Anonymous
09/05/2023 07:27
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Anonymous wrote:Did the new principal do a town hall with parents?
He can just have his new “advisor” explain to parents that because of her last name she’s one of them.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 06:36
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Anonymous wrote:It wasn’t an OD. It was a trans kid freshman in the bathroom with scissors
Is this true?
Anonymous
09/02/2023 20:31
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Did the new principal do a town hall with parents?
Anonymous
09/02/2023 20:29
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
How is this a solution? Sure we need to get everyone narcan trained but clearly this is a huge problem. Why are the drugs getting in the schools in the first place?
Are you for real? Drugs get into the country, so they get into the schools. It’s been that way since I was a teen. The difference is that you might die in minutes from an impulsive teenage choice. What’s your idea to get drugs out of schools? Pat downs at entrance?
Not the PP, but I do wish there were some good ideas that worked. None of the campaigns to say no worked on me when I was a teen. The difference in risk (one pill can kill) is concerning.
How do we help kids? This is an earnest ask.
What would have worked for you when you were a teen?
In order to find real solutions, we have to start with the real causes. So exactly why are teens willing to even try drugs? We know why dealers are willing to bring them drugs - money.
If there was no demand, supply would shift elsewhere. However, with these particular pills there’s the additional problem that they’re made to look like something else entirely.
Anonymous
09/02/2023 20:16
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Anonymous wrote:It wasn’t an OD. It was a trans kid freshman in the bathroom with scissors
😞
Anonymous
09/02/2023 19:55
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just signed up for tomorrow's training because of PP's post above. Thank you!
Same. I also had no idea you could request narcan as a civilian.
Is narcan being kept in the schools? If not, it absolutely should be.
I watched that video recently of the female sheriff's deputy who was accidentally exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop and she went down like that *finger snap*. She was out - totally gone - and her fellow deputies brought her back with a dose or two of narcan. It was scary and amazing to see all at the same time.
I really had no idea fentanyl exposure - meaning exposure by touch or powder/dust in the air - was so deadly/serious.
Yes narcan is being kept in schools. We used to have one dose at mine. They recently upped it to 15 and told us we may be receiving supplemental CPR training and narcan training because it’s becoming such an issue that the nurse could be in another room providing emergency care to a student when it happens in our room and we need to react. Our principal reminded us we can get 2 personal doses to have covered by insurance. You cannot conceive of how much pills laced with fentanyl is changing the game in schools.
Anyone can receive narcan for free, even teenagers, and the training is free and easy (scroll down to where to receive for free:
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Health/Arlington-Addiction-Recovery-Initiative/Treatment-Resources/Narcan
I have a student at Wakefield who was trained and has my permission to carry Narcan at school, just in case. I was also trained and have it in my purse. We talk with our kids about this frequently and I try to have earnest conversations and work with our kids to have a strategy for how to slide out of a situation when drugs are offered or around. It *will* be offered. Do not fool yourselves into thinking it won't, or "not my kid." It is a rare kid that is never exposed to drugs in high school. Every day I say a small prayer that my kids will have the strength and courage to walk away.
How is this a solution? Sure we need to get everyone narcan trained but clearly this is a huge problem. Why are the drugs getting in the schools in the first place?
Are you for real? Drugs get into the country, so they get into the schools. It’s been that way since I was a teen. The difference is that you might die in minutes from an impulsive teenage choice. What’s your idea to get drugs out of schools? Pat downs at entrance?
So the drugs are so dangerous that you can die in minutes from one pill but the only solution we can offer up is narcan? Come on… think
Kids are dying in higher numbers than before and PP, APS and the whole country seem to have given up. Nothing can be done apparently. Here are some suggestions I have:
1) adopt an away for the day (not just away from class) cell phone policy. Most drug deals happen via phone. We can reduce the number of deals happening if students can’t access their phones during the school day
2) bring back SROs
3) adopt a drug prevention program that is evidence based and actually works
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-new-d-a-r-e-program-this-one-works/
Anonymous
09/02/2023 19:49
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I just signed up for tomorrow's training because of PP's post above. Thank you!
Same. I also had no idea you could request narcan as a civilian.
Is narcan being kept in the schools? If not, it absolutely should be.
I watched that video recently of the female sheriff's deputy who was accidentally exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop and she went down like that *finger snap*. She was out - totally gone - and her fellow deputies brought her back with a dose or two of narcan. It was scary and amazing to see all at the same time.
I really had no idea fentanyl exposure - meaning exposure by touch or powder/dust in the air - was so deadly/serious.
Yes narcan is being kept in schools. We used to have one dose at mine. They recently upped it to 15 and told us we may be receiving supplemental CPR training and narcan training because it’s becoming such an issue that the nurse could be in another room providing emergency care to a student when it happens in our room and we need to react. Our principal reminded us we can get 2 personal doses to have covered by insurance. You cannot conceive of how much pills laced with fentanyl is changing the game in schools.
Anyone can receive narcan for free, even teenagers, and the training is free and easy (scroll down to where to receive for free:
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Health/Arlington-Addiction-Recovery-Initiative/Treatment-Resources/Narcan
I have a student at Wakefield who was trained and has my permission to carry Narcan at school, just in case. I was also trained and have it in my purse. We talk with our kids about this frequently and I try to have earnest conversations and work with our kids to have a strategy for how to slide out of a situation when drugs are offered or around. It *will* be offered. Do not fool yourselves into thinking it won't, or "not my kid." It is a rare kid that is never exposed to drugs in high school. Every day I say a small prayer that my kids will have the strength and courage to walk away.
How is this a solution? Sure we need to get everyone narcan trained but clearly this is a huge problem. Why are the drugs getting in the schools in the first place?
Are you for real? Drugs get into the country, so they get into the schools. It’s been that way since I was a teen. The difference is that you might die in minutes from an impulsive teenage choice. What’s your idea to get drugs out of schools? Pat downs at entrance?
So the drugs are so dangerous that you can die in minutes from one pill but the only solution we can offer up is narcan? Come on… think
Anonymous
09/02/2023 18:52
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
It wasn’t an OD. It was a trans kid freshman in the bathroom with scissors
Anonymous
09/02/2023 12:57
Subject: APS overdose at Wakefield
Anonymous wrote:
How is this a solution? Sure we need to get everyone narcan trained but clearly this is a huge problem. Why are the drugs getting in the schools in the first place?
Are you for real? Drugs get into the country, so they get into the schools. It’s been that way since I was a teen. The difference is that you might die in minutes from an impulsive teenage choice. What’s your idea to get drugs out of schools? Pat downs at entrance?
Not the PP, but I do wish there were some good ideas that worked. None of the campaigns to say no worked on me when I was a teen. The difference in risk (one pill can kill) is concerning.
How do we help kids? This is an earnest ask.
What would have worked for you when you were a teen?
In order to find real solutions, we have to start with the real causes. So exactly why are teens willing to even try drugs? We know why dealers are willing to bring them drugs - money.