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Now Parkland students return to a school they say 'feels like jail'
cacman Offline
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CNN)Students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School return to class Monday, their first day back since organizing one of the largest youth-led protests in US history.

But these teenagers won't be returning to a normal high school experience. Instead, they'll be met with strict security measures which are intended to protect them from another mass shooting but have some students feeling as if they'll be learning in a prison.

"Going to school is really so hard, and now it's going to be so much worse," said Isabelle Robinson, a senior. "A lot of the people I've talked to are dreading going back."

Five weeks after Nikolas Cruz entered their Parkland, Florida, school and killed 17 students and faculty, MSD students led March for Our Lives rallies on March 24 in Washington and across the country. Their #NeverAgain movement has raised millions of dollars, won accolades, attracted celebrity support and pushed the issue of gun control into the national spotlight.

After the march, the students took a week off for spring break. Now they'll have to contend with a complex mix of grief over their slain classmates and excitement over their burgeoning movement.

"The march was amazing," said Daniel Bishop, a sophomore. "It was such an amazing experience to be there as a Parkland student, to experience and see all of us come together and talk about what we want to see happen."

But six weeks after the shooting and more than a week after the march, many of the students' legislative goals have not been realized.

"There's still that sense of melancholy, because what's going to happen from this?" Bishop said. "It's not like there was a magical bill that was passed that fixed all the things after the march. That didn't happen."

On top of that, Parkland students say they're apprehensive about their school's increased security measures.

"We have no sense of normalcy anymore," said Robinson, 17.

Clear backpacks and new IDs

MSD students will only be allowed to carry clear backpacks on campus and will be required to wear new student IDs at all times.

There will be an increased police presence on campus, as Gov. Rick Scott provides extra Florida Highway Patrol officers to beef up security and provide support to Broward County sheriff's deputies. Students will have limited points of entry to the school.

The school district also says it's considering whether to install metal detectors at the school's entrances. A letter from Principal Ty Thompson sent to families on Friday said that step has not been taken yet.

"It feels like being punished," Robinson told CNN. "It feels like jail, being checked every time we go to school."

When classes first resumed two weeks after the shooting, Thompson told students not to bring backpacks at all while they focused on their emotional health and not the curriculum.

Now, along with their newly donated clear backpacks, students will begin to focus on their studies again, Thompson wrote, though the school will continue to provide emotional support as necessary.

The new precautions were put in place after several security breaches last month.

A sheriff's deputy was suspended after he was found sleeping in his squad car on campus. Two students were charged with bringing weapons to school, and a third made a threat on social media. And then there was the arrest of Zachary Cruz, the adopted brother of the gunman, when he was found skateboarding on campus.

'No one feels safe'

Many students, like Robinson, aren't happy about the new security measures. She pointed out that the gunman, Nikolas Cruz, was not a student of Stoneman Douglas at the time of the shooting, so the new security measures that appear to target students are counterproductive.

"It's like putting into place all these rules that wouldn't have changed anything," Robinson said.

Some students, like senior Demitri Hoth, recognize the need for new security policies but think the clear backpacks cross a line.

"I get it," he said, but, "it feels like we are losing individualism. I understand why they are doing it, but if a person wants to bring a gun on campus, they just aren't going to put it in their backpack."

Bishop said he would support metal detectors but called the clear backpacks "an invasion of privacy." He believes the increased security measures will make students "safer," but that doesn't mean they'll be "safe."

"I mean, no one feels safe," said Bishop. "Who feels safe in Parkland, Florida? No one."

The increased police presence has also given students of color at Stoneman Douglas a sense of unease, according to Kai Koerber, a junior. He said the school is being turned into "a police state.".

"Every day, students lose more and more freedoms at MSD," Koerber said. "Students of color have become targets and white students have become suspects. We do not welcome the militarization of MSD. It is terrible to see our school lose control over the protection of their students and their families."

In his Friday letter, Principal Thompson asked families "to be patient with these new procedures, and hopefully over time, we will be able to fine tune the process, while maintaining the safety/security."

"I realize some will want more and some will want less," Thompson added. "This continues to be a fluid process."

Read the Full Story: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/01/us/parkland-florida-students-return-school/index.html

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A little advice for these whining students, organize another march on Washington demanding more of your freedoms and rights to be taken away. Be careful what you ask for. You just might get it.
Whaa!

My kids had to walk through metal detectors starting in middle school almost 10yrs ago.
jjanecka Offline
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They should have never barked up that tree. Put them on lockdown so that they remember the horrors of being manipulated by pravda and the state.
Mrs. dpnewell Offline
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Here's an interesting poll that kind of ties into this and some other threads on this forum.

Quote:

Americans Blame Government More Than Guns for Florida Massacre

Most Americans think government error is more responsible than a lack of gun control for the Valentine’s Day massacre at a Florida high school.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 54% of American Adults believe the failure of government agencies to respond to numerous warning signs from the prospective killer is more to blame for the mass shooting. Thirty-three percent (33%) attribute the deaths more to a lack of adequate gun control. Eleven percent (11%) opt for something else. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
Among Americans who have children of elementary or secondary school age, 61% think the government is more to blame. Just 23% of these adults fault a lack of adequate gun control more.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/gun_control/americans_blame_government_more_than_guns_for_florida_massacre



If you read many of the stories published over the past week or so, especially the ones following the "March for Life" rallies, you would believe it to be the exact opposite.

David (dpnewell)
jjanecka Offline
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It's no doubt the government is to blame. Ever since that new UN resolution to disarm all private citizens hit the table these shootings have been increasing and even more sensationalized.
teedubbya Offline
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Well at least this one is still alive. He can probably tell us if it was the un and the government that made him do it.
RMAN4443 Offline
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teedubbya wrote:
Well at least this one is still alive. He can probably tell us if it was the un and the government that made him do it.

The Devil made me buy this dress....Flip Wilson Anxious
jjanecka Offline
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I really hope one or two states take this stuff to the extreme just as an example of what not to do for all the other states.
qmech Offline
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Welcome dear children to nanny land...... Yes you need not fear of anything....bully bullies up against the wall.... A man says that's gay....up against the wall.... Dare stop a boy I mean girl from entering the girls I mean boys bathroom....up against the wall... Speak in the manner we expect you too. ... Utopias do not come by naturally but first by the will of stronger moral people who lead all through the maze champions of social Justice and equality onward we go into the land of utopian ideals and .... Dare not to speak big brother is watching..... Dare not speak antifa is waiting....
qmech Offline
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Can I have some fries and coke to go with that burger? Nope the federal health care initiative demands that you do your part to keep the nation's health care system going strong....news at 11...
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danmdevries Offline
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qmech wrote:
Welcome dear children to nanny land...... Yes you need not fear of anything....bully bullies up against the wall.... A man says that's gay....up against the wall.... Dare stop a boy I mean girl from entering the girls I mean boys bathroom....up against the wall... Speak in the manner we expect you too. ... Utopias do not come by naturally but first by the will of stronger moral people who lead all through the maze champions of social Justice and equality onward we go into the land of utopian ideals and .... Dare not to speak big brother is watching..... Dare not speak antifa is waiting....


Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall!
There's one in the spotlight, he don't look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!
That one looks Jewish!
And that one's a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There's one smoking a joint,
And another with spots!
If I had my way,
I'd have all of you shot!
jjanecka Offline
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You're one in a Million, you know that you are... you're one in a million, baby; you're a shooting star. Maybe someday we'll see you before you make us cry. You know we tried to reach you but you were much to high...
Gene363 Offline
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Be careful what you ask for...
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