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I can't comment on this specific school district, but in my own school district, there have been a fair number of instances where it was discovered, after an in
by turninggears 10y ago
I can't comment on this specific school district, but in my own school district, there have been a fair number of instances where it was discovered, after an incident, that students had been planning a fight or physical confrontation for days in advance on social media. If the district had programs like this in place, it could have actually improved student safety. I know many here are claiming that this is just a pretense for monitoring students, but that's not what it looks like from my perspective.
- forgetsusername 10y ago>planning a fight or physical confrontation Oh no, not a physical confrontation! Before you know it, these kids will be overseas in some dessert shooting people. Sometimes getting physical is the only solution to bullying.
- appleflaxen 10y agoIt seems like it's the parents' position to monitor the actions of their children on social media, not the school. What if they had been planning a fight from the public park. Should the school or police monitor their communication there? What if they had been planning a fight from their front yard. Should the school or police monitor them there? What about by phone? What about in their bedroom? "Planning a fight" is just communication. I don't think the school or the police should be monitoring children's communication (outside of the school premises, in the case of the school).
- turninggears 10y agoTo clarify, the students were doing so during school hours, presumably on school property, possibly even using the school Internet connection or school computers.