Wednesday, April 4, 2018

3 Hour Meeting - Cloverly Elementary School parents demand answers after recent arrests



SILVER SPRING, Md. (ABC7) — Frustrated parents packed a meeting at Cloverly Elementary School on Tuesday, hoping to speak directly to the superintendent about a recent string of arrests involving school staffers.


The most recent arrest took place in March...

..."It happened once, then twice, then three times! What is going on that this is slipping through the cracks? These are innocent children’s' lives and safety at risk and no one seems to care or be doing anything. It has to stop," said parent Jennifer Miller.

Miller was one of many parents who attended Tuesday's community meeting with Cloverly's Principal and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jack Smith.

The nearly three-hour meeting was closed to the media, but Miller said the superintendent spent most of it listening to parents about preventative measures and possible solutions...

ABC7 News spoke to Smith after the meeting about what it will take to restore trust in Cloverly Elementary.
Smith said he heard a lot of different ideas from parents and hopes to hold additional community meetings over the next few weeks, to get more feedback.
So what were some of the proposed solutions?
"Having parents engage in personal body safety units that children learn, having parents learn those too was one idea," said Smith. "Another one was making sure all staff members have a clear understanding of policies and procedures around child abuse. Not just the reporting of it, or the fact that they don't behave that way themselves, but really to understand how it all fits together with the state attorney's office, the police department, the special victim unit, and child protective services."..

http://wjla.com/news/local/parents-demand-answers-after-3-men-accused-of-crimes-involving-kids-at-elementary-school

1 comment:

  1. Thank you to Robin Ficker who was the only candidate who showed up at this meeting.

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