From Rocks to Armed Guards.....

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

The Pennsylvania school district that stocked its classrooms with a bucket of stones last week has announced that they will replace the rocks with armed guards.

Blue Mountain School District put a five-gallon bucket of river stones - which are smooth and used for landscaping - in the closet of every elementary, middle and high school classroom on Friday.

But on Sunday, David Helsel, the superintendent of the district, wrote on Facebook that the district will be putting armed guards in schools in a letter addressed to parents, students and staff.

Helsel wrote on Facebook that the district will be putting armed guards in schools in a letter (pictured) addressed to parents, students and staff

'As all of you are aware, recently there has been a great deal of media attention brought to Blue Mountain School District.

'This attention was due to social media posts that took comments out of context and misrepresented our actual planned response to armed intruders (particularly with the planned use of stones),' the post read.

'This unfortunate circumstance has increased our concern regarding the possibility that something may happen because of the media attention. Starting tomorrow [Monday] and into the near future, we have arranged for additional armed security for our buildings.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

fourpaws56 · ‎03-04-2015

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KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

@fourpaws56

5's!

I know which one would get my attention if I had evil intentions!

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

....but Parkland had armed personnel, so...

How’s that working?

Oh, wait.

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

@sidsmomwrote:
....but Parkland had armed personnel, so...
How’s that working?
Oh, wait.

@sidsmom

While I agree with your point, it's better than a box of rocks, IMO.

Not all law enforcement officers are cowards.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

Gsmom · ‎03-11-2010

In a high school in my state there was a near fatal stabbing with a pen last year

The victim was stabbed in the main artery of his neck thankfully he lived .

The mental health of students as well as Getting the parents tuned in to their severely troubled children has to be addressed and zero tolerance for all poor behavior threats etc.

I would certainly feel safer with armed security in every school

Ms tyrion2 · ‎05-08-2017

@KingstonsMomwrote:
@sidsmomwrote:
....but Parkland had armed personnel, so...
How’s that working?
Oh, wait.
@sidsmom

While I agree with your point, it's better than a box of rocks, IMO.

Not all law enforcement officers are cowards.

There is no way to know how someone will react in the face of carnage. They don't give you a bravery test when they put a gun in your hands.

More guns is not the answer. Never was. Never will be.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@KingstonsMomwrote:
@sidsmomwrote:
....but Parkland had armed personnel, so...
How’s that working?
Oh, wait.
@sidsmom

While I agree with your point, it's better than a box of rocks, IMO.
Not all law enforcement officers are cowards.

They would not be ‘law enforcement.’

They would be ‘armed security.’

Two totally different animals.

Gsmom · ‎03-11-2010

As long as there are families raising killers we need to protect our precious children as

Well as the all mothers and fathers who serve as teachers and administration With trained armed security

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I figured something like this would come about. Most of the people in The PA county where this school district is located thought the superintendent had rocks in his head when he came up with the bucket of rocks idea.

His idea was implicated and put into place last fall, but he brought it to the public’s attention recently and it did not go over very well.