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It's as if the school doesn't have any phones they could use in an emergency.

dylan604 3y ago
An emergency like active shooter, not your child had an accident. During active shooter situations, the school isn't going to call the parents of the students. They have other things to worry about. The kids are calling their parents directly.
- M95D 3y ago
  Imagine a kid hiding from a shooter and having his phone ring 'cause his parent is concerned.
- amanaplanacanal 3y ago
  I’m trying to figure out what useful action the parent is going to take in this situation.
  - jrs235 3y ago
    They sometimes make things worse by showing and causing problems/disruptions for those trying to get control of the situation.
    - dylan604 3y ago
      true, but if the police are standing around because they're too scarred, then parents giving them the what for is justified
  - stvltvs 3y ago
    Prents want to hear from their children if - as they imagine the scenario - their child is about to die.
- boeingUH60 3y ago
  > The kids are calling their parents directly. To do what? Come save them Delta Force style? If such an unfortunate thing happens, the kids are dependent on law enforcement, not parents, for safety.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    Hi mom! No, it's crazy, but I'm okay. That would probably be the primary thing I'd imagine the parent is worried about. If you have a kid in a school with feckless police that stand outside while kids are getting shot at, then yeah, some parents probably are a better rescue option.
- jameshart 3y ago
  > the school isn't going to call the parents of the students Schools have communication plans for exactly this situation. If you have a kid in school, you will be aware that schools have no qualms about communicating directly with parents via automated texts, emails, and phone calls, constantly, about nonemergencies. The volume of communication from schools is overwhelming. Putting out a notification about an active shooter incident would be easy. The trick would be getting the school admins to just send it out as a simple message, and not as a link to a Google doc containing a scan of a printout of the notification.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    an automated text from your school saying there's a situation does absolutely nothing to alleviate the parent's concern. what a disingenuous thought that this is actually helpful in the least. the parent wants to know if their special snowflake(s) is okay. these automated systems are absolutely not going to tell them that, and aside from that information, anything else is just seen as the school trying to placate people.

An emergency like active shooter, not your child had an accident. During active shooter situations, the school isn't going to call the parents of the students. They have other things to worry about. The kids are calling their parents directly.

M95D 3y ago
Imagine a kid hiding from a shooter and having his phone ring 'cause his parent is concerned.
amanaplanacanal 3y ago
I’m trying to figure out what useful action the parent is going to take in this situation.
- jrs235 3y ago
  They sometimes make things worse by showing and causing problems/disruptions for those trying to get control of the situation.
  - dylan604 3y ago
    true, but if the police are standing around because they're too scarred, then parents giving them the what for is justified
- stvltvs 3y ago
  Prents want to hear from their children if - as they imagine the scenario - their child is about to die.
boeingUH60 3y ago
> The kids are calling their parents directly. To do what? Come save them Delta Force style? If such an unfortunate thing happens, the kids are dependent on law enforcement, not parents, for safety.
- dylan604 3y ago
  Hi mom! No, it's crazy, but I'm okay. That would probably be the primary thing I'd imagine the parent is worried about. If you have a kid in a school with feckless police that stand outside while kids are getting shot at, then yeah, some parents probably are a better rescue option.
jameshart 3y ago
> the school isn't going to call the parents of the students Schools have communication plans for exactly this situation. If you have a kid in school, you will be aware that schools have no qualms about communicating directly with parents via automated texts, emails, and phone calls, constantly, about nonemergencies. The volume of communication from schools is overwhelming. Putting out a notification about an active shooter incident would be easy. The trick would be getting the school admins to just send it out as a simple message, and not as a link to a Google doc containing a scan of a printout of the notification.
- dylan604 3y ago
  an automated text from your school saying there's a situation does absolutely nothing to alleviate the parent's concern. what a disingenuous thought that this is actually helpful in the least. the parent wants to know if their special snowflake(s) is okay. these automated systems are absolutely not going to tell them that, and aside from that information, anything else is just seen as the school trying to placate people.