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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

+1 I get emails about medical emergencies 1-2x a week from my kid's MCPS school. MYOB OP. These are big schools with thousands of students. Stuff happens.

Well then why do they have to send emails at all saying ambulances were at the school - given it’s no one’s business

Because otherwise 2000 moms email and call the school. Better to just send the email

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Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to know that it was Timmy who had an asthma attack, or if it was Jimmy who fell down the stairs and broke his arm, or Patty who took an edible and felt like she was going to die? How does any of that affect you at all?

Nobody needs to know any of that--but if ambulances were called for all three to the same school on the same day, it would be helpful for the note from the school to say "These events are not related to one another," because it would remove all concern that there might be something happening that you DO need to know about.

Typical MCPS undercommunication.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

+1 I get emails about medical emergencies 1-2x a week from my kid's MCPS school. MYOB OP. These are big schools with thousands of students. Stuff happens.

Well then why do they have to send emails at all saying ambulances were at the school - given it’s no one’s business

Because otherwise 2000 moms email and call the school. Better to just send the email

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

+1 I get emails about medical emergencies 1-2x a week from my kid's MCPS school. MYOB OP. These are big schools with thousands of students. Stuff happens.

Well then why do they have to send emails at all saying ambulances were at the school - given it’s no one’s business

Because otherwise 2000 moms email and call the school. Better to just send the email

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to know that it was Timmy who had an asthma attack, or if it was Jimmy who fell down the stairs and broke his arm, or Patty who took an edible and felt like she was going to die? How does any of that affect you at all?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

I disagree, in that there is a happy medium between protecting student privacy and still informing the community. My child has a serious chronic illness, and if one day a message goes out about her, I won't mind at all - I know it will not contain any private information about her disease. Given the heightened state of alert since the Wooton shooting, I think ambulances at any high school should be explained.

Any time something happens at any private or public school, there's always a post admonishing us to mind our business and saying that nothing should be discussed. I don't understand posters like this. The community needs to know a minimum amount of info to prevent rumors and wrong assumptions.

Ok, what if your child has a mental health issue and injured themselves? Would you be fine with that being shared with the community? I appreciate that there are some medical conditions where families might not care so much about privacy but you have to have a consistent set of rules or it doesn’t work.

PP you replied to. MCPS never discloses such info. So your question is entirely moot.

Right, but give me examples of what the school could communicate in this case that would both protect the students privacy and not leaving you wondering if it was a fight?

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

I disagree, in that there is a happy medium between protecting student privacy and still informing the community. My child has a serious chronic illness, and if one day a message goes out about her, I won't mind at all - I know it will not contain any private information about her disease. Given the heightened state of alert since the Wooton shooting, I think ambulances at any high school should be explained.

Any time something happens at any private or public school, there's always a post admonishing us to mind our business and saying that nothing should be discussed. I don't understand posters like this. The community needs to know a minimum amount of info to prevent rumors and wrong assumptions.

Anonymous wrote:It's hard to know if these are medical emergencies or covered up drug overdoses.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

+1 I get emails about medical emergencies 1-2x a week from my kid's MCPS school. MYOB OP. These are big schools with thousands of students. Stuff happens.

Well then why do they have to send emails at all saying ambulances were at the school - given it’s no one’s business

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

+1 I get emails about medical emergencies 1-2x a week from my kid's MCPS school. MYOB OP. These are big schools with thousands of students. Stuff happens.

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to know that it was Timmy who had an asthma attack, or if it was Jimmy who fell down the stairs and broke his arm, or Patty who took an edible and felt like she was going to die? How does any of that affect you at all?

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to know that it was Timmy who had an asthma attack, or if it was Jimmy who fell down the stairs and broke his arm, or Patty who took an edible and felt like she was going to die? How does any of that affect you at all?

Anonymous wrote:Two separate medical emergencies today involving students. Does anyone know what happened? Principal Yates's note to families is below.

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Good Afternoon B-CC Community,

I’m writing to share that we had two separate student medical emergencies today. Once we were made aware of the emergencies, 911 was called, and each student was transported to a nearby hospital to receive medical care.

The health and safety of our students is our priority. We are sharing this information to keep you informed of the incidents. Due to student privacy laws, we can not provide further details.

Please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.

Kevin Yates
Acting Principal
B-CC High School

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, this is not your business.

I have had an ambulance called to school because my kid broke their arm in a freak accident. Other children’s medical situations are not the business of the entire community.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do you need to know that it was Timmy who had an asthma attack, or if it was Jimmy who fell down the stairs and broke his arm, or Patty who took an edible and felt like she was going to die? How does any of that affect you at all?

This. The fact is that MCPS middle and high schools have medical emergencies fairly often, because they have high populations. If you want to talk about teen substance abuse, violence, or about the breakdown of trust between parents and school officials, you can talk about it. You don't need to speculate about ambulances to do so.