The school calls us and plans ahead for a day when the 'raid' will occur because they have noticed drugs and weapons in the school. On the scheduled day it happens, kind of a hit or miss thing. Same thing happened here. Seometimes we've gotten drugs and sometimes we havent. Sometimes weapons, sometimes not.
But the point is, the school refuses to handle the problem, they call the police. I wish the police dept. would say "NO, handle it yourself." But they won't probably because since Columbine (I believe this is right) the government says that police dept.'s have to have a plan to handle school emergencies such as this, kids with weapons and drugs.
It's a catch-22.
We had a kid involved in a murder who petitioned to stay in school. The school board said "I can't kick him out." They eventually said no, but do you see the point? Kid involved in a MURDER and they can't throw him out of school.
About 10 to 12 times a year we take guns and knives off of kids at the schools here.
I've always been uncomfortable letting my kids attend school without something which which they might defend themselves.