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Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

It’s a bit late for that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?

They did not hire more and what do you think a therapist will do? You think these kids are going to go to the counselor for help. Right.

+1 therapy is not a one time panacea. It takes a lot of time for therapy to make a dent. In the meantime, what should be done to keep our kids safe in the schools, and manage the students who disrupt the class so much that the other kids cannot learn?

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It's funny how you guys can't answer the question of what should be done with the disruptive kids, and why you won't go volunteer in the hallways and classrooms and deal with these students if you think all they need is a buddy. I never once said that SRO being buddies was the answer. I did state that some SROs have established relationships with students and that can help. But, SRO presence is also a deterent. Again, why do you think Principals want them at the HSs?

Ask a HS teacher how it is for them when there is a repeat disrupter in the class.

Are you even a parent? What would you do if there was a student in your kid's class who disrupted the class everyday such that your kid can't learn, or worse, the student harrassed your kid such that your kid was afraid to go to school?

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Once again, answer the question.. why do Principals want SROs? Why did the Blair Principal want the cops there after the incident?

Why do you anti-SROs NEVER answer that question?

Also, why don't you go volunteer in the HSs where there have been some serious incidents and deal with those kids. There are security guards there, but that doesn't seem to be reducing the number of serious incidents. So, why don't you go there and do something about it since you don't want SROs there.

Presumably because they believe the SROs are helpful to them, no? What's your point? Do you support everything principals want, or just this one thing?

My point is that Principals are the ones in the hallways every school day, not you, not Elrich and not the BOE. So, they know what's needed. not you or Elrich. If the Principals say that SROs make the schools overall safer, then I back them up.

Why don't you go volunteer and deal with the 200lb 6' 16 yr old who is causing issues in the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?

They did not hire more and what do you think a therapist will do? You think these kids are going to go to the counselor for help. Right.

+1 therapy is not a one time panacea. It takes a lot of time for therapy to make a dent. In the meantime, what should be done to keep our kids safe in the schools, and manage the students who disrupt the class so much that the other kids cannot learn?

It’s funny how you guys think an SRO can prevent crimes by being the kids buddy. But counselors can’t do the same thing.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?

They did not hire more and what do you think a therapist will do? You think these kids are going to go to the counselor for help. Right.

+1 therapy is not a one time panacea. It takes a lot of time for therapy to make a dent. In the meantime, what should be done to keep our kids safe in the schools, and manage the students who disrupt the class so much that the other kids cannot learn?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?

They did not hire more and what do you think a therapist will do? You think these kids are going to go to the counselor for help. Right.

That's my point. The county couldn't even implement their plan. They said they'd hire more counselors and psychologists to replace the SROs but clearly failed in that regard.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?

They did not hire more and what do you think a therapist will do? You think these kids are going to go to the counselor for help. Right.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?

They did not hire more and what do you think a therapist will do? You think these kids are going to go to the counselor for help. Right.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Once again, answer the question.. why do Principals want SROs? Why did the Blair Principal want the cops there after the incident?

Why do you anti-SROs NEVER answer that question?

Also, why don't you go volunteer in the HSs where there have been some serious incidents and deal with those kids. There are security guards there, but that doesn't seem to be reducing the number of serious incidents. So, why don't you go there and do something about it since you don't want SROs there.

Presumably because they believe the SROs are helpful to them, no? What's your point? Do you support everything principals want, or just this one thing?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

So where were the mental health counselors that the county touted as the replacement for SROs?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A kid is incessantly bullied because he is short. Snaps. Brings a knife and stabs another student. Thankfully the other student didn't die. How could this have been avoided? Did we fail the kids by de-escalating? Parents, teachers, others? What can we do better? Let's not make this a political/culture war issue. Some empathy will go a long way...parent of a blair kid here.

Get the stabber some help for his mental health