Posted on 03/23/2018 12:39:17 AM PDT by Trump20162020
When students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas return to class after spring break next week, they'll be required to carry clear backpacks.
The move is meant to ramp up security measures after last month's deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, and a series of breaches since.
"Clear backpacks are the only backpacks that will be permitted on campus," said Broward County School Superintendent Robert Runcie said in a letter sent to parents.
The district will provide the bags for free, he said. In addition to the new backpack policy, students and school staff will be required to wear IDs at all times while on campus.
Some students have said they're not happy with the changes.
Tyra Hemans, 19, a senior, told CNN she supports parts of the new policy, such as the ID requirement. But she believes other security measures, such as forcing students to carry clear backpacks, don't adequately address the real problem with school safety, which she says is lax gun laws.
"I'm not happy with it. Why are you punishing me for one person's actions?" she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Runcie precipitated the shooting. Runcie has blood on both hands
Runcie must be eliminated to put some in charge that is an educator rather than a corrupt money grubber.
I suppose if this rule were in place before the gunman never would’ve been successful?! Any future gunman will think twice because they know they’ll have their recess taken away?! The liberal mindset is very entertaining!
What a punk.
They are implementing the FREE clear backpack rule because someones brother or cousin owns the factory where they are made. Probably in China.
I’d be interested in asking “how will clear back packs help” to a liberal at the office and hear their answer. Will it be...
A) It’s a start
B) If you have nothing to hide, what’s your worry?
C) It’s the best the school system can do considering Trump will never outlaw guns and our children are clearly in danger.
We didn’t have back packs when I was in school.
What’s odd is I don’t see why they need anything more than a computer pad now. They should have to carry LESS than we did. Not more.
Now they know how legal gun owners feel.
Clear bags and name tags have been required of retail employees for decades. They don’t complain like spoiled brats.
..... Broward County School Superintendent Robert Runcie ...
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This was written in April 2016, over a year before the shooting exposed issues with school policies, security, etc. ..... Runcie is a disaster.
An F for Robert W. Runcie, Superintendent of Broward Schools
https://hibbsforchange.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/an-f-for-robert-w-runcie-superintendent-of-broward-schools/
To back up a bit, how was he doing at his former post in Chicago?
“Less than three months after he was demoted and then laterally moved at part of Chief Executive Officer Jean-Claude Brizard’s shakeup of the Chicago Public Schools central administration, Robert Runcie will be leaving Chicago to become superintendent of the Broward County school district in Florida. He had no CPS teaching or administrative experience when he was brought in by fellow Harvard Alumnus Arne Duncan early in Duncan’s term as CPS CEO.” [Link: http://www.4conservative.com/item/2976333/flashback-robert-runcie-leaving-chicago-to-become-chief-of-broward/]
No more “SpongeBob Squarepants” and “My Little Pony” backpacks for you Spanky! LOL. How does it feel when the government tells YOU that YOU can’t be trusted. Karma is awesome!
They’ve had several incidents at this school since the shooting from girls with knives.
Because the shooter came in and killed people? Oh, wow! If only he had had a clear backpack!!/s
They should just ban all backpacks. The shooter was banned from campus AND banned from having a backpack on campus.
There has been a scuffle at this school since the shooting
https://nypost.com/2018/03/21/stoneman-douglas-student-allegedly-pulled-knife-during-school-fight/
One of the students nabbed at the Florida high school where a gunman slaughtered 17 people hid a knife in her bra and pulled it out during a fight, police said.
During a conflict in the cafeteria at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Jordan Salter, 18, dumped cereal on another student’s head when he asked her friend a sexually offensive question, the Sun Sentinel reported.
When the boy leaned in close to her face, she pulled a 2-inch black knife from her bra, opened it and flashed it at him, according to a report from the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
Later that afternoon, Gavin Stricker, 16, was arrested when cops were told he’d brandished a knife on a bus the day before and they found a 9-inch blade in his backpack.
Boss Hogg student reporter needs to file a report today on the Agent of I.S.I.S who shot a guard and is holding customers hostage at a grocer in France.
How should France’s gun laws change?
What is the culture that breeds such violence in France where customers are routinely shot and held hostage?
It’s so incredibly asinine that I thought this was satire. Alas, no John Semens.
OK, you first! Let the forum know how that works out for you.
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