<p>Literally in the high school - my kid has now seen 2 arrests this fall. No one says a thing about it. Should the school newspaper have a police blotter? Shouldn’t the kids know that their classmates are getting in serious trouble while at school? I realize that there are problems with disclosing names of juveniles, and am asking about the occurrence of arrests, and apparently, the drug problem at the school. (Saw the police dog sniffing around after hours one night).</p>
<p>In another town, a couple of years ago, the police hauled off seven kids, dealers if I recall. That made the town newspaper.</p>
<p>This happens all the time and not only in inner city schools. My kids went to a high school with less than 700 kids, suburban and they had arrests in the school every year.
The administration had a very good rapport with the police department and it was apparent. Some kids however, just didn’t get it.
High school arrests normally don’t make the paper.</p>
<p>The school system where I work has had crime and arrest numbers go way up since a major demographic shift in the city. Coworkers switched to private schools or moved to school districts without the problems. The aggregated numbers are published in the local paper. Our town has similar problems. There have been fights, drug dealing, etc. This is your typical suburban district. It happens everywhere - maybe to a lesser degree. But it still happens. Get to know a school board member - they can give you the dirt off the record.</p>
<p>I don’t recall a single in-school arrest in our public school system. Problems are referred to the police who then make arrests after school hours. (Yeah, the school system isn’t much on transparency.) Agree with BCEagle – get to know a school board member if you want the full story.</p>
<p>What puzzles me is that they are doing these arrests in front of some subset of the students, but no public dissemination of the info follows. I can’t see a good reason to keep it quiet. I find it comforting to know that the school is doing their job, that these kids are out of there for whatever it is they are doing.</p>
<p>BTW, the kids arrested were white boys with short hair cuts and black t-shirts. Suburban school w/significant minority population. The other day the arrest took place in front of the school as the students left for the day. I was picking up my kid and friends; I watched the kid for at least 5 minutes before they stuck him in the squad car. Yesterday’s incident was dramatic - d said the plain cloths officer grabbed the kid by the arm and swung him around to slap on the cuffs.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s a good thing that it was so ‘front and center’ on campus. Kids need to learn that our society relies on laws to keep things moving in a positive direction. There are too many parents out there who have made excuses for their kids for years and years. Eventually those kids face real-life rules and come up against someone who is not willing to look the other way. I think respect for authority is a good thing. The only incident we had at our school was a bomb threat and the school handled it swiftly and the kid was expelled and prosecuted.</p>
<p>Unless they are 18 years old there probably won’t be any public announcement. You could put a bug in the ear of your local paper. Reporters love this kind of stuff.</p>
<p>Frankly, if the crime occurred on campus they should not be waiting until the end of school to make the arrest. Our school district is served by several police departments so the arrest is best made at the school. At my kids high school, the arrests are typically made in the high school office and the parents are called. It is very low key, but the whole school still knows.</p>