Posted on 09/13/2017 12:51:39 PM PDT by RightFighter
A San Bernardino school counselor was arrested Monday morning after she brought a weapon onto the campus of Paakuma’ K-8 School, according to police and school district officials.
“It was locked in the employee’s personal vehicle, which was in the parking lot, which is school property,” said Linda Bardere, spokeswoman for the San Bernardino City Unified School District. “At no time was the weapon brought out or shown.”
At a community meeting Tuesday evening, the school’s principal and the school district’s police chief said no direct threat was made to a student or staff member. “We don’t believe that person is a threat to the campus,” Chief Joe Paulino said.
Pakuuma' parent: "Was there a direct threat made to a student or staff member?" Morales: "No."
Anita Rene Scott, 55, was arrested on suspicion of bringing a firearm to school, according to San Bernardino County sheriff’s booking records. She posted $25,000 bail early Tuesday and was released from the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. The district placed her on administrative leave, Bardere said. Scott has worked for the district since 2001.
Bardere said another employee came forward and “shared a conversation from the past week about weapons.” The employee said Scott admitted to having a weapon in her vehicle.
Paulino: The person who reported Scott's gun directed police to exactly where it could be found.
Paulino said that as soon as that anonymous report was made, an officer was dispatched to the school. He and Paakuma’ Principal Victoria Morales took questions Tuesday night at a community meeting in the school’s gym. About 75 concerned parents and students attended.
The gun in Scott’s vehicle was registered to her, Paulino told the crowd, but she did not have a permit to carry it on her person. He said he didn’t know whether she knew that she was breaking the law by having it on school property.
“We believe this person committed a crime,” Paulino said, “but ultimately, the court will determine if they’re guilty.” Morales noted at the beginning of the meeting that because the investigation is ongoing, there are some things officials couldn’t share publicly.
Later, Paulino told parents that he didn’t know how long it would be before full answers would be available: “We’re at the mercy of the court system.”
Morales said Pakuuma’ holds regular drills to prepare for an armed intruder. She also noted that the school has some new security procedures. She did not mention why, but the district has reviewed its procedures in the wake of last year’s shooting at North Park Elementary. A man came to that school where his estranged wife taught, shot and killed her and one student, wounded another student and then killed himself.
Officials did not tell Pakuuma’ students about Monday’s incident, but officials did send a letter home with them that day to notify parents. “I want to assure you that all safety precautions have been followed,” says the letter signed by Morales. “The weapon was never exposed to students or other employees.”
A school psychologist and counselor were on campus Tuesday, but few Pakuuma’ students brought it up. Morales said the day “was business as usual.”
Scott had previously spoken out against violence in 2013 when several people, including students she had interacted with, protested in San Bernardino against injustice and police brutality following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida.
In an interview with this newspaper, Scott was quoted as saying, “Those are my kids, and what’s on my heart right now is what I’m going to say to them,” she said. “We need to teach them that you have a right to assemble — you have a right to march, a right to protest, a right to rally. What you do not have the right to is to destroy private or public property.”
Invalid arrest.
Dear San Bernardino LEOs:
If I’m traveling through San Bernardino in a vehicle, I will be armed. And given your recent history, I will be heavily armed.
Thanks for listening.
5.56mm
Teachers and staff should have their ccw honored by the state and school system.
They can end an attack in seconds.
We do not want another Beslan
I teach, and I would bet that there are more teachers’ cars in the parking lot that do have a gun than don’t. Perfectly legal in Texas.
Totalitarian government thugs ...
If I had a kid in that school, I’d remove him immediately.
Not because a staff member had a gun in her car, but because they’ve doubled-down on the “safe zone” fallacy, announcing to any would-be psycho that, not only are they helplessly stupid, but they’ll militantly enforce their helpless stupidity.
all animals are equal
some animals are more equal
than others
When I was in High School there were dozens of trucks and cars on the school parking lot during hunting season with shotguns and rifles in them. Heck the trucks had them in gun racks plainly visible! No one got shot, no one went crying to mommy or any of the garbage that goes on today!
OK So a group of Armed Men in Magic Brown Uniforms conspired to Kidnap and Hold for Ransom a Woman for No apparent reason. The only question is, how much money are their bosses trying to extort from the poor woman?
Do you think the District Attorney or Attorney General will Prosecute these Violent Gang Members??
so... she doesn’t have a permit and carried a gun in her car....THEN she mouths off about it...wtf?
the times I had my firearm in my car at work I kept my mouth shut about it. no point opening myself up to crap like this.
Interacting with Liberal school personnel should be done like interacting with North Korean secret police - discuss nothing beyond the current weather.
Jesus Moses!
What’s next for this school? Will they have grief counselors and safe spaces for the precious snowflakes who were traumatized?
“Show Dr. Simon on this dolly where that bad teacher’s gun locked in the car hurt you.”
A school psychologist and counselor were on campus Tuesday, but few Pakuuma’ students brought it up. Morales said the day “was business as usual.”
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