Medina Students Arrested for Making Violent Threats

Cleveland, OH

Eight district students have been arrested for making violent threats since the Chardon High School shooting Feb. 27. No one has brought any weapons to school, but Medina City Schools and the Medina Police Department are enforcing a low-tolerance attitude toward such threats.

My school recently went through a similar threat of school violence.  Schools cannot afford to take such threats lightly.  People who say it can't happen are practicing denial, which is anathema to sheepdogs.  Overreaction is to be avoided, but know that the possibility of violence is there, and act accordingly.

Paperwork: The Dark Side of School Safety

My school had a two hour delay today, and I had to get my own little girl to her school, which was also on a two hour delay.

So what exciting adventure awaited me when I arrived?

Paperwork.

I received an email from the corporation office that they needed information for a "civil rights" report.  They sent me a 32-page pdf with instructions, and asked for discipline info from last school year.

Four hours later, I was able to send them what they needed.

In the meantime, I had to deal with a lunch-time bullying situation, a disrespectful student, lunch duty, and a report of pot being smoked on a school bus.

Sheepdogs have to find balance.  Paperwork is sometimes a necessary evil, but it cannot replace being in the halls, eyeballing kids, and maintaining a presence in the halls.