Monday, February 13, 2023

What Duval County Public Schools did not tell you about Tuesday's enhanced security precautions

This is what Duval County FL Public Schools is saying in the news media (this particular segment is from News4Jax.com) about enhanced security on the 5th anniversary of a major school shooting:

Five years after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Duval County Public Schools on Tuesday will exercise enhanced security measures out of an abundance of caution, the district said in a message to families of students.

“Whenever such an anniversary occurs, threats and rumors of threats tend to increase,” the district said in a statement. “While we have not received any specific threats, we will always take steps to ensure the safety and security of our students and staff. Therefore, as a precaution, we will be conducting full screenings of students and their belongings as they enter our high school campuses. At middle schools, we will expand our use of random searches.”

Sounds all concerned and responsible about concern for the safety of the "our students and staff," huh?

Except that the "full screenings of students and their belongings as they enter our high school campuses" is going to be primarily conducted by teachers dragooned into "volunteering" to the do the searches:



Teachers say privately that they have also been "encouraged" to come out to weekend events (sports and clubs) to help with similar forms of security.

Because this is, of course, all "volunteer," the teachers are not being compensated for coming into school at 6:40 am or on the weekends to ... search student belongings for deadly weapons.

What could possibly go wrong?

Apparently, while deciding students don't get to read about Roberto Clemente facing racism (because racism doesn't exist, naturally), DCPS has now decided that they don't need extra security to look for deadly weapons because teachers!?

Thus we know exactly how deep is Florida's commitment both to teaching American History and to the safety of teachers ...

I received this as a screenshot, but I am willing to bet that the "form" you must download to sign probably also releases the district from any liability if, say, somebody with a knife or a gun in their bag decides to use it ...



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