POLL: Davey Shooting Threat
Tell us if you think Kent City Schools administrators acted responsibly or should have responded differently.
Many parents of Davey Elementary students are not pleased with the way Kent City Schools administrators handled a recent threat of a public shooting at the school.
The Davey Parent Teacher Organization held a meeting to discuss the issue and the district's response Wednesday.
A teacher and parent overhead the threat, but it was not reported until the following day and many parents did not find out until it was reported by local media — days later.
Some parents vented their frustrations on social media and were clearly upset over not being notified immediately about the threat.
Read more about what parents had to say.
Take our poll and tell us what you think.
Laurel Myers Hurst
12:25 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013
Absolutely, the teacher should be trained to report the threat immediately to administration and Kent Police should be notified by administration. When and if parents should notified should be the decision of the school principal and superintendent in consultation with KPD. The PTO should keep tabs on policy and work to influence policy, but, in my opinion, they shouldn't be able to make demands about parent notification.
If, as the article suggests, the teacher who received the threat didn't notify the administration until the next day, that is DEFINITELY too late!
Harold Schumacher
12:09 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
It should be common practice nowadays that any incident such as this is reported immediately. Tell the principal & superintendent and if they deem the threat valid notify the parents. We do have the 'big brother' phone system which has already been used to notify us of everything from high winds and potential snow to threats at the school this school year.
Use the woman's name though in every article and report. Shame can be a very powerful deterrent. Send her and her child packing to find a school system that she is happy with.
We love the Kent Schools and I want to thank those who take pride in educating our children on a daily basis.