Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When Magruder had the shooting a few years ago, that was a ghost gun too.
Schools are not safe.

+1 especially Magruder. At least our kids aren’t in that war zone. However, something needs to be done about Northwood before it turns into a Magruder.

It already is.
Three teachers resigned on Monday.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When Magruder had the shooting a few years ago, that was a ghost gun too.
Schools are not safe.

+1 especially Magruder. At least our kids aren’t in that war zone. However, something needs to be done about Northwood before it turns into a Magruder.

It already is.
Three teachers resigned on Monday.

Three Magruder teachers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When Magruder had the shooting a few years ago, that was a ghost gun too.
Schools are not safe.

+1 especially Magruder. At least our kids aren’t in that war zone. However, something needs to be done about Northwood before it turns into a Magruder.

It already is.
Three teachers resigned on Monday.

Anonymous wrote:When Magruder had the shooting a few years ago, that was a ghost gun too.
Schools are not safe.

+1 especially Magruder. At least our kids aren’t in that war zone. However, something needs to be done about Northwood before it turns into a Magruder.

When Magruder had the shooting a few years ago, that was a ghost gun too.
Schools are not safe.

Anonymous wrote:I’m so glad my Northwood student didn’t go to school today. MCPS needs to buckle down on security. Northwood needs more security guards for sure

+1 I didn’t need Taylor to tell me it was NOT a good day to have my kid standing at the bus stop in the snow. Several car wreaks reported this morning. Mcps is so dumb sometimes.

I’m a parent who isn’t a big fan of the metal detector idea. I just think it wil result in long lines to get into school for the kids who do care about education and the other kids will easily figure out a way to get around them (like friends propping open doors or using printed ghost guns).

I would support:
Putting violent kids into virtual school for remainder of year at least
Not forcing kids over 16 to attend school if they don’t want to
Lots more security guards and SROs to walk the halls and stand near bathrooms and establish relationships with students so students can report if they hear rumors that someone is carrying a gun or making threats
Maybe something like an anonymous reporting app for kids to report potential guns or drug dealing (lots of workplaces now have anonymous reporting apps to report things like fraud embezzlement etc)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weapons detectors will not solve the guns in school issue. PG has them and they still have gun issues.

Example: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/police/charles-herbert-flowers-lockdown-gun-was-found-on-school-grounds/65-a4750726-f8eb-425c-afe4-607caba31fa9

So your answer is to do nothing until a student or teacher is seriously hurt or worse?

Absolutely not. I'm just saying that safety is not an issue that technology will fix.

It is a people, poverty and community issue. MCPS needs to partner with the Northwood community to understand root causes and actually solve the problems.

That starts with being transparent about the safety issues in the system, engaging the community on coming up with the needed solutions and resources, and hold school and system leadership accountable for their missteps and failures.

MCPS, thus far, has been unwilling to do those things. They just quickly shift from one lockdown to the next, insisting everything is ok and that these incidents are one-off anomalies when they aren't. They're part of a pattern that needs to be addressed systemically.

MCPS cannot solve societal problems. MCPS needs to focus on teaching. Teenagers past the age of 16 should be allowed to drop out of school if they are not interested in an education. MCPS cannot rescue every student.

True.

Small, localized schools and school districts (see PA model). Each locality elects its down school board and decisions are made hyper-locally on what security is needed and will be funded at each school. Enough with this one size fits all and shifting cluster boundaries every few years!

Anonymous wrote:No parents have said rhey dont want metal detectors but if the leadership at mcps bends its knee to a few parents thats even worse.

+1

Anonymous wrote:It was a 3D-printed ghost gun.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/northwood-student-charged-with-possession-of-ghost-gun-in-school/

This is pretty shocking. People need to wake up. This country is awash with guns and it is easy to get hold of a gun. For all we know, many kids could be roaming around with a gun in their possession. It is a new reality

It was a 3D-printed ghost gun.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/northwood-student-charged-with-possession-of-ghost-gun-in-school/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to MCPS arrests database it was loaded.

https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/widgets/xhwt-7h2h

Why does the MoCo database have arrests in TX and VA?

Because it is listing the home addresses of the people being arrested. The arrests occurred in Montgomery County.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to MCPS arrests database it was loaded.

https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/widgets/xhwt-7h2h

That's not an MCPS database.

Sorry that was a mistype. It’s a Montgomery county database.

Anonymous wrote:According to MCPS arrests database it was loaded.

https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/widgets/xhwt-7h2h

Why does the MoCo database have arrests in TX and VA?

Anonymous wrote:According to MCPS arrests database it was loaded.

https://data.montgomerycountymd.gov/widgets/xhwt-7h2h

That's not an MCPS database.