I’d like to make sure I’m understanding this correctly because it sounds insane. That cannot be true.
My children had to undergo biannual *traumatic* active shooter drills at their school that, frequently, left many of the children in tears.
Meanwhile, in a state with some of the lowest funding for public education in the nation, my school district pays- out of its own budget- roughly 60% of the full time salaries of its campus SROs (school resource officer). That annual expense, mind you, adds to the “administrative costs” for which the district is derided by conservatives who say they want people armed to the teeth at the schools but don’t quite understand who and how one pays for that so they both require you to have them but also sh*t on you for not using that money for a math teachers.
Anyway, back to the point...teachers lose valuable classroom instruction time and children must undergo traumatic (and completely useless) drills but we don’t require the actual ARMED PROFESSIONALS to train for active shooters? God damn. I mean, they must do that on their own, right? Because, what even are we doing here if the Phoenix and Scottsdale Police Departments don’t know they should train for active shooters- especially at schools. But, how is this not *required* by law?
It’s so important to the “safety” of your child that republicans in the state legislature keep trying to pass school bathroom bills but it has never once occurred to them that maybe this would be a seemingly more legitimate use of their time?
(And, to be crystal clear, I think the drills are useless for everyone. We need better gun laws in this country. And, anyone wishing to engage by replying is 100% wasting their time- you will not change my mind I don’t care how much you love flags and like sleeping with a copy of the constitution under your pillow- I hate guns. The number one killer of children in Arizona ages 17-19 is guns and I will never, ever, never think you have a legitimate reason to own an AR15. If you see someone who loves your AR15 and likes to stand around showing people your gun I think you are insane, insecure and a danger to society- we cannot and will not have a polite debate about weapons because I do not engage with crazy people.)
I’d like to make sure I’m understanding this correctly because it sounds insane. That cannot be true.
My children had to undergo biannual *traumatic* active shooter drills at their school that, frequently, left many of the children in tears.
Meanwhile, in a state with some of the lowest funding for public education in the nation, my school district pays- out of its own budget- roughly 60% of the full time salaries of its campus SROs (school resource officer). That annual expense, mind you, adds to the “administrative costs” for which the district is derided by conservatives who say they want people armed to the teeth at the schools but don’t quite understand who and how one pays for that so they both require you to have them but also sh*t on you for not using that money for a math teachers.
Anyway, back to the point...teachers lose valuable classroom instruction time and children must undergo traumatic (and completely useless) drills but we don’t require the actual ARMED PROFESSIONALS to train for active shooters? God damn. I mean, they must do that on their own, right? Because, what even are we doing here if the Phoenix and Scottsdale Police Departments don’t know they should train for active shooters- especially at schools. But, how is this not *required* by law?
It’s so important to the “safety” of your child that republicans in the state legislature keep trying to pass school bathroom bills but it has never once occurred to them that maybe this would be a seemingly more legitimate use of their time?
(And, to be crystal clear, I think the drills are useless for everyone. We need better gun laws in this country. And, anyone wishing to engage by replying is 100% wasting their time- you will not change my mind I don’t care how much you love flags and like sleeping with a copy of the constitution under your pillow- I hate guns. The number one killer of children in Arizona ages 17-19 is guns and I will never, ever, never think you have a legitimate reason to own an AR15. If you see someone who loves your AR15 and likes to stand around showing people your gun I think you are insane, insecure and a danger to society- we cannot and will not have a polite debate about weapons because I do not engage with crazy people.)
Thanks for continuing to nurse the “Flagstaff Agenda” along 😉