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Woman posed as substitute teacher to insult students because she hates kids (www.msn.com)

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

So much security theater just to allow someone like this to waltz into a classroom to openly berate children.

I don't see the "so much" security theater you're referring to, and it seems like she got very lucky. She appeared young enough to blend in with the other students but also appeared old enough to be a substitute teacher and had attended the high school not that long ago (and conveniently lived right across the street).

During her scouting the week prior, she "heard other staff in the main office talking about the substitute teacher agency and told the secretary she was a substitute", so she had that established ahead of time. On the day she went into the classroom, eight of the approximately 70 teachers were absent, and one of those positions happened to be unfilled by a sub (something she couldn't possibly have foreseen).

Incidentally, unrelated to your comment, here's the local news source instead of the trash tabloid Metro.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do you know what schools have implemented in the effort to cut down on school shootings?

That's the security theater I'm talking about. The security theater that should have caught this woman. If she had a gun, there would be a lot of dead students right now.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If she had a gun, there would be a lot of dead students right now.

Milwaukee public schools use metal detectors.

This video specifically shows what Rufus King (this high school) does. You're assuming her having a gun wouldn't have changed this, but it would've. Because part of that "so much security theater" is scanning people who enter the school.

Do you know what schools have implemented in the effort to cut down on school shootings?

Yes, see the video above.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

And per the school's own admission, teachers recognized her as a former student and didn't say anything at the time.

There's also many ways around metal detectors, especially when the school shows that they don't follow protocols anyway.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

I mean a former student definitely can be a substitute teacher

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

And per the school’s own admission, teachers recognized her as a former student and didn’t say anything at the time.

If you're drawing that from:

Since our first communication, our initial investigation determined that this individual involved was a former student recognized by staff. [emphasis mine] She was not a substitute teacher. We did involve our Milwaukee Police Department school resource officers (SROs) the day that this occurred. The district’s Title IX coordinator was also notified. In addition to any police actions resulting from this situation, the district is continuing with its own investigation.

It seems extremely clear that what the letter is saying isn't that the staff saw her impersonating a substitute and looked the other way; it's that once the students reported her, staff who worked there were able to identify her as a former student.

If this isn't what you were talking about and I'm missing something, I apologize.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Schools are more secure than airports. It's not just theatre.

She got away with a lot because people did recognize that she belonged there and she was unarmed. And she still got lucky.