Posted on 02/19/2024 11:26:44 AM PST by grundle
Brockton High School in Brockton, Massachusetts, is the largest public school in the state, boasting a total of over 3,500 students. However, it also boasts an apparent problem with student violence that has become so severe that four members of the Brockton School Committee sent a letter to their mayor asking for the National Guard to be called in to restore order at the school.
The letter was sent last Thursday to Mayor Robert F. Sullivan. The letter claims that "our high school has experienced a disturbing increase in incidents related to violence, security concerns, and substance abuse" in recent months and blames, in part, a lack of adequate staffing. In a public school meeting last month, many teachers from Brockton High reportedly broke down in tears about the level of school violence. A number of stabbing incidents have also taken place recently at the school.
The letter claims that staffing shortages have led to numerous incidents in which trespassers were found wandering on school grounds without authorization, leading to concerns about the security of the facility in addition to the issues with violence.
For his part, Mayor Sullivan promised to forward the request on to Massashusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) but noted that he does not agree with calling up the National Guard at the school.
Healey responded to the letter in a statement last Friday, saying, "Our administration is committed to ensuring that schools are safe and supportive environments. ... We are aware of concerns raised about Brockton High School and are in touch with local officials."
The Massachusetts National Guard was activated in 2021 by then-governor Charlie Baker (R) in order to address bus driver shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Massachusetts has seen an increase in overall school violence lately, with a number of incidents that have gone viral on social media, including a lunchtime altercation at Haverhill High School in early February that attracted significant attention.
Too many Amish students
That’s racist....or something.
Texas used to have “reform school” in Gatesville. Kiddie prison.
That’s what we need.
Sorry, no. Get the local police to crack some heads. Stop babying these criminal kids.
National Guard should respond:
We can come. But if you call us in, we will shoot the troublemakers, and you will be responsible for having called us in, knowing how we would fix things.
State police maybe…but not National Guard.
“How about you expel the trouble makers and send them to juvi???”
There may be no one left to teach.
The criminal “teen” problem is just going to keep getting worse and worse, until right minded people have had enough of it. Just not there yet.
Only demonrats think the way to deal with unruly children is tanks, flamethrower s, grenades and mortars. Idiots.
I knew I didn’t need to look up Brockton High School.
I did anyhow.
This story is what you think it is, what you see it is, but not what you can say it is.
I went to school near Brockton for a bit. Brockton is one of the few high schools that had a boxing team.
Never get in a bar fight in Brockton especially if it’s with a little guy.
BTW Marvin Haggler was from Brockton.
Let em kill each other now. Better than innocent victims later.
Brockton Massachusetts is 51% black.
There is a trend towards the labelling of trouble students as learning disabled. They are given mutually agreed upon I.E.P.s, Individualized Education Plans that may include no discipline or suspensions for behaviour previously so outrageous it would have warranted expulsion. I would not teach grade school today in this environment with its diminished administrative, school board, and parental support.
There is a trend towards the labelling of trouble students as learning disabled. They are given mutually agreed upon I.E.P.s, Individualized Education Plans that may include no discipline or suspensions for behaviour previously so outrageous it would have warranted expulsion. I would not teach grade school today in this environment with its diminished administrative, school board, and parental support.
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