Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:23     Subject: B-CC lockdown
BCC teacher here, we haven’t been updated, still on a lockout and only hearing whatever rumors kids are being fed: bombs in basement, same kid from Mon, etc. Any chance any of you could let us know what’s the current status? If Police is still on the premises, etc.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:22     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They are going through classrooms. My kids room was cleared. They had hands up and a bunch of officers came through with big guns and checked closets and adjoining room


They may also have the kids walk to the bus with their hands up, which is going to be scary but is for everyone's safety.


How do these logistics work? How do you know someone on the bus doesn't have bad intent if you don't know who the kid is? That seems like a bad idea to put kids and a driver captive on a drive home.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:20     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I can hear a helicopter circling in downtown Bethesda.


Me again. Now hearing sirens.

I'm prepared to bet that following Monday's "weapon" in the school building (Principal chose to hide the fact that it was a gun and we heard it from the media), Mooney chose to go into lockdown over today's bomb threat so he wouldn't be hauled over the coals by BCC parents twice in the same week.


Which is stupid, because Monday's gun at school could have led to a mass shooting incident, so he should have locked down the school then.
But bomb threats at schools, historically and in this area, have always been bogus - and usually do not lead to lockdowns.

So it's a case of the Principal, yet again, possibly doing something stupid to compensate for doing something even stupider before. Which is par for the course for this Principal, unfortunately.



Oh come on. Mooney can't win. I have no opinion about him because while I get frustrated with almost everything at BCC these days. It appears he has zero control over anything. MCPS won't even let him compose any communication.

If he didn't lock the school down and it was real, I'm sure he couldn't live with himself. He's a good person. Is he effective? I'm not sure. I'm not sure MCPS allows any principals to be effective.

So glad I was able to communicate with my son and go pick him up.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:18     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:There were supposed to be AP and IB exams this afternoon. I would bet that has a lot to do with the threat being called in.[/quot


This is absurd! My child should get able to get a 5 on ap exams!
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:16     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:They are going through classrooms. My kids room was cleared. They had hands up and a bunch of officers came through with big guns and checked closets and adjoining room


They may also have the kids walk to the bus with their hands up, which is going to be scary but is for everyone's safety.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:16     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Apparently is the same person from Monday. They’re negotiating with him on the office or so my students relay to me.


So you can bring a gun to school on Monday and return on Thursday with a bomb?!?! MCPS must immediately implement strict consequences for any behavior that puts students and staff in harms way. We are failing our kids and teachers.


Maybe we should hold back on the rumors for now? All of this will be clear eventually, and for right now the focus should be on the kids currently in the school. If it was the same kid as Monday (huge if), we can crucify MCPS then for lack of consequences, but we don't even know that's true.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:15     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Fox 5 is reporting that this may have been a "swatting situation."
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:15     Subject: B-CC lockdown
They are going through classrooms. My kids room was cleared. They had hands up and a bunch of officers came through with big guns and checked closets and adjoining room
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:12     Subject: B-CC lockdown
“ UPDATE: K9 officers are clearing the school at this time. #mcpd #mcpnews”
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:12     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:Apparently is the same person from Monday. They’re negotiating with him on the office or so my students relay to me.


So you can bring a gun to school on Monday and return on Thursday with a bomb?!?! MCPS must immediately implement strict consequences for any behavior that puts students and staff in harms way. We are failing our kids and teachers.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:09     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:Sorry. They are not telling me where I can pick up my kid.


Don’t be one of those people. It’s already a hard and stressful situation and the last thing anyone needs is making a scene at a bomb scene. They’re not going to let you pick your child up anyway so why bother just go to the unification point.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:08     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:EVERY PARENt who can, should be outside that school right now!


If it's a bomb threat, I don't think this response makes sense. They are almost always false and usually done by a student or former student who is offsite.
And if it were an emergency, clogged streets would only prevent police and medical aid from getting in.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:08     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Apparently is the same person from Monday. They’re negotiating with him on the office or so my students relay to me.


If this is true, MCPS/MCPD really should be ashamed since they know who the kid is and they let him flee the building.


From a PR perspective, it would be the worse case scenario for Mooney, Central Office and MCPD. If everyone comes out unscathed at BCC today, I hope heads will roll, starting with the immediate resignation of Mooney.

Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:06     Subject: B-CC lockdown


Confirmed. Lynbrook Center is for all families, but no need to come right away.



Anonymous
Post 05/16/2024 13:06     Subject: B-CC lockdown
Anonymous wrote:Sorry. They are not telling me where I can pick up my kid.


Oh—were you planning to bust in on the police with machine guns? Of course they can tell you where to pick up your kid