Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 17:46     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You all misunderstood--i worded that really badly, I guess. We moved to Shepherd for the Wilson cachement, in part. I will not send my kid to a school with metal detectors. That was all I meant.

I realize now why this was misinterpreted--and it is just another example of how fucked up DC can be racially--but I wasn't saying anything about black students and guns. For real.

II went to an urbanschool--I tend to think they are actually safer and healthier than the giant burb pressure cookers. It is just that metal detectors--the idea of treating all kids like potential terrorists every day--that is not where I want my kid to be.



In this day and age, I want security at the entrance to my school. There are school shootings all the time throughout the country, it is just a sign of the times.


And how has all the security theater worked out at Wilson?


Better than at the schools where kids have gotten shot.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 17:43     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You all misunderstood--i worded that really badly, I guess. We moved to Shepherd for the Wilson cachement, in part. I will not send my kid to a school with metal detectors. That was all I meant.

I realize now why this was misinterpreted--and it is just another example of how fucked up DC can be racially--but I wasn't saying anything about black students and guns. For real.

II went to an urbanschool--I tend to think they are actually safer and healthier than the giant burb pressure cookers. It is just that metal detectors--the idea of treating all kids like potential terrorists every day--that is not where I want my kid to be.



In this day and age, I want security at the entrance to my school. There are school shootings all the time throughout the country, it is just a sign of the times.


And how has all the security theater worked out at Wilson?
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 17:09     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And also, how depressing that I type Shepherd Park and you all jump to the conclusion I am talking about black kids and guns. Jesus. If we had moved to tenleytown instead, I would have typed that.



Did you just read in the news about another mass shooting, I don't care where it is, metal detectors should be in all schools.


And people should stop making light of guns and the bloodbaths that have become regular occurrences across the country.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 17:05     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:And also, how depressing that I type Shepherd Park and you all jump to the conclusion I am talking about black kids and guns. Jesus. If we had moved to tenleytown instead, I would have typed that.



Did you just read in the news about another mass shooting, I don't care where it is, metal detectors should be in all schools.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 16:58     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
And also, how depressing that I type Shepherd Park and you all jump to the conclusion I am talking about black kids and guns. Jesus. If we had moved to tenleytown instead, I would have typed that.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 16:58     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Its got nothing to do with black kids or white kids or being urban or having fun..when moms are steering their baby strollers through fights to get to the metro elevator thats not 'walkability'. Thats a level of behavior that is scary. Imagine how scary it is for a kid avoiding fights? I went to a DC school and I was never ' Jumped' but the constant violent talk and possibility of being jumped was stressful and real.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 16:56     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
That may be true, but it is a hell of a way to live.

As I said, I went to an urban school. We had fights. Kids were mugged en route. It was far from perfect.

My husband went to school in a country with a huge terrorist presence. For him, soldiers in riot gear on the streets was normal. So was the constant threat of being bombed.

But his school didn't have metal detectors. There's a time when you have to say fuck you to fear.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 16:55     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:You all misunderstood--i worded that really badly, I guess. We moved to Shepherd for the Wilson cachement, in part. I will not send my kid to a school with metal detectors. That was all I meant.

I realize now why this was misinterpreted--and it is just another example of how fucked up DC can be racially--but I wasn't saying anything about black students and guns. For real.

II went to an urbanschool--I tend to think they are actually safer and healthier than the giant burb pressure cookers. It is just that metal detectors--the idea of treating all kids like potential terrorists every day--that is not where I want my kid to be.


Are you talking about this?

Racist wrote:Yeah, fuck this Shepherd Park cachement to Wilson. I am not sending my kid to a school with metal detectors.


You should probably avoid typing on a keyboard if that's what you meant. Or, drink less.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 16:51     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:You all misunderstood--i worded that really badly, I guess. We moved to Shepherd for the Wilson cachement, in part. I will not send my kid to a school with metal detectors. That was all I meant.

I realize now why this was misinterpreted--and it is just another example of how fucked up DC can be racially--but I wasn't saying anything about black students and guns. For real.

II went to an urbanschool--I tend to think they are actually safer and healthier than the giant burb pressure cookers. It is just that metal detectors--the idea of treating all kids like potential terrorists every day--that is not where I want my kid to be.



In this day and age, I want security at the entrance to my school. There are school shootings all the time throughout the country, it is just a sign of the times.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 16:49     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
You all misunderstood--i worded that really badly, I guess. We moved to Shepherd for the Wilson cachement, in part. I will not send my kid to a school with metal detectors. That was all I meant.

I realize now why this was misinterpreted--and it is just another example of how fucked up DC can be racially--but I wasn't saying anything about black students and guns. For real.

II went to an urbanschool--I tend to think they are actually safer and healthier than the giant burb pressure cookers. It is just that metal detectors--the idea of treating all kids like potential terrorists every day--that is not where I want my kid to be.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 16:49     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
I think civility is OK to impress upon young people, and even kids in cities are capable of learning it. Sorry you think so lowly of them.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 15:46     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:About creating a better school.climate and abetting the nuisance behavior on Wisconsin and by metro?


You live in a city. Do you think that the urban experience is all about hot restaurants and walkability scores?
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 15:38     Subject: Re:Gun found at Wilson
jsteele wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
jsteele wrote:The Beacon article is here:

http://thewilsonbeacon.com/gun-confiscated-from-wilson-student/

It's much more informative than the Post's article.


So he was holding it under his desk in class? That's even more serious.


was it loaded? did the kid have bullets to put in it? No one seems very interested in if the weapon was actually lethal.


It's not that we are not interested - we are. It's just that that information is not available publicly at this time and nobody on DCUM knows the answer - so we are not mindlessly speculating about it.

- A Wilson Parent



Nothing personal. but why are some DCPS parents conditioned to be so passive?


What is your proposal? That we demand this information at gunpoint?


I'm the Wilson Parent poster. And you know what? I'm actually not interested in whether it was loaded or not. I'm deeply distressed that this gun was brought into school. The fact that it was not loaded does not makes me any less distressed - because unless they fix the security gap, it could be loaded next time.
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 15:33     Subject: Gun found at Wilson
According to my DC, the student who posted the snapchat texted another student who had a free period asking for them to contact admin. I sometimes wonder why my child is texting me when it isn't lunchtime, but I think this is one time unfettered phone access has been positive
Anonymous
Post 12/02/2015 15:00     Subject: Gun found at Wilson
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My DC knows the young man who had the gun, says he's smart and funny but been very withdrawn this year. I am glad the gun was reported, and no one was hurt. I hope the youngster gets the help he needs, someplace other than Wilson


Apparently he wanted to get another boy in trouble by putting the gun in the other person's backpack and then report it.
He also said he used a different door to get in and did not go through the metal detectors.


wait, what? One kid planted a gun on another kid?


Please read for understanding. PP says that was the plan, but it was squelched. The real and full story is not yet out. But when it is, the Beacon will probably be the best source of info.