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Anonymous wrote:It seems completely fine. Sure, there are some posters with a political agenda who try to spin this crazy narrative, but if occasionally seeing someone vape doesn't freak your kid out, they will be fine.

This kind of gaslighting and dismissiveness of parents, students and staff’s real and valid lived experiences is not ok.

It is you, with your corrosive attempt at erasure and suppression, that has the political agenda. Our schools have real safety and security problems that need to be confronted and solved. Not ignored and denied. You are the problem.

I what your anger, but it would be more helpful for.you to share your lived experience and how it contrasts with what PP has described. Otherwise you will get dismissed as a troll.

The trolls are trying to play up these problems to push their pro-SRO agenda. I would dismiss 90% of it as hype.

3 locker room rapes in MCPS high schools in two years.
Is that the hype you are referring to?

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Anonymous wrote:It seems completely fine. Sure, there are some posters with a political agenda who try to spin this crazy narrative, but if occasionally seeing someone vape doesn't freak your kid out, they will be fine.

This kind of gaslighting and dismissiveness of parents, students and staff’s real and valid lived experiences is not ok.

It is you, with your corrosive attempt at erasure and suppression, that has the political agenda. Our schools have real safety and security problems that need to be confronted and solved. Not ignored and denied. You are the problem.

I what your anger, but it would be more helpful for.you to share your lived experience and how it contrasts with what PP has described. Otherwise you will get dismissed as a troll.

The trolls are trying to play up these problems to push their pro-SRO agenda. I would dismiss 90% of it as hype.

Anonymous wrote:Kid with all kinds of digestive bowel problems now. Thanks MCPS. A reporter should pick up this story. It's probably illegal for HS to have bathrooms kids can't have a bm or pee in. Imagine doing your best work filled up with shit?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, and specifically to the question of whether incidents are increasing. Other than a spate of bomb threats across the county at the beginning of the school year, no.

I think that once the data is all counted up, the peak of security incidents on MCPS HS campuses will be last year. That was the year of multiple knife/gun/fighting incidents around the county (including at schools DCUM would like you to believe are immune to such things).

Honestly, the trend line seems to be toward fewer incidents this year.

This is wishful, irresponsible thinking. Incidents have not dropped significantly. I agree last year was really bad, but the safety/security situation in MCPS high schools remains VERY concerning.

I think Principal Johnson has handled these situations very well. I am sad she is retiring. I hope we don’t get an “under the rug sweeper” in her place.

I do agree that Blair has really benefited from having a smart, capable, competent, communicative leader. Unfortunately, the rug sweepers appear to be a way more common occurrence in MCPS than leaders like Principal Johnson.

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Anonymous wrote:My 9th grade boy at Blair uses the bathroom without any trouble and doesn’t feel unsafe at school. This week’s incidents were:

1) one kid brought a pellet gun to school - it was quickly dealt with by school and police

2) one child was acting “erratically”. That child was taken to the nurse and then to the hospital in an ambulance.

My kid wasn’t aware of either incident until I told him. Those are the only things I can recall this year other than the bomb threats that went to several MCPS high schools and middle schools and were ultimately chalked up to a hoax perpetrated by a 12 year old.

He has never seen a fight in the hallway or, as previously mentioned, had any issues in the bathroom.

A ghost gun was brought onto campus at the beginning of this school year as well: https://wjla.com/news/local/ghost-gun-montgomery-blair-high-school-firearm-possession-school-property-safety-concerns-violence-county-police-mcpd-students-custody

It wasn't just the pellet gun. I thought there was a knife too?

Let's conflate all of MCPS issues into one school! Keep it interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Remember the kids often self-segregate and if you have a child in higher classes they will be sheltered more but it will be a huge culture shock for you and your child from private.

+1
I don't think you or your kid will like it.

Anonymous wrote:Isn't Ms Johnson retiring this year?

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Anonymous wrote:My 9th grade boy at Blair uses the bathroom without any trouble and doesn’t feel unsafe at school. This week’s incidents were:

1) one kid brought a pellet gun to school - it was quickly dealt with by school and police

2) one child was acting “erratically”. That child was taken to the nurse and then to the hospital in an ambulance.

My kid wasn’t aware of either incident until I told him. Those are the only things I can recall this year other than the bomb threats that went to several MCPS high schools and middle schools and were ultimately chalked up to a hoax perpetrated by a 12 year old.

He has never seen a fight in the hallway or, as previously mentioned, had any issues in the bathroom.

A ghost gun was brought onto campus at the beginning of this school year as well: https://wjla.com/news/local/ghost-gun-montgomery-blair-high-school-firearm-possession-school-property-safety-concerns-violence-county-police-mcpd-students-custody

It wasn't just the pellet gun. I thought there was a knife too?

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Anonymous wrote:It seems completely fine. Sure, there are some posters with a political agenda who try to spin this crazy narrative, but if occasionally seeing someone vape doesn't freak your kid out, they will be fine.

This kind of gaslighting and dismissiveness of parents, students and staff’s real and valid lived experiences is not ok.

It is you, with your corrosive attempt at erasure and suppression, that has the political agenda. Our schools have real safety and security problems that need to be confronted and solved. Not ignored and denied. You are the problem.

I what your anger, but it would be more helpful for.you to share your lived experience and how it contrasts with what PP has described. Otherwise you will get dismissed as a troll.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems completely fine. Sure, there are some posters with a political agenda who try to spin this crazy narrative, but if occasionally seeing someone vape doesn't freak your kid out, they will be fine.

This kind of gaslighting and dismissiveness of parents, students and staff’s real and valid lived experiences is not ok.

It is you, with your corrosive attempt at erasure and suppression, that has the political agenda. Our schools have real safety and security problems that need to be confronted and solved. Not ignored and denied. You are the problem.

Anonymous wrote:It seems completely fine. Sure, there are some posters with a political agenda who try to spin this crazy narrative, but if occasionally seeing someone vape doesn't freak your kid out, they will be fine.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems completely fine. Sure, there are some posters with a political agenda who try to spin this crazy narrative, but if occasionally seeing someone vape doesn't freak your kid out, they will be fine.

This kind of gaslighting and dismissiveness of parents, students and staff’s real and valid lived experiences is not ok.

It is you, with your corrosive attempt at erasure and suppression, that has the political agenda. Our schools have real safety and security problems that need to be confronted and solved. Not ignored and denied. You are the problem.

Anonymous wrote:It seems completely fine. Sure, there are some posters with a political agenda who try to spin this crazy narrative, but if occasionally seeing someone vape doesn't freak your kid out, they will be fine.