Graduation Rates- I am in charge of graduation rates for a district and am not sure how a district could fake the stats. They start tracking this in 9th grade. If a student leaves your high school, and you can't provide proof that they enrolled in another school (in state or out of state) or left to homeschool, then that student counts against your stats if they do not graduate. It also counts against a school when students drop out and get a GED. In my state, I'm not sure how you could cheat the stats with computerized enrollment programs.
I also worked many years as a school counselor and can contest that many schools work very diligently to get help for troubled students. I have been involved with families that we took to court to have a judge force them to get their child mental health counseling or to continue medication for severe issues like schizophrenia or schizoaffective. I've called Child Protective services and LE and have worked hand-in-hand with both to get help for students. I had a Licensed Therapist on site who provided therapy students, but a parent had to give permission and be involved in the therapy. It is extremely frustrating if you don't have a parent who is willing to get help for their child. And you would be shocked at parents who do not cooperate. Some parents had their own mental health issues. Others didn't like the school's involvement and moved away...and I would pick up the phone and contact the next school to give them info. Sorry for the rant, but I promise some schools work very hard to get help for troubled students. And schools cannot tell other parents what all they have done to get help for a student.
It sounds like the shooter did have previous mental health services. But at 19, as an adult, he could make his own choices about getting help or taking meds.
I read the shooter was FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome), but I wonder if he was RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) too.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5396665/Florida-shooter-19-fetal-alcohol-syndrome.html
SABBM
You read that right... it's been mentioned in other places. Unbelievable !
Also the school admin. or vp who claimed he didn't know NC.
Doubtful.
People are in cya mode, yet again !!
And I am not a big fan of CNN. I have my reasons.
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Here we go, I knew someone was going to turn into a racial thing. Are you an injustice collector? Sure don't see you pointing out the white Coach sacrificing himself for his students.... Why would you even suggest it's about race? This should be offensive to everyone. A tragedy like this and now race is brought into to it?
Ok, please link to where President Trump signed anything that directly caused this? He signed what?
Sure its difficult to listen to her blame the president for things that are not in his control and yell and scream. Airing this video accomplished nothing other than ratcheting up the emotion and vitriol that much more. That isn't helping anything.
Bump stocks
If I told you it is legal to have cocaine if you dont snort it how long would it take you to ponder if I need to go somewhere?
no word s
This means it's likely legal to sell or manufacture bump-fire stocks in the state, but illegal to attach one to a rifle.
Is that not the stupidest sentence you have read ?
where does congress even come up with their stupid sh@@
its scary
Congress are idiots all of em - Republicans are backing away from legislation banning “bump stocks” )
closed window sorry goggle search
https://www.google.com/search?q=con...wKRqL7ADA&start=40&sa=N&biw=680&bih=331&dpr=2
New video Cnn short
Dressing appropriately is difficult
Neighbor filming
he is in underwear withe giant military boots ( that is the wrong order
who puts on lace up black boots black socks while wearing underwear outside
red cap
as the video starts he is walking in
apparently he had a compulsion to shoot his BB gun a couple of times and goes back in
At some level plans the events afterwards in a purple polo shirt decides he is a dash thirsty
while cop cars are screeching all over the city
calls dad to say he is a bit confused if he might have done something bad
then apparently decides he is in the mood in his notable purple polo for a quarter pounder
clear indicators of a brain incapable of processing the world around him
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I just posted an NPR article about 2 of them. And, no, there YOU go. I'm pointing out the obvious about our POTUS, NOT the victims or their families.
My dog was ran over by a car, does that make me a mechanic? Knee jerk reactions to terrible incidents is not the way to solve any problem. No one denies this is a tragedy but calm heads prevail. How many times were the authorities alerted to this guy? The school knew he was a problem, the FBI was even alerted from what I read, so many warnings and yet nothing, no one stopped this. Psychological evaluations and case worker investigations should be done on any child that has been reported to authorities and once given the all clear they should be able to return to school or they should be admitted to a psychological facility to get help. Airing a grieving mother's rant just so CNN can take a shot at President Trump is low.
It's not obvious to anyone. So you are saying it's obvious he doesn't care because the woman wasn't white? I don't see how anyone can say that is obvious. What president has the lowest non white unemployment rate? This president has done more for minorities than the minority president did in 8 years
Yes, it is hard to find help for these kids. Sometimes you'll find it, but then insurance will stop paying for the facility. Or the child starts a treatment plan and does well for 6 months...then quits taking medicine/stops therapy. It's a difficult path.
Lynda and her husband, Roger, who died many years ago, adopted Nikolas and his biological brother, Zachary, after the couple moved from Long Island to Broward County.
Another relative, who spoke on condition of anonymity over the sensitive matter, said Nikolas had been diagnosed with autism.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/b...g/fl-school-shooting-cruz-20180214-story.html
Lynda, who died of pneumonia, adopted Nikolas the day he was born.
It's not obvious to anyone. So you are saying it's obvious he doesn't care because the woman wasn't white? I don't see how anyone can say that is obvious. What president has the lowest non white unemployment rate? This president has done more for minorities than the minority president did in 8 years
She's a distraught mother. And people are concerned about her blaming the president? I'm concerned about the fact that she lost her 14 year old daughter to a senseless mass murder.
The agony of that mama is palpable and it is helpful. It's helpful to make this real enough that our elected officials don't drop efforts to figure this thing out, in a couple of weeks. It's helpful to ensuring society doesn't become apathetic.
Its helpful to refuting those pyschotic nuts out there who are once again blasting "conspiracy theory" across the internet and claiming this is all faked. I read a few tweets about how the student witnesses seem too composed and rehearsed.
Well this ain't rehearsed. And if anyone gets bothers by it because they want to protect the president, they have a problem. I have no doubt she would be screaming her heart out and demanding action from any president.
So would I.
Let's all try to stay civil here for goodness sake and not criticize these poor victims who have experienced the worst blow life can give them. My gosh.
You know friends it's becoming unnecessarily heated in here and that goes for people with all sorts of opinions. Not just one kind of opinion. No wonder we get nothing done in our country. It's ridiculous. Get off the boards if you're getting too angry.
This anger in general seems to be why we are censored in what we can discuss at times because people get too upset and how can the mods deal with all of us getting that upset?
Ok, please link to where President Trump signed anything that directly caused this? He signed what?
I'm glad you brought up the fact she lost a child due to murder. I was trying to post earlier about how much tougher this loss is versus losing a person to natural causes. Couldn't find the words for some reason.
In other words I don't think CNN fed her. Her words and emotions were from the heart. IMO