Look, he has time to either care about keeping kids from getting shot or keeping kids from finding out about gendered pronouns and those Latin textbooks aren’t going to purge themselves.
> In response, Durley said: “I’m at a point where I have other things to worry about, other things to do than worrying about our schools being secure. That didn’t come out right. It is a concern of mine for the schools to be secure, I apologize.”
So a guy misspoke and in the same breath apologized for getting carried away. Definitely crucify him, I’m sure all of us can live up to a higher standard than that. /s
I’m guessing that he meant he faces a ton of issues regarding schools, only one of which is safety. That may not have great optics, but it’s true, safety is important and yet schools are more than just secure facilities. Ideally some learning should occur, people get vetted and evaluated and paid on a tight budget, hiring and firing, an ever-changing curriculum, all sorts of political bullshit, and yes safety. He’s trying to make schools work in a poor-as-fuck red state that probably hates education, I’m sure it’s a nightmare job.
Maybe there’s something wrong with a country that expects a “Director of Schools” to be some sort of security wiz, rather than a school director. Artless comments aren’t worse than a violent, fearful culture full of armed crazies,.
Clickbait headline that needlessly drags this guy. He misspoke and immediately corrected himself. We have lots of terrible things to be mad at in Tennessee around guns and safety. This is not one of them.
1) He immediately admitted he misspoke and corrected himself.
2) This is about SROs. It is not a given that SROs prevent school shootings or keep campuses safer. Arrests increase– but that just means kids in jail.
Yes, some SROs have prevented school shootings, but so have some teachers, principals, students, and janitors.
3) Schools leaders do, in fact, have a lot on their plates. Districts and states aren’t taking anything off that plate in order to focus more attention to school safety. I have a master’s in educational leadership and a principal’s license– I never had a class in campus security or mass casualty situations (in fact, I had one professor very focused on the fact that school shootings are really rare, so don’t worry too much about it).
One would think that states would appoint school safety experts to consult with each school and provide research-based planning for student safety. Be great to bring in experts instead of having people who enjoy teaching math and reading frantically researching what they can off random websites.
Grizzchops says
No you fucking do not
antney15462 says
what the actual fuck
BelmontIncident says
Look, he has time to either care about keeping kids from getting shot or keeping kids from finding out about gendered pronouns and those Latin textbooks aren’t going to purge themselves.
LittleRickyPemba says
> In response, Durley said: “I’m at a point where I have other things to worry about, other things to do than worrying about our schools being secure. That didn’t come out right. It is a concern of mine for the schools to be secure, I apologize.”
So a guy misspoke and in the same breath apologized for getting carried away. Definitely crucify him, I’m sure all of us can live up to a higher standard than that. /s
I’m guessing that he meant he faces a ton of issues regarding schools, only one of which is safety. That may not have great optics, but it’s true, safety is important and yet schools are more than just secure facilities. Ideally some learning should occur, people get vetted and evaluated and paid on a tight budget, hiring and firing, an ever-changing curriculum, all sorts of political bullshit, and yes safety. He’s trying to make schools work in a poor-as-fuck red state that probably hates education, I’m sure it’s a nightmare job.
Maybe there’s something wrong with a country that expects a “Director of Schools” to be some sort of security wiz, rather than a school director. Artless comments aren’t worse than a violent, fearful culture full of armed crazies,.
Satellite_bk says
Literally the only thing they should be caring about as director.
8i66ie5ma115 says
Like trans kids and girls discussing their periods?
jpfeif29 says
That’s not the full context as to what he said, he misspoke and in the next breath said he has to worry about the security of his schools.
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Stop trying to be divisive and go jerk off.
Grantley34 says
Yeah, like which one of his daughters he’s going to take to prom
Graham-Barlow-119 says
Motherfucker, that’s the thing you’re PAID to worry about!
MuchoGrandeRandy says
Those 2 guys are responsible for teaching tomorrow’s Kentuckians.
Looks like MoS boss!
tonedad77 says
Clickbait headline that needlessly drags this guy. He misspoke and immediately corrected himself. We have lots of terrible things to be mad at in Tennessee around guns and safety. This is not one of them.
sturnus-vulgaris says
1) He immediately admitted he misspoke and corrected himself.
2) This is about SROs. It is not a given that SROs prevent school shootings or keep campuses safer. Arrests increase– but that just means kids in jail.
Yes, some SROs have prevented school shootings, but so have some teachers, principals, students, and janitors.
https://www.aclu-wa.org/story/school-resource-officers-when-cure-worse-disease#:~:text=The%20data%20shows%20that%20the,the%20rate%20of%20schools%20without.
Uvalde had SROs. They failed.
https://time.com/6190182/school-resource-officers-uvalde/
3) Schools leaders do, in fact, have a lot on their plates. Districts and states aren’t taking anything off that plate in order to focus more attention to school safety. I have a master’s in educational leadership and a principal’s license– I never had a class in campus security or mass casualty situations (in fact, I had one professor very focused on the fact that school shootings are really rare, so don’t worry too much about it).
One would think that states would appoint school safety experts to consult with each school and provide research-based planning for student safety. Be great to bring in experts instead of having people who enjoy teaching math and reading frantically researching what they can off random websites.
Romano16 says
He did not misspeak. This is what a lot of people in red states think.
“School shootings? Inevitable evil, we got better things to worry about.”
workers_liberation says
Safety is always the top priority.
Commercial_Board6680 says
My brain overloaded trying to process this.