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I don't understand how students having a phone helps in the case of school shootings. The school will call the police and any parents of students injured/killed
by HDThoreaun 4y ago
I don't understand how students having a phone helps in the case of school shootings. The school will call the police and any parents of students injured/killed will also be contacted by the school.
- alistairSH 4y agoIt doesn't (and likely hurts, by clogging cellular infrastructure and roadways). But parents want to know ASAP so they can rush to the school and "help". Probably because police in the US aren't actually required to actively protect people. And have proven incapable of doing the job.
- throw9away6 4y agoIn practice you will show up and wait outside while your kid dies and the police prevent you from helping.
- alistairSH 4y agoYep, that's why "help" was in quotes - there's nothing a parent can do from the parking lot. And allowing them into the building probably doesn't help either. It's a shit situation for everybody involved (and better solved at the root - we're just unwilling to do that).
- rtkwe 4y agoStudents often have information the school doesn't have in emergencies like where kids are trapped or sheltering and in need of medical assistance.