PA School District Arms Police Officers

Theres been an NSA SUV sitting outside the school near me since the beginning of the semester among other things...

Are you in PA?

I am in PA.

Yes, forgot to mention that. Hes always there in the morning, I don't know when he leaves.

There are people who do not understand the concept of the actual need for security measures because they have never experienced a situation like others have.
There are also schools tthat go way overboard and call the police on grade school. Yes I know that in some cases it is valid, however, my childrens elementary school has the police there every other week. I live in a well off neighborhood and the people in my community are wonderful; I seriously couldn't ask to live in a better neighborhood. If a normally well behaved child lashes out, I would be more worried about finding out why, not filing assault charges.

yeah pennsylMania has gone over to the bad place

everyone who has kids in pa....should reg them in connections academy - its free. [link to www.connectionsacademy.com]

no hall monitors, no truant officers, no metal detectors, no monitoring, no id footprints (biometric for lunches)

your kids have approx 3-4 hes worth of classes.
your kids get 1 on 1 help. teachers avail on the spot.

your kids get better grades bc its essentially honors

no "authority", rules, regulations to suck ass to

no commie union teachers teaching your kids this bs anti american garbage


****fuck public education/schools.

That is a little concerning.. I would ask him why he's there... but that's just me.

I was born in Butler Pa. but we had to fight the Civil War so we moved away. Seems to be a haven for meth heads and other assorted goons.

I went to school in western PA, not to far from Butler and the authority grabbing was getting really bad when I was in high school.. The school security guard (there was one when I started, and 8 when I graduated) would try to grabbed skippers on the streets or at the local strip mall. I can't imagine what it's like now and that was a good (as in low crime rate) area. Less than a mile away there were million dollar homes filled with Penguins and Steelers players.
BTW.. I have been looking into connections for my oldest son. He is high functioning autistic and has been having a really hard time this year

they have a 504 plan. my one boy is deficient in reading & math. and theyve been nothing but helpful and accommodating for him. hes excelling atm

do it.

Where in PA are you located? I also have seen the "black" SUV in my neighborhood.... I live in natrona heights.

I did get to spend a year in Karns City H.S. before we moved away. I enjoyed my time there.

I don't live in PA but I have heard the schools were becoming more authoritarian-like. I'm sure where I am in VA will not be to far behind.. in fact thats probably true for everywhere.

My aunt lives in Cranberry and I have noticed on my trips there it's gotten crazy populated and have seen some messed up people around.. What a difference 10 years makes.. This is also true for Robinson twp area

Theres also a new principal this year too, I've heard hes basically starting to crack down on a lot of things. Teachers have no more casual Friday, dress code isn't uniform but you cannot have frayed jeans even (before it was simply no holes), and hes also starting cracking the whip on teachers to always have some kind of stupid "study exercise" at the beginning of class. Hell I think the art teacher is on the verge of being fired simply because the students all have their own projects they work on as soon as they enter, and she can't really assign something like that, but she must.

I wouldn't trust American police with guns around my children.

my hometown huh

One of the only good things about our commonwealth, we will never give up our 2nd amendment. Also, our army of hunters is larger than almost ever single countries military in the world.

But, I agree. : (

The local cops in Pa are the most unethical bunch of misfits anywhere.I personally know one school that even has camera's in the bathroom.Is that needed.This state,country is a joke :)

If you are from PA u prolly heard of chester. Thats why we need protection. They cannot even get a supermarket to come in let alone anything else. And it has a significant population.

I anyone thinks the police will make life easier,where ever your from.Well,have fun.I am personally leaving the Police state with in weeks.The fiscal cliff will hit the police,the police will hit you in the wallet for minor BS to stay afloat.Never trust a Cop because a cop is a Pig.Semper Fi

Not just the locals. Most of the staties are the worst!

Tell us more about Chester please. Is it near Philly?

Not too far from Philly. I am not sure what the poster was referring to, parts of the area are really nice. For example, that old MTV show "Viva La Bam", was filmed at his parents house in West Chester.

There are some very good communities and lots of money in the areas. KOP, King of Prussia, one of the largest and nicest malls in the country is only minutes from there.

Last Edited by Patrick Bateman on 12/12/2012 05:39 PM

I just went on a road trip to PA from DC where I live. My "boyfriend" and I wanted to go to White Castle for his b-day (see: Harold and Kumar). Anyway, we ended up staying in Allentown for a while and it reminded me a lot of Ohio. Quite dismal and I noticed several hookers around, lots of liquor stores, things you'd see in an urban setting just scattered across a rural setting. On the way home, we encountered what we believed to be "chemtrails" being sprayed all over this rural area in PA we were traveling through. We commented to each other how the people that we spoke to in PA were quite different than the people we know in the DC area. This isn't a jab at any of the fine, kind people in PA. But we both (independent from each other) remarked about how the people seemed to be in a zombie-like state... the typical kind of middle-American you'd picture that is totally brainwashed from too much TV. It was really odd actually. "Boyfriend" joked that it was because of the chemtrails. I know it's off topic, but since we're talking about PA, I thought I'd share.

kid stuff compared to van nuys,ca schools in the 50's

^^This^^ I have never had an encounter with one except for a speeding ticket on 79, however, I have heard a few stories from people I trust.

I totally understand when you say the people are a little different there. Having grown up there and moving out of state, first to Nevada and now northern Virginia, when I go home, I notice that people are different.. It's almost like nobody has a brain for themselves. You could tell them anything and they would believe it and they are almost facinated when you tell them what life outside the Pittsburgh area is like. Not everybody, but it's a little strange.

There's a lot of meth heads up in Crawford County too. We just got down with court proceedings to throw a gang of them out of a rental we have in Conneautville. The actually had brought sleeper campers and had friends and family living in them!! They had a meth lab in our garden shed too!!

i went to high school in eastern NC and I am fairly certain that our police officers assigned to my school carried guns. this was the late 90s