Post by schitzengiggles on Dec 17, 2021 9:05:19 GMT -5
I feel like it’s surely some stupid kids behind spreading this threat, but my fear is that a troubled kid on the edge somewhere will be triggered/motivated. My kids (a high schooler and a middle schooler) were both home yesterday and are home today. Our high school had a threat posted Monday, calling out Wednesday (found not credible) and then on Wednesday afternoon a student found a bullet on the cafeteria floor. Also Wednesday, a threat occurred for the middle school. And now all this about today being “National shoot up your school day”. Nope. I’m done this week.
I figure they’re not doing much right before winter break anyhow, so home they stay.
We got an email from the district today. They also said they would have increased police presence at all school sites today. But noted that they deemed it a non-credible threat and these measures are simply for everyone’s peace of mind.
I opted to keep my kindergartener home. Since it was just a party day, my anxiety was too high about sending her to do otherwise. If every school system everywhere sent basically the same email, something of that threat must be real enough to risk a mass panic.
I see it as the opposite, it's just vague threats by either stupid kids or asshole adults on the internet. If there was a specific credible threat for a specific region/district/school I'd take it more seriously.
I think it can be both vague, and possibly encouraging for someone who was already in a bad state of mind, to take action.
But our district closed one school one day this week, and had increased security on campus the following day. The superintendent is, in general, an overly cautious person, and I don't doubt for a second that if there was a credible threat to our schools, she'd shut it down. She already did for all of them once, in addition to other specific closures. To me, that's reassuring.
I sent my kid off with her goodies for the party, and am actually not nervous at all. But I 100% understand parents who kept their kids home today. It just sucks that THIS is where we've landed. Because God forbid we fucking regulate guns.
At this point the threat doesn't worry me too much but I think I will feel differently when my kids are in middle and high school and the risk is elevated.
I opted to keep my kindergartener home. Since it was just a party day, my anxiety was too high about sending her to do otherwise. If every school system everywhere sent basically the same email, something of that threat must be real enough to risk a mass panic.
I see it as the opposite, it's just vague threats by either stupid kids or asshole adults on the internet. If there was a specific credible threat for a specific region/district/school I'd take it more seriously.
This is how I feel. The message we received both from the school and our local police was that the video originated in AZ and was not a credible threat. If it was specifically targeting our local schools, I would be much more concerned. But just "schools everywhere" is not enough to make me worry any more than the usual stomach drop I have every morning when I send my kids out the door to school and hope that they come home safely.
I kept both of my kids home today and I’m so mad and frustrated. I don’t worry about a coordinated attack, but I worry about some lone wolf teen who is upset and has access to guns, deciding to try and be “famous”. All it takes is one fucked up kid to ruin it for everyone.
Both of my kids had parties today at school and both are very pissed and sad to be missing them. I feel like the worst mom ever for making them stay home. But as I told my 12 year old last night at 11pm, I’d rather have her be sad, instead of going through a school shooting.
I’ve lobbied with Moms Demand Action. Literally NOTHING CHANGES. I’m so sad/mad/pissed/frustrated that THIS is our reality. I kept my kids home from school for 16 months because of covid and it was really hard on them. I don’t know what the answer is but I’m sick of guns and school shootings.
I sent my two in, they're in elementary school and I didn't even give it a second thought this morning.
DH is a first responder (not working today) and just sent me a message 'before you hear from somewhere else, yes, the high school is on lock down, multiple guns found'.
WTF! So of course, off to social media. People are reporting that one of the middle schools was locked down at one point and an arrest made (separate location from the high school).
It's the end of the school day and DH is going to pick our kids up now. I'm thankful they're young enough to not be scared of going to school, but so scared for their future. Nothing will change. I just want to move away to a cave somewhere and homeschool. Except last year taught me that homeschooling would not work for anyone in my family.
Post by 1confused1 on Dec 17, 2021 16:01:37 GMT -5
I kept my high schooler and middle schooler home today, they were both nervous. Our district sent and email saying there would be an increase in police presence at the schools, I drove by and there was not an officer to be seen. My sister teaches in our district and she hasn’t seen any either. I get that this wasn’t a credible threat, but don’t send out an email saying you are going to do something and then don’t follow through. That is a quick way to lose parent’s trust.