tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post7105707860434398850..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: First Lockdown of the School YearLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55734245978861684042014-10-02T20:15:16.126-04:002014-10-02T20:15:16.126-04:00Sorry no updates. School stuff is pretty hard to ...Sorry no updates. School stuff is pretty hard to get, even harder if it's remotely related to medical.<br /><br />To be honest I can't even remember who tipped me to this incident. I have a lot of trusted sources. <br /><br />I don't think any one agency (the schools, or police) keeps a record of lockdowns so that too would be hard to get. Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55780237061774756082014-10-02T19:13:17.309-04:002014-10-02T19:13:17.309-04:00Does anyone know how the child is who took ill? D...Does anyone know how the child is who took ill? Does anyone know what exactly occurred to drive the principal to lock down her school? Larry-how can the average citizen get these facts--how did you find out about this lock down and is there a place where parents/community members, etc. can go to find out the history of lock downs in our schools? Thanks for keeping us informed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-17306412317718332582014-09-08T16:52:05.931-04:002014-09-08T16:52:05.931-04:00keithx
When you're finished down there, pleas...keithx<br /><br />When you're finished down there, please make sure you've left no shoe prints on my coattails.<br /><br /><br /><br />keithwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-90701019041149512422014-09-08T15:52:22.050-04:002014-09-08T15:52:22.050-04:00I would find out what the practices are in other l...I would find out what the practices are in other local schools. I know Belchertown has just as many of not more lockdowns without all the hysteria Amherst seems to have around them by folks on this blog. Is it because they are called something different?keithxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-46376109187880615942014-09-08T14:38:53.893-04:002014-09-08T14:38:53.893-04:00Anon 1:14
Thanks for confirming what I had believ...Anon 1:14<br /><br />Thanks for confirming what I had believed to be the case based off of your last post.<br /><br />Does the school you're employed at offer professional development incentives or tuition reimbursement? <br /><br />While employed at a program that had certain practices I had no confidence in, I researched and was able to find better methods, signed up for and attended trainings & workshops during work days, became certified and was reimbursed for the cost. I was then able to come back to the admin team with considerable leverage to influence change in the existing practice. <br /><br />It took a while, but if it means enough to you and your team, consider researching lockdown/SIP trainings (there's bound to be millions) and see what's out there. After all, it's all about the kids in the end.<br /><br />Good Luck & Stay Safe<br /><br />Oh, and as far as that anon's comments go...I think they have a lot of trouble with perception here and common sense doesn't really occur to them either.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />keithwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-36713939214521535212014-09-08T13:14:09.868-04:002014-09-08T13:14:09.868-04:008:30 am anon~I know exactly, all too well, what I ...8:30 am anon~I know exactly, all too well, what I am talking about. I am giving first hand knowledge on lock-downs in public schools. They are very scary-in light of what happened in CT. and the many other school shootings. Most children though--feel comforted enough, and trusting enough to follow the adults lead and stay silent the whole while the lock-down is going on. Why on earth would you use the phrase hysterical parent? smh And unfortunately kethw. ~ staff here have little, almost no say or influence in the ways administration runs things. Sad reality--but it's truth. Common sense would tell you that unless every one's lives in the building were at risk--this lock down simply never should have happened. And is it known~were everyone's lives at risk? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-34152926554197167002014-09-07T17:20:13.898-04:002014-09-07T17:20:13.898-04:00Anon 2:47
You don't need to know my last name...Anon 2:47<br /><br />You don't need to know my last name to know who I am, just the same as I don't need to know your full name to know you're an idiot.<br /><br />If the issue was that a student vomited, would they have locked down the school and sent him to the hospital? <br /><br />You're right about one thing: Teachable Moments are not a part of local or state curriculum--they're a part of common sense and are an invaluable tool for teachers who take their job seriously and want to have a meaningful connection with their students. Instead of people like you that say "I don't know, I don't have time for you...go ask your mom or something."<br /><br />You've got a lot to learn...good idea being an anon.<br /><br /><br />keithwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-76602890061026540852014-09-07T14:47:55.219-04:002014-09-07T14:47:55.219-04:00lived here most of my life, still don't know w...lived here most of my life, still don't know who kiethw is. if you don't want to be an anon, sign your whole name, keithw.<br /><br />keithw, if the kid barfed all over the hallway, do you think it was a good idea to not let kids into the hallways until the matter was taken are of? if the kid had a seizure do you think it was a good idea to not let kids into the hallways to gawk or to scare the hell out of the 5 year old's or embarrass forever the kid who had the seizure?<br /><br />a lot of people will say "kid has a seizure, real world, use it as a teaching moment. dog bites two kids, use it as a teaching moment." but the teachers don't have time to teach the kids things about the world that are parents' responsibilities to teach them about. overcoming fear of dogs, rationalizing seeing a kid have a seizure, are not part of any local or state curriculum. some people seem to think that kids and teachers are just lollygagging around until a teaching moment happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-87790353367443046062014-09-07T07:15:38.496-04:002014-09-07T07:15:38.496-04:00Troubling to me is that we seem more concerned wit...Troubling to me is that we seem more concerned with sheltering our kids from the world than we are with the child who "fell ill." Hope that kid's okay. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-19189547732805942932014-09-06T17:58:58.845-04:002014-09-06T17:58:58.845-04:00You anons ARE great followers. Enjoy the view.You anons ARE great followers. Enjoy the view.keithwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-28982629414639970642014-09-06T17:45:56.951-04:002014-09-06T17:45:56.951-04:00Just following your lead keith. Just following your lead keith. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-38748660763836120022014-09-06T17:15:33.533-04:002014-09-06T17:15:33.533-04:00Hmmm...disagree again.
Hope you don't mind me...Hmmm...disagree again.<br /><br />Hope you don't mind me copying you by being vague and not contributing anything useful. keithwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-68856718220063410792014-09-06T16:54:44.697-04:002014-09-06T16:54:44.697-04:00Not my issue at all keith. You sure have trouble w...Not my issue at all keith. You sure have trouble with perception a lot here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-36210186138378173412014-09-06T10:30:11.817-04:002014-09-06T10:30:11.817-04:00Disagree.
Not sure how you come to that conclusio...Disagree.<br /><br />Not sure how you come to that conclusion based on what's written in 11:40's post. Seems like it's more your issue than hers.keithwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-41147179882142282102014-09-06T08:58:13.264-04:002014-09-06T08:58:13.264-04:00On the contrary Anon 1140 sounds like they don'...On the contrary Anon 1140 sounds like they don't know what they are talking about. They sound like a hysterical parent. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-8057066242622509112014-09-06T08:30:43.707-04:002014-09-06T08:30:43.707-04:00Anon 11:40
Judging by your post, it sounds as tho...Anon 11:40<br /><br />Judging by your post, it sounds as though you're a school staff member and therefor, would have the most immediate perspective on school lockdowns and would have the most reliable sense of what it's like to undergo one. I certainly hope that you and your fellow staff members have some type of influence on the administration, or at least that they take you serious enough to listen to your opinion on changing policy.<br /><br />God speedkeithwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-26586201012528860292014-09-05T12:15:50.434-04:002014-09-05T12:15:50.434-04:00Anon 1140 you are very wrong. Lockdowns happen fr...Anon 1140 you are very wrong. Lockdowns happen frequently and even more in schools in localities nearby. It's just that in those localities people don't freak out like they do here. Amherst is an outlier in more ways than one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-17669499025794546702014-09-05T11:40:03.383-04:002014-09-05T11:40:03.383-04:00People are simply out of control. A lock down is ...People are simply out of control. A lock down is a very serious matter-one that does instill fright in every single person involved and not to be taken lightly. This was a misjudgment of authority -- and unless the principal can see this this nonsense will only continue and when the real thing happens--god forbid--no one will know to take it seriously--like crying wolf once too often. Why can't children see their peers in a medical situation--they are the ones to offer the greatest help. They act instinctively and with great unadulterated compassion. I've been in lock downs~they're very scary to say the least--All I could imagine the whole while--15, 30 minutes-- is throwing myself across the bodies of as many students as my 5 foot self can cover and how to keep them lined up, and quiet so that this can <br />happen. It's awful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-21073814802958039052014-09-04T23:15:55.486-04:002014-09-04T23:15:55.486-04:00Squeaky is a sewer rat not a mouse.Squeaky is a sewer rat not a mouse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-25709638433395590042014-09-04T18:26:14.955-04:002014-09-04T18:26:14.955-04:00"Aw squeaky did your little mousiest get its ..."Aw squeaky did your little mousiest get its mousy panties all in a tither? Why don't you just scurry back into your little mousy hole and let the grown ups talk. That's a good little mousy."<br /><br /><br />I know I know, I'm such a drag.<br /><br />And I'm ~so~ deeply sorry I can't<br /><br />be wrapped<br /><br />in those swirling colors,<br /><br />the "ooos" <br /><br />the "ahhhhhhs"<br /><br />the ~incredible~ things <br /><br />a 2000 dollar a week<br /><br />taxpayer funded <br /><br />paycheck brings.<br /><br /><br />Oh<br /><br />when the bowl overfloweth <br /><br />with organic mangoes!<br /><br /><br />-Squeaky Squeaks<br /><br /><br />p.s. Better a plate of boiled vegetables in an environment of peace, than a banquet of meat in a place of cruelty.The whole world knows what you're aboutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-28990670098729696832014-09-04T06:42:02.426-04:002014-09-04T06:42:02.426-04:00Aw squeaky did your little mousiest get its mousy ...Aw squeaky did your little mousiest get its mousy panties all in a tither? Why don't you just scurry back into your little mousy hole and let the grown ups talk. That's a good little mousy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-20806126020763201292014-09-04T00:03:42.634-04:002014-09-04T00:03:42.634-04:00Thank you, Nina and Larry for the clarification. ...Thank you, Nina and Larry for the clarification. While I agree that keeping kids and staff away from a medical emergency is important, "lock down" is a loaded term, no pun intended, that creates a lot of distress. Maybe they could have announced "there has been a medical emergency in the building, please remain in classrooms."<br />As soon as you say "lock down" it scares people.<br />MigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-42706714492102473902014-09-03T20:42:36.431-04:002014-09-03T20:42:36.431-04:00Mig,
To inform people in the building of a lockdo...Mig,<br /><br />To inform people in the building of a lockdown, the front office comes on the PA and says "We are now in lockdown." We are then given further instructions as needed. The main thing that it does is to keep people inside of classrooms and out of the hallways. We do in fact continue to run the class in normal fashion.<br /><br />(The high school will have a drill for lockdown and shelter in place two weeks from today. We will also practice sheltering from a tornado.)<br /><br />I agree with one of the posters that it would be possible to have people kept out of the hallways without going to an official lockdown. After all, there is no reason in the case of a medical emergency for classroom doors to be locked. We have had some instances at the high school where students in a given hallway were told to stay inside the classroom while an emergency was attended to.Nina Kochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-55427615335696880362014-09-03T20:29:03.444-04:002014-09-03T20:29:03.444-04:00"Just curious Kelley, how many times do the s..."Just curious Kelley, how many times do the schools need to tell you the laws regarding confidential information?"<br /><br /><br /><br />Let me respond Larry, please.<br /><br /><br /><br />Fck <br /><br />you<br /><br />.<br /><br /><br />-Squeaky Squeaks<br /><br /><br />p.s. Any questions?<br />The lies they tell themselvesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-63039513384540146642014-09-03T19:20:13.007-04:002014-09-03T19:20:13.007-04:00Actually I also listen to the firefighters and the...Actually I also listen to the firefighters and the DPW. And just now I 'm covering a fascinating Planning Board meeting.Larry Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.com