gadget410's Blog

gadget410 you are right on all points.
There is much going on undetected. The safety of the children in our schools is certainly a comforting thought, but when you actually think about it, the comforting aspect quickly turns into a potential nightmare of possible tragic events.
Let me outline 2 situations, with 2 different principals at Grimsley High School, both have occurred over the past 2 years, and both involve lockdowns of the school facility.
About 2 yrs ago a man with a rifle was rumored to be on or around the school campus. A lock down was attempted, though was a not much of a lockdown being students were left in the grove area outside of the school buildings, while they ate lunch. At some point during all of this a male, dressed in black, was in the media center, that was unknown and unquestioned that just disappeared.
This school year and I think it was the day students returned from spring break, the current principal scheduled a lock down drill. The SRO was not given advance notice to assist in the preparation, planning or given any opportunity to involve the rest of Greensboro Police Dept. with the drill. Teachers and staff were not appropriately notified of the drill either. Would any drill actions, deemed appropriate by the administration, been the correct and safest expected action by law enforcement, being the police were not taking part in the drill? Sad, I thought if in the case of an actually lock down emergency the police would be the ones controlling the scene, campus and facilities.
Let me ask you. Do you disagree with what gadget is sayin

Hank, you are right on target as usual the SRO's are the unsung heroes here. The odds against them in an event like what you brought up would be unsurmountable in most cases, and there would probably be a tragic end.

I like the attitude of some European schools, at about 15 years old if they don't want to learn and make something of themselves because it is a privilege to get an education. Instead they are not required to go to school they are apprenticed into a job usually in a factory or other low paying manual labor job, if they don't like it too bad! The only jobs they will qualify for is the low skill manual labor ones because they lack the education and have demonstrated that they are not a good risk for investing a lot of training in.

I like that too. If a student is continully disruptive then his environment needs to change.
I saw on the news last night where Reynolds is trying to help rising 9th graders with their transition to high school by offering 3 days to them at the beginning of school to find a comfort level.
The school is on the right track, but all high schools need to separate 9th graders from the rest of the school. I like 9th grade academies and believe that would assist in lowering the 9th grade drop out rate.