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Anonymous wrote:Kids with ankle monitors should not be in school with normal kids.

MCPS closed down the juvenile facilities long ago.. not other option. And, define normal. All these kids were "normal" till an incident happened. Many kids go without the mental health and other supports they need.

No they most certainly were not normal. Every time one of these things happens, no ONE is surprised at who did it. The kids know but we try to make the kids into mental health providers telling them to be nice to the kids who scare or hurt them because they are hurt too. We keep pushing back our hard working, we adjusted kids to make room for every broken child such that no one is safe and no one is getting properly educated.

School is not a mental health facility. Anyone with anything beyond mild issue that can be resolved need to be elsewhere for their sake and for the sake of the good kids who just want to go to school and live their lives.

Metal detectors deter kids from bringing guns to school. It's a fact. They also would detect a ghost gun as it contains metal. There are very sophisticated security screening systems that include infrared and other methods to get kids in quickly and safely and still detect hazardous weapons. Look up what they use in NYC public schools. MCPS is out dated with their methods. The school needs more guidance counselors to actually work with kids in crisis and not just write college refs and do IEPs. The programs that bring therapists to schools are under staffed and have huge waitlists. Bullying prevention must be dealt with. Zero tolerance for bullying should actually exist. No kid should feel scared to go to school or worry about getting jumped.

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Anonymous wrote:Return SROs - principals NEVER wanted them to be removed. County Executives did it anyways.

They have one. He just happened to not be on site.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/02/1-shot-inside-wootton-high-school-in-rockville/

That's because it's not an SRO but a CEO. A CEO does not stay inside the school nor walk the halls unless invited by the Principal. A CEO is shared with the cluster.

Bring back SROs.

No, we don't need police in schools and they don't really stop shit like this from happening, anyway. See Uvalde or Parkland, for example.

Yes, we do. A good officer could shoot the shooter. There are plenty of situations where they do step in and resolve it. The two you are choosing are the worst but there are many times SRO's save lives. Some schools have an officer sitting outside a lot of time. Ours do.

All schools needs metal detectors. The school is huge. An officer cant cover the whole school. They would not have prevented a one off shooting targeting a specific individual. A police officer may be able to reduce the amount of people killed in a mass shooting but most times, they won’t be able to stop a shooting from happening in the first place.

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The WUSA story said that the student had a ghost gun. Not an expert here, but wouldn't a metal detector be useless in that instance? (obviously it would prevent other firearms from getting through....just saying that I don't know if it would have made a difference here).

I personally think that re-instating the SRO program and focusing on prevention is the most critical need here.

Just as weapons get more "sophisticated" so should the detectors.

It gets quite expensive to replace these security tools every 3-4 years. I am willing to pay more in taxes but is everyone else?

Can't read all the posts. Any word on the status of the victim? I heard they were shot in the chest.

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if the school has shared resources for the kids and families for counseling services and mental health support?

They probably have staff on sight but I wouldn't trust them if your child is that traumatized. The voltures on facebook are posting offering mental health treatment (some 1/2 off, some full price) - really gross.

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Anonymous wrote:Return SROs - principals NEVER wanted them to be removed. County Executives did it anyways.

They have one. He just happened to not be on site.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/02/1-shot-inside-wootton-high-school-in-rockville/

That's because it's not an SRO but a CEO. A CEO does not stay inside the school nor walk the halls unless invited by the Principal. A CEO is shared with the cluster.

Bring back SROs.

No, we don't need police in schools and they don't really stop shit like this from happening, anyway. See Uvalde or Parkland, for example.

Yes, we do. A good officer could shoot the shooter. There are plenty of situations where they do step in and resolve it. The two you are choosing are the worst but there are many times SRO's save lives. Some schools have an officer sitting outside a lot of time. Ours do.

All schools needs metal detectors. The school is huge. An officer cant cover the whole school. They would not have prevented a one off shooting targeting a specific individual. A police officer may be able to reduce the amount of people killed in a mass shooting but most times, they won’t be able to stop a shooting from happening in the first place.

Sign the petition
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1259637.page

The WUSA story said that the student had a ghost gun. Not an expert here, but wouldn't a metal detector be useless in that instance? (obviously it would prevent other firearms from getting through....just saying that I don't know if it would have made a difference here).

I personally think that re-instating the SRO program and focusing on prevention is the most critical need here.

Just as weapons get more "sophisticated" so should the detectors.

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Anonymous wrote:Daily arrest data is here:

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

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He is called Juvenile. His name is being reported in the media.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids with ankle monitors should not be in school with normal kids.

MCPS closed down the juvenile facilities long ago.. not other option. And, define normal. All these kids were "normal" till an incident happened. Many kids go without the mental health and other supports they need.

Not true - Blair Ewing and RICA still exist and run - some kids even live at RICA, and the SESES program also is a self-contained program in select schools for children with emotional disturbances: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/special-education/programs-services/behavior-and-emotional-support/

These are not DJJ. Kids with ankle bracelets and charged go via DJJ. There used to be Noyes but they shut it down. Two very separate things. Most kids with mental health issues are not violent.

Sure. But most violent kids do have underlying mental health issues.

To pretend otherwise is disingenuous.

Sure, but just as it's not fair to Wootton students to have known violent kids there, it wouldn't be fair to the other Ewing kids for them to be placed there. We need dedicated schools for students with violent behaviors.

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Anonymous wrote:Return SROs - principals NEVER wanted them to be removed. County Executives did it anyways.

They have one. He just happened to not be on site.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/02/1-shot-inside-wootton-high-school-in-rockville/

That's because it's not an SRO but a CEO. A CEO does not stay inside the school nor walk the halls unless invited by the Principal. A CEO is shared with the cluster.

Bring back SROs.

No, we don't need police in schools and they don't really stop shit like this from happening, anyway. See Uvalde or Parkland, for example.

Yes, we do. A good officer could shoot the shooter. There are plenty of situations where they do step in and resolve it. The two you are choosing are the worst but there are many times SRO's save lives. Some schools have an officer sitting outside a lot of time. Ours do.

All schools needs metal detectors. The school is huge. An officer cant cover the whole school. They would not have prevented a one off shooting targeting a specific individual. A police officer may be able to reduce the amount of people killed in a mass shooting but most times, they won’t be able to stop a shooting from happening in the first place.

Sign the petition
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1259637.page

The WUSA story said that the student had a ghost gun. Not an expert here, but wouldn't a metal detector be useless in that instance? (obviously it would prevent other firearms from getting through....just saying that I don't know if it would have made a difference here).

I personally think that re-instating the SRO program and focusing on prevention is the most critical need here.

A ghost gun just means it was made at home. That can be a 3D printed gun or it can be a gun made from a kit, but they generally contain metal and all of them use metal ammunition. There's at least one 3D printed all plastic handgun out there, but it doesn't work very well (it tends to shatter when fired) and I really doubt that's what this kid had.

Does anyone know if the school has shared resources for the kids and families for counseling services and mental health support?

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Anonymous wrote:Return SROs - principals NEVER wanted them to be removed. County Executives did it anyways.

They have one. He just happened to not be on site.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/02/1-shot-inside-wootton-high-school-in-rockville/

That's because it's not an SRO but a CEO. A CEO does not stay inside the school nor walk the halls unless invited by the Principal. A CEO is shared with the cluster.

Bring back SROs.

No, we don't need police in schools and they don't really stop shit like this from happening, anyway. See Uvalde or Parkland, for example.

Yes, we do. A good officer could shoot the shooter. There are plenty of situations where they do step in and resolve it. The two you are choosing are the worst but there are many times SRO's save lives. Some schools have an officer sitting outside a lot of time. Ours do.

All schools needs metal detectors. The school is huge. An officer cant cover the whole school. They would not have prevented a one off shooting targeting a specific individual. A police officer may be able to reduce the amount of people killed in a mass shooting but most times, they won’t be able to stop a shooting from happening in the first place.

Sign the petition
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1259637.page

The WUSA story said that the student had a ghost gun. Not an expert here, but wouldn't a metal detector be useless in that instance? (obviously it would prevent other firearms from getting through....just saying that I don't know if it would have made a difference here).

I personally think that re-instating the SRO program and focusing on prevention is the most critical need here.

Ammo casings likely would set off the alarm but yeah

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Anonymous wrote:Kids with ankle monitors should not be in school with normal kids.

MCPS closed down the juvenile facilities long ago.. not other option. And, define normal. All these kids were "normal" till an incident happened. Many kids go without the mental health and other supports they need.

Not true - Blair Ewing and RICA still exist and run - some kids even live at RICA, and the SESES program also is a self-contained program in select schools for children with emotional disturbances: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/special-education/programs-services/behavior-and-emotional-support/

RICA and SESES are for when actual mental illness or disability make it impossible to be in the classroom, and they are also supposed to be on grade level. Kids who bring ghost guns to school to shoot other kids they are beefing with have a different sort of support need.

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Anonymous wrote:Return SROs - principals NEVER wanted them to be removed. County Executives did it anyways.

They have one. He just happened to not be on site.

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2026/02/1-shot-inside-wootton-high-school-in-rockville/

That's because it's not an SRO but a CEO. A CEO does not stay inside the school nor walk the halls unless invited by the Principal. A CEO is shared with the cluster.

Bring back SROs.

No, we don't need police in schools and they don't really stop shit like this from happening, anyway. See Uvalde or Parkland, for example.

Yes, we do. A good officer could shoot the shooter. There are plenty of situations where they do step in and resolve it. The two you are choosing are the worst but there are many times SRO's save lives. Some schools have an officer sitting outside a lot of time. Ours do.

All schools needs metal detectors. The school is huge. An officer cant cover the whole school. They would not have prevented a one off shooting targeting a specific individual. A police officer may be able to reduce the amount of people killed in a mass shooting but most times, they won’t be able to stop a shooting from happening in the first place.

Sign the petition
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1259637.page

The WUSA story said that the student had a ghost gun. Not an expert here, but wouldn't a metal detector be useless in that instance? (obviously it would prevent other firearms from getting through....just saying that I don't know if it would have made a difference here).

I personally think that re-instating the SRO program and focusing on prevention is the most critical need here.

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Anonymous wrote:The only issue I have with metal detectors is the amount of things students are ALLOWED to have that will set them off. It will take like 45-60 minutes to screen kids one by one to enter the building like a TSA process

It’s much faster than that if it’s done right. Other school districts which have metal detectors have no issue in the morning.

No amount of streamlined efficiency will fix the issue of getting 2500 kids in through 4 metal detectors. Especially when kids will have to empty pockets and backpacks of all permitted metal items before going in. That's why the airport has like 30 TSA stations and every stadium has like 50 security checkpoints.

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Anonymous wrote:Daily arrest data is here:

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

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Use your deductive reasoning skills.