Stop Off Property Gym and Lunch for Gault Students!
Protect Our Children: End Off-Property Lunch & Gym And Secure Gault Institute Now
Every morning, we send our children to school trusting that they will be protected. Right now, that fundamental trust is broken.
Following a deeply unsettling attempted luring incident on Friday, parents across our community have been left shaken, anxious, and demanding answers. While we are grateful for the school staff's quick intervention, relying on luck and vigilance is not a safety plan. The lack of transparent communication has created a vacuum filled with fear and conflicting reports, leaving parents unable to properly educate and protect their own kids. But the core problem is much larger: the climate directly outside our school has dangerously deteriorated, and our children are being placed directly in harm's way every single day.
Our downtown surroundings have reached a crisis point. Over recent months, families and daily commuters have witnessed rapid escalation; open drug use, erratic confrontations, public lewdness, strangers interacting with students through the perimeter fence, and two separate gun-related incidents within blocks of the school in just two weeks.
The school administration cannot control what happens off school grounds and that is exactly why students should not be taken off of them!
It is unconscionable that young elementary students are still being marched off school grounds to the church for lunch and physical education. Dedicated staff members cannot act as bodyguards on public sidewalks against unpredictable, volatile individuals. Supervised or not, this does not eliminate the exposure and risk of an ill-intentioned individual on the street. Why are we removing the barrier between our children and these erratic people on the streets as the situation gets worse, instead of increasing the barrier between them? Compromising student safety to avoid hiring lunch monitors or reallocating indoor space is completely unacceptable.
We, the undersigned parents, guardians, and concerned community members, demand immediate, concrete action from the school administration and the school board:
End All Off-grounds lunch and gym: Immediately stop taking students off school property to the church for lunch and gym. Relocate lunch to classrooms and adapt physical education activities to remain strictly on campus grounds.
Fortify Campus Perimeters:Install high-coverage privacy screening along the school fencing to prevent unauthorized individuals from viewing, photographing, or interacting with children in the yard.
Increase Physical Security & Presence: Mandate dedicated on-site security personnel and secure active local police patrols during all outdoor recess hours.
Transparent Safety Communication: Implement a clear protocol that provides parents with timely, factual details regarding safety threats and incidents, stopping rumors and empowering families to safeguard their children.
No parent should feel that sending their child to elementary school is an act of taking a gamble. We will not wait for a tragedy to occur before common-sense measures are taken.
**Sign this petition to demand that our school keep our children inside protected grounds.**
Updates
Good News & Next Steps: Working with the School on a Safer Solution
September 16, 2026
Thank you so much to everyone who has signed, shared, and supported this petition! Your voices have made a genuine difference. Thanks to our community speaking up together, we have had constructive discussions with the school and have a very positive update to share. Real progress is underway to ensure our children are safe: Dedicated Fenced Pathway: The school is actively working to coordinate the installation of a secure, fully fenced path connecting the school directly to the church. This eliminates the need for children to use public sidewalks and ensures they are not directly accessible to passersby. Upgraded Building Security:The school is exploring how to upgrade security at the church to align with the school’s standards, possibly including a security camera system and an intercom buzzer entry. In the interim, the administration has committed to having one of two protective measures in place while construction and upgrades are completed: 1. Dedicated Police Presence: They will be trying to arrange with police liaison for Officers stationed for the transition walk over, the entire duration the children are at the church for lunch and gym, and the walk back. This will be in place every single day until all permanent safety measures are finished. 2. On-Site School Plan: If a continuous police presence cannot be coordinated, the children will remain on school grounds entirely until the fence and security upgrades are fully operational. Next Steps for This Petition We are genuinely optimistic about this collaboration and believe the school intends to follow through. That said, accountability matters. We will keep this petition open and active until we see these solutions physically in motion. Once those commitments are visibly underway, the petition will be closed. Thank you again for standing together to make our children’s daily safety the priority it should be. We will post another update as soon as the next milestone is reached.
Reached 100 supporters
September 16, 2026
37 Comments
My grandchildren attend that school. All of the children should be in a school that practice rigorous safety protocols. Good supervision all day long is of utmost importance.
My kids go to this school, and the increased drug use and violence around the school worries me. The children and staff deserve to be better protected.
Safety of our children.
Pour protéger les enfants donc mes deux petits-filles.
PROTECT OUR KIDS Safety is the #1 priority
There have been too many instances where there are strangers trying to approach the kids so I want to keep the kids safe all the time
Protect the children from creeps at school!
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Stop Off Property Gym and Lunch for Gault Students!
Protect Our Children: End Off-Property Lunch & Gym And Secure Gault Institute Now
Every morning, we send our children to school trusting that they will be protected. Right now, that fundamental trust is broken.
Following a deeply unsettling attempted luring incident on Friday, parents across our community have been left shaken, anxious, and demanding answers. While we are grateful for the school staff's quick intervention, relying on luck and vigilance is not a safety plan. The lack of transparent communication has created a vacuum filled with fear and conflicting reports, leaving parents unable to properly educate and protect their own kids. But the core problem is much larger: the climate directly outside our school has dangerously deteriorated, and our children are being placed directly in harm's way every single day.
Our downtown surroundings have reached a crisis point. Over recent months, families and daily commuters have witnessed rapid escalation; open drug use, erratic confrontations, public lewdness, strangers interacting with students through the perimeter fence, and two separate gun-related incidents within blocks of the school in just two weeks.
The school administration cannot control what happens off school grounds and that is exactly why students should not be taken off of them!
It is unconscionable that young elementary students are still being marched off school grounds to the church for lunch and physical education. Dedicated staff members cannot act as bodyguards on public sidewalks against unpredictable, volatile individuals. Supervised or not, this does not eliminate the exposure and risk of an ill-intentioned individual on the street. Why are we removing the barrier between our children and these erratic people on the streets as the situation gets worse, instead of increasing the barrier between them? Compromising student safety to avoid hiring lunch monitors or reallocating indoor space is completely unacceptable.
We, the undersigned parents, guardians, and concerned community members, demand immediate, concrete action from the school administration and the school board:
End All Off-grounds lunch and gym: Immediately stop taking students off school property to the church for lunch and gym. Relocate lunch to classrooms and adapt physical education activities to remain strictly on campus grounds.
Fortify Campus Perimeters:Install high-coverage privacy screening along the school fencing to prevent unauthorized individuals from viewing, photographing, or interacting with children in the yard.
Increase Physical Security & Presence: Mandate dedicated on-site security personnel and secure active local police patrols during all outdoor recess hours.
Transparent Safety Communication: Implement a clear protocol that provides parents with timely, factual details regarding safety threats and incidents, stopping rumors and empowering families to safeguard their children.
No parent should feel that sending their child to elementary school is an act of taking a gamble. We will not wait for a tragedy to occur before common-sense measures are taken.
**Sign this petition to demand that our school keep our children inside protected grounds.**
Updates
Good News & Next Steps: Working with the School on a Safer Solution
September 16, 2026
Thank you so much to everyone who has signed, shared, and supported this petition! Your voices have made a genuine difference. Thanks to our community speaking up together, we have had constructive discussions with the school and have a very positive update to share. Real progress is underway to ensure our children are safe: Dedicated Fenced Pathway: The school is actively working to coordinate the installation of a secure, fully fenced path connecting the school directly to the church. This eliminates the need for children to use public sidewalks and ensures they are not directly accessible to passersby. Upgraded Building Security:The school is exploring how to upgrade security at the church to align with the school’s standards, possibly including a security camera system and an intercom buzzer entry. In the interim, the administration has committed to having one of two protective measures in place while construction and upgrades are completed: 1. Dedicated Police Presence: They will be trying to arrange with police liaison for Officers stationed for the transition walk over, the entire duration the children are at the church for lunch and gym, and the walk back. This will be in place every single day until all permanent safety measures are finished. 2. On-Site School Plan: If a continuous police presence cannot be coordinated, the children will remain on school grounds entirely until the fence and security upgrades are fully operational. Next Steps for This Petition We are genuinely optimistic about this collaboration and believe the school intends to follow through. That said, accountability matters. We will keep this petition open and active until we see these solutions physically in motion. Once those commitments are visibly underway, the petition will be closed. Thank you again for standing together to make our children’s daily safety the priority it should be. We will post another update as soon as the next milestone is reached.
Reached 100 supporters
September 16, 2026
37 Comments
Action definitely needs to take place, adapt the physical education program with the older kids outside on the school grounds even during the winter, the safety must be a number one priority. Financing cant be used an excuse!
My grandchildren attend that school. All of the children should be in a school that practice rigorous safety protocols. Good supervision all day long is of utmost importance.
My kids go to this school, and the increased drug use and violence around the school worries me. The children and staff deserve to be better protected.
Safety of our children.
Pour protéger les enfants donc mes deux petits-filles.
PROTECT OUR KIDS Safety is the #1 priority
There have been too many instances where there are strangers trying to approach the kids so I want to keep the kids safe all the time
Protect the children from creeps at school!
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Action definitely needs to take place, adapt the physical education program with the older kids outside on the school grounds even during the winter, the safety must be a number one priority. Financing cant be used an excuse!