Anonymous wrote:I saw a letter Bostic sent to Wootton parents today.

Direct quotes:
"During a conversation with a student during lunch, it was discovered that the student had a small kitchen knife in their backpack. At no point were any students or staff in danger, and the situation was handled promptly and appropriately by school personnel and the knife was confiscated."

That part is all good. Everyone did the right thing and it would've been fine if he just issued a warning to parents, etc. No mention of a threat. No mention of an altercation. For all anyone knows, it was to cut an apple or a sandwich. But this is the part where he went full dive:

"Per established protocols the Montgomery County Police were contacted as well as the MCPS Department of Systemwide Safety and Emergency Management and MCPS leadership to assist in this matter"

Last year Wheaton and Kennedy kids got a letter from their Principal after two of their students were arrested by police for gun incidents. Kennedy even had someone enter the school with a knife and MCPS downplayed it. Here's a quote from the Kennedy letter:

“a trespasser came onto school grounds during lunch. The trespasser had an altercation with one of the students, and when other students approached the scene, the trespasser brandished a knife. Security responded immediately and disarmed the trespasser.”

Kids have been stabbed or committed murder at other schools and didn't seem to embellish and exaggerate as much as Bostic did. Seems to me he has an agenda?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. That sounds like MCPS.

Guns, stabbings, student death - Wheaton, Gaithersburg, Blair, RM, Clarksburg, BCC, Magurder, Kennedy, Northwest, WJ, Rockville - who did I miss?

And now we have the infamous..

"Wootton small kitchen knife" incident.

Hopefully this was just an honest lunch-related mistake. My kid attended a W elementary school, typically not known for incidents. One day it was discovered at lunchtime that he was digging in the dirt outside with a little white plastic knife. It was confiscated and he was sent to the office. I was called and given the chance to discuss this matter--of bringing weapons on school grounds violation of policy--before they rolled down the procedures list of who to notify. Kid said it was not his, as in he didn't sneak a plastic knife out of our house (which we don't even own), and he just found it. I figured it was some junk he picked up out in the playground. Upon further discussion, turns out it was from the school cafeteria right inside from lunchtime. Unreal. In hindsight. I am glad a note did not go out.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah. That sounds like MCPS.

Guns, stabbings, student death - Wheaton, Gaithersburg, Blair, RM, Clarksburg, BCC, Magurder, Kennedy, Northwest, WJ, Rockville - who did I miss?

And now we have the infamous..

"Wootton small kitchen knife" incident.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a stretch to say “at no point were any students or staff in danger.”

You can say the student did not confront or directly threaten anyone but without revealing the intent behind the student bringing the knife to school, it doesn’t make sense to claim no harm was intended.

I agree with this. Either there was no danger and therefore no police called or the possibility of danger so the police were called. It does not make senes to do both.
In other countries like China many kids carry around knives TO CUT FRUIT. It's really normal. I could see a recent immigrant carrying a kitchen knife not understanding that in the United States people panic and think of it as a weapon.

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a stretch to say “at no point were any students or staff in danger.”

You can say the student did not confront or directly threaten anyone but without revealing the intent behind the student bringing the knife to school, it doesn’t make sense to claim no harm was intended.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a stretch to say “at no point were any students or staff in danger.”

You can say the student did not confront or directly threaten anyone but without revealing the intent behind the student bringing the knife to school, it doesn’t make sense to claim no harm was intended.

It's like their power outage letter- students remained safe. How about students who were using a bathroom when that happened

What?!?! LOL

There is no way someone thinks like this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a stretch to say “at no point were any students or staff in danger.”

You can say the student did not confront or directly threaten anyone but without revealing the intent behind the student bringing the knife to school, it doesn’t make sense to claim no harm was intended.

It's like their power outage letter- students remained safe. How about students who were using a bathroom when that happened

So you can't still pee when the lights are out? All students have cell phones which have flashlights. They will be fine. Sheesh!

Didn't they "ban" cell phones??

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a stretch to say “at no point were any students or staff in danger.”

You can say the student did not confront or directly threaten anyone but without revealing the intent behind the student bringing the knife to school, it doesn’t make sense to claim no harm was intended.

It's like their power outage letter- students remained safe. How about students who were using a bathroom when that happened

So you can't still pee when the lights are out? All students have cell phones which have flashlights. They will be fine. Sheesh!

Anonymous wrote:I have sent my kid to school with a small kitchen knife for years. Usually to smear on PB/jelly on crackers or cut upon fruit. We don’t use disposables. Does the school now? They couldn’t puncture a human anymore than a pencil could.

These letters to home are getting ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:I have sent my kid to school with a small kitchen knife for years. Usually to smear on PB/jelly on crackers or cut upon fruit. We don’t use disposables. Does the school now? They couldn’t puncture a human anymore than a pencil could.

These letters to home are getting ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a stretch to say “at no point were any students or staff in danger.”

You can say the student did not confront or directly threaten anyone but without revealing the intent behind the student bringing the knife to school, it doesn’t make sense to claim no harm was intended.

It's like their power outage letter- students remained safe. How about students who were using a bathroom when that happened

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a stretch to say “at no point were any students or staff in danger.”

You can say the student did not confront or directly threaten anyone but without revealing the intent behind the student bringing the knife to school, it doesn’t make sense to claim no harm was intended.

It's like their power outage letter- students remained safe. How about students who were using a bathroom when that happened