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Superintendent Says Students Are Armed with Rocks In Case of a School Shooting


SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. -- There’s a rocky controversy when it comes to school safety in Schuylkill County.

The superintendent of the Blue Mountain School District is in the spotlight after telling lawmakers in Harrisburg his students protect themselves against potential school shooters with rocks.

“Every classroom has been equipped with a five-gallon bucket of river stone. If an armed intruder attempts to gain entrance into any of our classrooms, they will face a classroom full students armed with rocks and they will be stoned,” said Dr. David Helsel.

That was Dr. Helsel testifying to the House Education Committee last week in Harrisburg.

The superintendent of the Blue Mountain School District was explaining his unconventional form of protecting the students in their schools in the event of an active shooter situation: give them rocks.

“At one time I just had the idea of river stone, they`re the right size for hands, you can throw them very hard and they will create or cause pain, which can distract,” said Helsel.

Helsel says teachers, staff and students were given active shooter training through a program known as ALICE which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate and they routinely hold evacuation drills for active shooter simulations.

But if a teacher decides to lockdown a classroom, there are rocks in a five-gallon bucket kept in every classroom closet that students could throw if shooters get inside.

Still, Helsel says the rocks are seen as a last resort.

“We have devices installed in our doors that help to secure them, to make it very difficult to break through,” said Helsel. “We also have, we train kids and talk about barricading the doors.”

A teenager who is a senior a Blue Mountain High School and says he and other students like that plan.

“It matters because it will help protect the schools, anything helps, rocks are better than books and pencils.”

Parents do as well.

“At this point, we have to get creative, we have to protect our kids first and foremost, throwing rocks, it's an option,” said Dori Bornstein.

But not everyone thinks this is a practical line of defense.

“I think that's rather comical,” said one college student in Schuylkill Haven.

“It's absurd, arm the teachers,” said a parent in Schuylkill Haven.

Helsel says the district has no plans to arm teachers, however, Blue Mountain does have a maintenance employee who is trained and certified to work as school security and is armed.

And the district plans to have more support staff get the same training to act a security.

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Originally posted by Yanert98:
This child has fallen into a deep, deep trap.

He's capable of damaging himself and US -- his parents need to stop him.

But my guess is his father lacks the back-bone.

“Ideologies are substitutes for true knowledge, and ideologues are always dangerous when they come to power, because a simple-minded I-know-it-all approach is no match for the complexity of existence.” -- Jordan Peterson

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Originally posted by Scoutmaster:
Second, non causa pro causa. As long as you continue to blame the wrong cause, you will never solve the problem.

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Fogive me, I don't get out much. Who is this guy, my best SWAG is Eichman?

Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany.

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Originally posted by lkdr1989:
I really thought this was a joke but it's not I want to say this is really stupid but it's better than nothing, I guess

Superintendent Says Students Are Armed with Rocks In Case of a School Shooting


SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. -- There’s a rocky controversy when it comes to school safety in Schuylkill County.

The superintendent of the Blue Mountain School District is in the spotlight after telling lawmakers in Harrisburg his students protect themselves against potential school shooters with rocks.

“...and they will be stoned,” said Dr. David Helsel.


“At this point, we have to get creative, we have to protect our kids first and foremost, throwing rocks, it's an option,”

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Originally posted by Jimineer:

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Originally posted by lkdr1989:
I really thought this was a joke but it's not I want to say this is really stupid but it's better than nothing, I guess

Superintendent Says Students Are Armed with Rocks In Case of a School Shooting


SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. -- There’s a rocky controversy when it comes to school safety in Schuylkill County.

The superintendent of the Blue Mountain School District is in the spotlight after telling lawmakers in Harrisburg his students protect themselves against potential school shooters with rocks.

“...and they will be stoned,” said Dr. David Helsel.


“At this point, we have to get creative, we have to protect our kids first and foremost, throwing rocks, it's an option,”

Someone is seriously stoned alright. This is who is educating our children!

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Originally posted by Jimineer:

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Originally posted by lkdr1989:
I really thought this was a joke but it's not I want to say this is really stupid but it's better than nothing, I guess

Superintendent Says Students Are Armed with Rocks In Case of a School Shooting


SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. -- There’s a rocky controversy when it comes to school safety in Schuylkill County.

The superintendent of the Blue Mountain School District is in the spotlight after telling lawmakers in Harrisburg his students protect themselves against potential school shooters with rocks.

“...and they will be stoned,” said Dr. David Helsel.


“At this point, we have to get creative, we have to protect our kids first and foremost, throwing rocks, it's an option,”

Someone is seriously stoned alright. This is who is educating our children!

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Originally posted by Ryanp225:
That little Eddie Munster looking motherfucker thinks he's important. How cute.