Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is enough to give my family and I pause about Wilson. Oh well, goodbye DCPS. Between the occurring gun incidents (this year and last year) as well as the mediocrity of allowing everyone to take honors level courses for the upcoming 2017-2018 SY, we are DONE!

A kid brought a gun to my MCPS high school when I was a senior there more than 20 years ago, and one of my friends back then kept one in his car all the time. I suspect that wasn't the last time either of those things happened in MCPS. Strangely enough, people who post on DCUM continue to send their kids to Montgomery County schools.

Or go private. Wouldn't you agree that the issue of guns in public schools has worsened in the last 20 years?

Overall maybe. But I can tell you as a parent at Whitman (a mere 10 minutes drive down River to Wilson) I don't worry about guns at school or violence more broadly. Of course that doesn't mean nothing could or ever has happened at Whitman (there are no guarantees in life) but it is much less likely to be an issue.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is enough to give my family and I pause about Wilson. Oh well, goodbye DCPS. Between the occurring gun incidents (this year and last year) as well as the mediocrity of allowing everyone to take honors level courses for the upcoming 2017-2018 SY, we are DONE!

A kid brought a gun to my MCPS high school when I was a senior there more than 20 years ago, and one of my friends back then kept one in his car all the time. I suspect that wasn't the last time either of those things happened in MCPS. Strangely enough, people who post on DCUM continue to send their kids to Montgomery County schools.

Or go private. Wouldn't you agree that the issue of guns in public schools has worsened in the last 20 years?

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can a gun pass through the x-rays?

Maybe we should get rid of these, they just cause delays, the security officers look at their smartphones while the bags go though, instead of at the screen

In light of the fact that was apparently these security officers suing those x-ray machines that discovered the gun, would you like to revise your opinion?

It looks like the officers did an excellent job and deserve our highest praise. They may have prevented a very bad situation from occurring.

Of course I have revised my opinion, I am a good sense person. They indeed did a great job!

I still do not get why we had to learn what had happened from NBC instead of from the Principal. When I wrote those lines, my only info were Ms Martin's lines:
"During morning arrival the administration was notified of a weapon on school grounds. Following security and emergency protocols, MPD was promptly notified, and the weapon was confiscated during weapons abatement".

Parents would have been more reassured and better informed, had she (or whomever wrote the message on her behalf) explained that the gun was detected by the security guns at the entrance. The use of the "weapons abatement" term, plus the reference to the intervention of the MPD, gave me the impression that police had to enter, search and clear the school. A much more disturbing and unsafe situation.

Anonymous wrote:This is enough to give my family and I pause about Wilson. Oh well, goodbye DCPS. Between the occurring gun incidents (this year and last year) as well as the mediocrity of allowing everyone to take honors level courses for the upcoming 2017-2018 SY, we are DONE!

A kid brought a gun to my MCPS high school when I was a senior there more than 20 years ago, and one of my friends back then kept one in his car all the time. I suspect that wasn't the last time either of those things happened in MCPS. Strangely enough, people who post on DCUM continue to send their kids to Montgomery County schools.

Anonymous wrote:How can a gun pass through the x-rays?

Maybe we should get rid of these, they just cause delays, the security officers look at their smartphones while the bags go though, instead of at the screen

In light of the fact that was apparently these security officers suing those x-ray machines that discovered the gun, would you like to revise your opinion?

It looks like the officers did an excellent job and deserve our highest praise. They may have prevented a very bad situation from occurring.

Anonymous wrote:I would hope they find out who he had planned to shoot at Wilson before they let him back in school.

If he planned to shoot someone, he shouldn't be allowed back in.

I would hope they find out who he had planned to shoot at Wilson before they let him back in school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really does seem that the security measures worked perfectly. The guard insisted upon inspecting the metal box. The system worked despite an apparent effort to defeat it.

The system has not "worked" until the student is expelled and arrested.

Read the NBC story. Student was arrested yesterday.

An arrest is a start, but given dc's youth justice system, he will almost certainly be out almost immediately and suffer no significant consequences for his action, as outlined by a recent WaPo series.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It really does seem that the security measures worked perfectly. The guard insisted upon inspecting the metal box. The system worked despite an apparent effort to defeat it.

The system has not "worked" until the student is expelled and arrested.

Read the NBC story. Student was arrested yesterday.

Anonymous wrote:It really does seem that the security measures worked perfectly. The guard insisted upon inspecting the metal box. The system worked despite an apparent effort to defeat it.

The system has not "worked" until the student is expelled and arrested.

It really does seem that the security measures worked perfectly. The guard insisted upon inspecting the metal box. The system worked despite an apparent effort to defeat it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is enough to give my family and I pause about Wilson. Oh well, goodbye DCPS. Between the occurring gun incidents (this year and last year) as well as the mediocrity of allowing everyone to take honors level courses for the upcoming 2017-2018 SY, we are DONE!

And the craptastic behavior outside which no current parents seem willing to acknowledge or address. Honestly, if Wilson raised its standards overall for "little stuff" and worked with the community and police to encourage good citizenship in AND around the school, maybe there would be less of this big stuff.

The evidence on the broken windfows theory isxisx quite mixed.

http://cebcp.org/evidence-based-policing/what-works-in-policing/research-evidence-review/broken-windows-policing/

Anonymous wrote:My child was in the security line. He saw the box after it had gone through the first time then taken out. The student knew there was a loaded gun in there but it was unclear if the student knew the box was in the bag. My child felt that the student knew 100% that the box was in the bag but claimed lots of "it isn't mine" and "I didn't know it was in there" and "someone is setting me up."

Things returned to normal really quickly for the kids who were still in line.

So... the security measures adopted by the school worked exactly as designed. I guess admitting that is a lot less fun than whining about security guards looking at their phones and drafting poorly written posts about boarding school.

Anonymous wrote:This is enough to give my family and I pause about Wilson. Oh well, goodbye DCPS. Between the occurring gun incidents (this year and last year) as well as the mediocrity of allowing everyone to take honors level courses for the upcoming 2017-2018 SY, we are DONE!

And the craptastic behavior outside which no current parents seem willing to acknowledge or address. Honestly, if Wilson raised its standards overall for "little stuff" and worked with the community and police to encourage good citizenship in AND around the school, maybe there would be less of this big stuff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is enough to give my family and I pause about Wilson. Oh well, goodbye DCPS. Between the occurring gun incidents (this year and last year) as well as the mediocrity of allowing everyone to take honors level courses for the upcoming 2017-2018 SY, we are DONE!

Something tells me you would have found a reason, one way or another, not to attend. That's fine.

And by the way, it's "recurring" not "occurring." I'm thinking that if you were attending Wilson as a freshman next year, you'd be placed in the modified Honors English class, not the full Honors class. You clearly have limited comprehension skills when reading how the Honors courses will be offered.

also, it should be 'to give my family and me pause'