TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

News pertaining directly to Trona, Death Valley, the northern Mojave Desert, Inyo County, and adjacent areas.

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby shadylady » Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:47 am

TWISTER: Good call. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is pretty common with ex-military. Trump's idea about hardening school security with guns in the hands of teachers skilled at handling firearms is a lame idea. Teachers are about as likely as anyone else to go postal and someone with PTSD is much more likely to be triggered by just about anything. Interesting idea, but not even close to a useful idea or solution to anything.
User avatar
shadylady
Prehistoric Fossil
 
Posts: 1289
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:20 am
Location: The Ranch

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby CactusHugger » Sat Feb 24, 2018 8:21 am

Rocklin School District considering newer locks
Outside locks? What were they thinking?
User avatar
CactusHugger
Backcountry Hiker
 
Posts: 759
Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:29 am
Location: The Cactus Patch

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby panamint_patty » Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:04 am

Students nationwide plan walkout protests over gun laws
This seems like a counterproductive thing to do. It would make more sense to organize and petition lawmakers.
User avatar
panamint_patty
Prehistoric Fossil
 
Posts: 1203
Joined: Mon Oct 01, 2012 1:23 pm
Location: T-Town

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby twister » Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:24 am

CactusHugger: Most schools are older than Columbine. That was 1999 and it was the first school shooting that made big headlines. Since then schools have slowly started setting up security systems. Rekeying an entire school is not cheap. So, it's not surprising that many schools still have old lock from the outside type of doors.
User avatar
twister
Backcountry Hiker
 
Posts: 771
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:21 pm
Location: John 3:8

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby ergot » Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:29 pm

Why are so many young men commiting mass murder?
This guy makes some good points, but he also plugs his book. That kind of makes him look like an opportunist and not someone with helpful advice.
User avatar
ergot
Prehistoric Fossil
 
Posts: 1001
Joined: Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:58 am
Location: Le monde aliéné

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby shadylady » Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:43 am

ergot: I have a lot of respect for Jordan Peterson and so I'll give him a pass this time, but there is no doubt that everytime there's a school shooting that there is no shortage on sleazy entrepreneurial types who are out to make some money off the tragedy. Most offer that false sense of security that's been mentioned a few times in this thread and so people need to be a little skeptical about the claims that people make especially following a tragedy when everyone is overly eager to DO SOMETHING.
User avatar
shadylady
Prehistoric Fossil
 
Posts: 1289
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:20 am
Location: The Ranch

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby mrfish » Wed Feb 28, 2018 8:54 am

shadylady: Sleazy salespeople and politicians pushing an anti-gun agenda seem to come out of the woodwork following a school shooting and the general public is so desperate for a solution that they seem to lose their ability to think clearly. Just keep in mind that complex problems require complex responses. Simple solutions don't work and are likely to make things much worse!
User avatar
mrfish
Ancient Bristlecone
 
Posts: 805
Joined: Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:50 am
Location: Poison Canyon

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby recluse » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:18 pm

Teacher locks himself in classroom with gun: Authorities
And this is why it's a really bad idea for teachers to have guns...
User avatar
recluse
Backcountry Hiker
 
Posts: 680
Joined: Sun Mar 08, 2015 7:48 am
Location: where you'd least expect

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby twister » Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:51 pm

Thousands of California classrooms don't lock from inside
The state should make emergency funds available to fix this problem sooner rather than later because later might mean more dead kids!
User avatar
twister
Backcountry Hiker
 
Posts: 771
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:21 pm
Location: John 3:8

Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - February 08, 2018

Postby wildrose » Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:32 am

EMERGENCY FUNDS: Of all things that could be done to make kids safer, replacing doors that only lock from the outside seems like a complete no-brainer. The state should act on this one immediately. This isn't something that should be put off even for a day. Installation of new doors should start immediately. Like twister said, any delay could mean more dead kids that could have been saved if do-nothing bureaucrats weren't complaining about gun control instead of doing something that could make a difference!
User avatar
wildrose
Prehistoric Fossil
 
Posts: 1397
Joined: Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:41 pm
Location: middle of nowhere

PreviousNext

Return to Local News

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 71 guests