Anonymous
06/07/2025 08:39
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Sounds pretty privileged that TJ doesn't have to follow the rules all the other HS have to do--my kid has waited in line 30+ minutes every day for two weeks, and that they started weeks later than all the other schools
Anonymous
06/07/2025 08:16
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:TJ was hit today with this. Can't wait to hear how kids missed part of their finals because of ths stupidity.
Implemented for first time on day of final with 3 days left in school year?
Yep, my son he stood in line for a couple of minutes and then they just let everyone in.
What a waste of time and money.
Anonymous
06/07/2025 07:19
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It defeats the purpose if people know about it in advance
I don't expect a heads up every time, but the first time? Yes. Give us a chance to know if you're going to damage a 10K medical device.
Exemptions are supposed to be made if you coordinate with the principal or school nurse. https://www.fcps.edu/weapons-detection-pilot-frequently-asked-questions-faqs
For surprise screenings, the school nurse or an admin should be in front of the metal detactors pulling those kids out of line.
The school knows who the type 1 diabetics are.
The metal detactors should also have big prominent signs warning those with medical devices to ask for assistance
A weapons detector won't damage an insulin pump or CGM. The risk is that it will change the programming and cause it to dose the insulin incorrectly. Obviously, this is a significant risk, but it's a risk to the wearer, not to the device itself.
One option for insulin pumps and CGM's is to detach them and reattach after screening. A bigger issue is kids with implanted devices like pacemakers.
Hilarious that you assume a “school nurse” is even onsite at the high school.
That post doesn't mention school nurses.
Anonymous
06/07/2025 07:15
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It defeats the purpose if people know about it in advance
I don't expect a heads up every time, but the first time? Yes. Give us a chance to know if you're going to damage a 10K medical device.
Exemptions are supposed to be made if you coordinate with the principal or school nurse. https://www.fcps.edu/weapons-detection-pilot-frequently-asked-questions-faqs
For surprise screenings, the school nurse or an admin should be in front of the metal detactors pulling those kids out of line.
The school knows who the type 1 diabetics are.
The metal detactors should also have big prominent signs warning those with medical devices to ask for assistance
A weapons detector won't damage an insulin pump or CGM. The risk is that it will change the programming and cause it to dose the insulin incorrectly. Obviously, this is a significant risk, but it's a risk to the wearer, not to the device itself.
One option for insulin pumps and CGM's is to detach them and reattach after screening. A bigger issue is kids with implanted devices like pacemakers.
Hilarious that you assume a “school nurse” is even onsite at the high school.
Anonymous
06/07/2025 07:06
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
I was there, we were exactly two minutes late, there were zero lines. I didn't notice anything unusual except that they had school security parked out front.
Anonymous
06/07/2025 05:10
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:Sounds good to me after what happened at West Potomac. They hit our school for the first time this past week too, no lines that I saw on drop off.
Anyone caught yet?
This is bullshit. There is no way there weren't long lines for 2500 kids to go through two
Doors taking computers and notebooks and anything metal out of their bags in a 20 min time frame--and this is with all seniors absent.
The fall will be absurdist security theater.
Any kid with a plan to sneak a gun into school will easily still do so. They aren't going to stand in line for an hour waiting for their bag to be searched.
Anonymous
06/07/2025 05:04
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Sounds good to me after what happened at West Potomac. They hit our school for the first time this past week too, no lines that I saw on drop off.
Anyone caught yet?
Anyone caught yet?
Anonymous
06/07/2025 00:46
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:TJ was hit today with this. Can't wait to hear how kids missed part of their finals because of ths stupidity.
Implemented for first time on day of final with 3 days left in school year?
Yes, that stupid.
Anonymous
06/06/2025 17:26
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:TJ was hit today with this. Can't wait to hear how kids missed part of their finals because of ths stupidity.
Implemented for first time on day of final with 3 days left in school year?
Anonymous
06/06/2025 16:51
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:TJ was hit today with this. Can't wait to hear how kids missed part of their finals because of ths stupidity.
What do you mean by today? Our kids have been subjected to this for weeks at our fcps hs.
Anonymous
06/06/2025 13:20
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
TJ was hit today with this. Can't wait to hear how kids missed part of their finals because of ths stupidity.
Anonymous
06/06/2025 11:40
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Next school year is going to be a nightmare.
Our school has one detector/door for all the buses, and one for everyone else. Two entry points. The buses hold kids on the buses until exactly 20 minutes before the bell and then they all pile out at once. THe lines have been over an hour and they started the pilot once the seniors were done for the year! They CANNOT get 3000 kids through 2 screeners in 20 minutes and to their classrooms on time.
Our school has one detector/door for all the buses, and one for everyone else. Two entry points. The buses hold kids on the buses until exactly 20 minutes before the bell and then they all pile out at once. THe lines have been over an hour and they started the pilot once the seniors were done for the year! They CANNOT get 3000 kids through 2 screeners in 20 minutes and to their classrooms on time.
Anonymous
06/06/2025 11:21
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:Are you the poster who was talking about not getting a response from the superinrendent? If so, you really need to work with the actual school. Did you try the principal? I would think that is your best bet, and if they don't respond to email, show up.
Nope, never emailed the superintendent. We're new to the school district this year and totally disappointed by communication. This will be the second time something major was dropped and last time it took over a dozen phone calls, emails, etc and never got a response form anyone.
Anonymous
06/06/2025 10:44
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Are you the poster who was talking about not getting a response from the superinrendent? If so, you really need to work with the actual school. Did you try the principal? I would think that is your best bet, and if they don't respond to email, show up.
Anonymous
06/06/2025 10:43
Subject: New weapons screening & medical devices
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It defeats the purpose if people know about it in advance
I don't expect a heads up every time, but the first time? Yes. Give us a chance to know if you're going to damage a 10K medical device.
Exemptions are supposed to be made if you coordinate with the principal or school nurse. https://www.fcps.edu/weapons-detection-pilot-frequently-asked-questions-faqs
How can I coordinate when they tell us after the kids have been screened?
When the plan for weapons detectors was announced, there should have been communication to families to identify if their kid would need an alternative. It sounds like the school failed to do that, or at least didn't do it well. The time to start that process wouldn't have been the day of the surprise screening. It would have been when they announced the screening program.
Parents of middle school and high school aged kids should also be working with them to figure out a plan for what they should do when they encounter a weapons detector. Kids who go places alone need to know how to handle this.
Gatehouse is here to try and explain away a poorly planned process.