MCPS dad and mom proceed to push for extra security measures
Montgomery County Public Faculties held a gathering Tuesday night time to deal with issues about college students and gun security. It comes after two separate gun-related incidents that put Bethesda-Chevy Chase Excessive College on lockdown final month. Montgomery County Public Faculties held a gathering Tuesday night time to deal with issues about college students and gun security. It comes after two separate gun-related incidents that put Bethesda-Chevy Chase Excessive College on lockdown final month.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. – Montgomery County Public Faculties held a gathering Tuesday night time to deal with issues about college students and gun security. It comes after two separate gun-related incidents that put Bethesda-Chevy Chase Excessive College on lockdown final month.
Whereas the latest lockdowns occurred at Bethesda-Chevy Chase Excessive College the affect was felt within the surrounding neighborhood leaving dad and mom eager to know the way to stop one other emergency.
This was the fourth security assembly in two and a half years and that has dad and mom involved and offended.
A wide selection of matters had been mentioned, from who’s liable for calling a lockdown to the place to go for official data.
“That occurred at 10 a.m. Why are youngsters allowed out of the campus at any time of day?” one attendee requested. “Why can’t they keep on campus throughout college hours?”
“My query is about prevention. I don’t wish to hear about subsequent time. I don’t wish to be at work, so I pays taxes and assist these stunning colleges and get the message of my baby is on lockdown,” one other father or mother mentioned.
Officers mentioned they’re discussing making B-CC a closed college — not permitting college students off campus throughout college hours — one other large query being weapons detection methods.
It’s estimated that it might value $100 million to put in metallic detectors on the 25 excessive colleges in Montgomery County.
Chief of Safety and compliance for MCPS Marcus Jones – mentioned it is not a easy answer as there needs to be correct coaching and never all colleges have the identical entrances and workers. however they’re at present in discussions on it.
“It is vitally vital. We’re engaged on it. We’re additionally going to a different college to provide suggestions on what are the precise preparations that they’ve so that’s one thing that I believe we’ll hold the neighborhood as we’ve got achieved with the board of training and having this dialog as we transfer this ahead,” Jones mentioned.
The varsity system has requested 52 further safety guards in hopes of providing one other deterrent for college students that may wish to convey a gun on campus. There isn’t any timetable for that or the weapon detections to enter place.
