The Broward County School Board held a forum on school safety Wednesday night that Superintendent Robert Runcie said would be the first of many events devoted to listening.
Broward District Leaders To 'Listen To As Many People As Possible' At School Safety Forum https://t.co/r4raUyszYI
— Terence Shepherd (@TerenceShepherd) April 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/INYBN/status/986662756127531010
We know that one of the safety enhancements after Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students returned from Spring Break was clear backpacks, at which activists like David Hogg balked, calling them “unnecessary” and “embarrassing for a lot of the students.”
Parkland activists also don’t seem happy with the idea of random security searches, which was brought up Wednesday night. Ryan Deitsch, MSD student and content creator for the March For Our Lives, argued that the searches further victimize students.
The Broward County School Board tonight stated on record at a public forum to say that the security checks on students at my school are “randomized.” They incited that some are not checked.
Picking & choosing who’s a criminal further victimizes students.#NeverAgain#MSDStrong
— Ryan Deitsch (@Ryan_Deitsch) April 18, 2018
So … check everybody? But wait, there’s more:
A “Random Check” further misrepresents certain groups on school campuses such as persons of color.
The School-To-Prison Pipeline must be lessened while after tragedies eyes turn towards increased securities that feed into these biases.
No more picking & choosing.#NeverAgain
— Ryan Deitsch (@Ryan_Deitsch) April 18, 2018
Wait a sec … what was that about feeding into people’s biases after a tragedy? We’ll admit that if we were students, we’d hate random security searches and clear backpacks too, but as law-abiding gun owners and NRA members we’re still not feeling the whole push to ban AR-15s and possibly all semiautomatics. It’s not good to misrepresent certain groups, like lawful gun owners, and treat them like criminals.
Speaking of that school-to-prison pipeline, maybe it needs to be widened:
Broward schools administrator Mickey Pope says at #safetyforum 269 students expelled last year for issues such as drugs, weapons, theft, threats & battery. Most involve police. Most students return to an alternative, more confined school setting.
— Scott Travis (@smtravis) April 18, 2018
Another complaint from another student, Alex Wind:
MSD student Alex Wind (@al3xw1nd) criticising Supt. Runcie at @safetyforum for what he sees as lack of support for teachers. "Salaries have been frozen past 8 years. You're cutting their benefits."
— Scott Travis (@smtravis) April 18, 2018
In any case, district officials got an earful.
Line starts near stage, stretches to near entry doors of auditorium at Plantation HS during public forum on scool safety, as people wait to give feedback to #Broward County Public Schools officials. @wsvn #7News pic.twitter.com/lHMCbG4GmM
— Sheldon Fox-7 News (@fox_sheldon) April 18, 2018
Now: Students & parents lined up at @browardschools Safety Forum. They are issuing sharp criticism and asking tough questions of @RobertwRuncie. @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/58nNWuXvav
— Jamie Guirola (@jamieNBC6) April 18, 2018
#MSD students tell @browardschools administrators they don’t feel @browardsheriff deputies are doing enough. @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/SyCkdAwXOL
— Jamie Guirola (@jamieNBC6) April 18, 2018
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OMG not clear backpacks! 'Kids' demanding more gov suddenly not so happy with more gov https://t.co/r3zgQvCjUD
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 2, 2018
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