Yes, our very large school had been pulling our traffic cop to help with the metal detectors and the kiss and ride and student traffic has been a nightmare--even with all the seniors gone. He was out there directing traffic today.

Anonymous wrote:My dd's school canceled the metal detectors today due to rain. Clearly an extremely important safety measure.

Everyone knows bad guys are deterred by rain!

Also totally agree on the bathrooms. My child's school has kids leaving during the day to use the bathroom at nearby businesses. Access to a safe, clean, monitored bathroom is much more important than all the BS FCPS spends money on.

My dd's school canceled the metal detectors today due to rain. Clearly an extremely important safety measure.

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Anonymous wrote:They could reduce vaping by nearly 100% if they monored the restrooms.

Agreed and I wish they would do it or allow parent volunteers to stand at restroom entry and monitor.

Great idea, PP! Go to the school today and volunteer. Please get back to us and share how it goes......

I know several parents at my school who are furious about the bathroom situation. Their kids are afraid to go to the bathroom because of vaping, fighting, slap boxing, and videoing others without consent. Some kids even ask to leave school during the day to go home and poop. School admin is aware and does nothing, and does not care. I know several parents who would volunteer to stay outside of school restrooms if the school would allow it. Many parents are very frustrated about the lack of safety in these schools. Many Parents are totally oblivious to the issues happening. I do think parents were volunteer at some schools. Obviously there is issues with volunteer support and there won’t be support at all schools. It sure would be nice to at least have one possible solution instead of just complaining on DC urban walk and depending on admin, who does nothing and do not care about safety. The schools could also adjust budgets to hire more security assistants. Instead we have electives like guitar and ceramics prioritized over safety expenses.

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Anonymous wrote:My dd reports another huge backlog this morning. What's concerning--besides all the wasted instructional time--is that none of the seniors are there these past few weeks AND many kids seemed to still be out of town for the holiday. The parking lot was deserted. So it's 45+ minute long lines with only 70% of the students present.

My son got marked absent today....because he was stuck in a long line.

Don't worry he isn't learning anything at South lakes to except street smarts

He's not at SL but ok DP

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Anonymous wrote:They could reduce vaping by nearly 100% if they monored the restrooms.

Agreed and I wish they would do it or allow parent volunteers to stand at restroom entry and monitor.

this would be a huge liability they would not have "volunteers"

We couldn’t get enough volunteers to monitor IB and AP testing. No one is volunteering to monitor bathrooms on a daily basis.

LOL

Anonymous wrote:Instead of complaining here, tell your principal and board member how dumb this is and the impacts to learning.

Let's all be honest FCPS principals hands are tied. The board and Reid are putting on a show to say look at all we are doing to keep students and staff safe. I know we all want safety-I certainly do but as someone said before this it's just theater. My DC told us at dinner that kids at school were talking about the many other ways for people with bad intentions to get in with a weapon. They came up with more ways than are posted here.

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Anonymous wrote:They could reduce vaping by nearly 100% if they monored the restrooms.

Agreed and I wish they would do it or allow parent volunteers to stand at restroom entry and monitor.

Great idea, PP! Go to the school today and volunteer. Please get back to us and share how it goes......

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Anonymous wrote:They could reduce vaping by nearly 100% if they monored the restrooms.

Agreed and I wish they would do it or allow parent volunteers to stand at restroom entry and monitor.

this would be a huge liability they would not have "volunteers"

We couldn’t get enough volunteers to monitor IB and AP testing. No one is volunteering to monitor bathrooms on a daily basis.

Anonymous wrote:They could reduce vaping by nearly 100% if they monored the restrooms.

Like others have said, this is a huge liability. Schools could handle vaping by having administrators combing the hallways regularly and actually giving consequences to students who roam the halls and skip classes. Since neither of these things are happening at most schools, the vaping continues.

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Anonymous wrote:My dd reports another huge backlog this morning. What's concerning--besides all the wasted instructional time--is that none of the seniors are there these past few weeks AND many kids seemed to still be out of town for the holiday. The parking lot was deserted. So it's 45+ minute long lines with only 70% of the students present.

My son got marked absent today....because he was stuck in a long line.

Don't worry he isn't learning anything at South lakes to except street smarts

Instead of complaining here, tell your principal and board member how dumb this is and the impacts to learning.

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Anonymous wrote:They could reduce vaping by nearly 100% if they monored the restrooms.

Agreed and I wish they would do it or allow parent volunteers to stand at restroom entry and monitor.

this would be a huge liability they would not have "volunteers"

Getting a laugh just trying to picture this.

How many restrooms does the typical high school have?

Exactly

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Anonymous wrote:They could reduce vaping by nearly 100% if they monored the restrooms.

Agreed and I wish they would do it or allow parent volunteers to stand at restroom entry and monitor.

this would be a huge liability they would not have "volunteers"

Getting a laugh just trying to picture this.

How many restrooms does the typical high school have?