown. Every. Single. Day. So good for teen mental health.)

Any late students to be escorted individually to their classes by a staff escort team.

Performative prison hell for our kids.

FCPS says they care about teen mental health. Bull.

So 16 students per detector per minute. Kids need super sonic super power to keep a good attendance record.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 17:36     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OK, so how many detectors were installed at how many doors at the larger high schools? Ten? Twenty?


3 doors, 2 at each door.

2900 students standing outside in a walled funnel, surrounded by 2-3 walls with no where to scatter or escape.

30 minutes

Doors open at 7:30 AM

All backpacks mus be opened and emptied.

2 doors close at 8:00.

School goes into full lockdown mode at 8:10 with all doors closed and locked (a literal lockdown. Every. Single. Day. So good for teen mental health.)

Any late students to be escorted individually to their classes by a staff escort team.

Performative prison hell for our kids.

FCPS says they care about teen mental health. Bull.


Mistake/typo

Doors open at 7:40, not 7:30
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 17:36     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:OK, so how many detectors were installed at how many doors at the larger high schools? Ten? Twenty?


3 doors, 2 at each door.

2900 students standing outside in a walled funnel, surrounded by 2-3 walls with no where to scatter or escape.

30 minutes

Doors open at 7:30 AM

All backpacks mus be opened and emptied.

2 doors close at 8:00.

School goes into full lockdown mode at 8:10 with all doors closed and locked (a literal lockdown. Every. Single. Day. So good for teen mental health.)

Any late students to be escorted individually to their classes by a staff escort team.

Performative prison hell for our kids.

FCPS says they care about teen mental health. Bull.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 16:06     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
At my child's middle school today, they were working on the front doors - I'm assuming this was because of the metal detectors?
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 15:37     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Can we flood the school board with emails about how bad this is??


FWIW, I sent them all a message about this nonsense and the dumb goon squad for the Superintendent.

Not a single one responded. Asleep at the wheel.


I emailed SB members and the principal and regional principal in the spring.
No response.

This is disappointing. For DC's safety, I probably will have to drive him to school in the morning and make sure he can enter the building right after the doors open to avoid long time outdoor gathering without enough security measures.


They unlock the doors at 7:40. At our large FCPS, there is a huge crowd of dropped-off-early and driving kids waiting to enter. There are no shortcuts or hacks to this.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 15:10     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Also teachers who have IPR or Plan period first class are being assigned metal detector monitoring. They are less than thrilled.
Anonymous
Post 08/14/2025 15:05     Subject: Will school weapon detections cause class time delay?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many more per school? How many more doors will be opened during arrival? How many staff will be stationed to supervise?



My kid's school has all the counselors, admin, clinical staff and a few others manning the metal detectors. What happens when someone has a mental health crisis in the morning? Gigantic waste of resources.


I'd be mad if I was them it's not what they are hired for.


Yeah, doesn't really help your kid trust the counselors or clinical staff when their busy patting them down and treating every kid like a psychopath.