Was I the only one who heard Rudolph wrongfully claim that Governer Brown recently passed legislation that allowed teachers to arm themselves until the Mv police resource officer corrected him?

Why is it Rudolph always feels like he must be the absolute authority on everything? Let's not forget he has no previous experience as a super yet has already gained a long record of screw-ups/ Why not just lead by facilitating the real experts? Of course when he was called out on his statements he pulled out the excuse that he didn't want to get sued for talking more. The guy is absolutely out of his league and it shows more and more by way of his arrogance.

The board should do us all the favor of getting rid of Rudolph and getting someone more enlightened. If the board won't do it, then we need to recall them all beginning with Jose Gutierrez whose inexperience, like Rudolph's, is costing our children a quality education.

All blah, blah, blah fake news with first post, trying to mislead doesn't help anyone. Stop wasting our time.

I don’t see it as fake news. But I am not sure what the objectives are when they have these town hall meetings. A lot of talk. A local small new story but no action items or objectives with an actual plan.

This actually happened in Palo Alto a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately it was a hoax or prank which is annoying, but it did give all the emergency services an opportunity to practice in a manner which can't be done during a drill. It seems that not only did PAPD police get to the school in minutes, but also Mountain View, and Menlo Park. Armed police with rifles were not only at the school but also at the nearby District offices and also at Town & Country. From what I read, all the comments about how this was dealt with was good, even to the extent that social media was used to tell what was going on both from a traffic point of view as well as to let residents know (parents heard through school) what exactly was going on.

The point is that all the talk in the world can't prepare for the real thing. When the supposed real thing turns out to be not so real it is a great way to find out what works well and what doesn't. As to whether a suspected shooter would have been stopped, that is of course unknown. But it does look well to us outsiders that the procedures are put in place.

I suspect all high schools and all police departments in the area have their plans in place, will help each other, and want to keep at least part of their planning undisclosed.

Thanks to all our police departments for preparing for the worst even though we all hope the worst never happens.

I raised the safety issue with this district before and after the arrival of the current superintendent. After San Bernardino, I also addressed the Mountain View City Council. I suggested cameras which could identify and locate intruders - including terrorists - and deter attacks. Even most terrorists seem to want to get away. When the MV- Whisman school district apparently did nothing in response, I raised the issue in a ballot measure rebuttal on the little parcel tax extension. Still no response. I also wrote the other school boards for the public school districts in Mountain View: MVLA and LASD. The high school district had a response of sorts - but never addressed how cameras could help (or not). Now the high school district wants to borrow $295 million by selling bonds (Measure E on the June ballot). Safety is not even addressed.

On this issue - cameras in schools/ viewing building surroundings [absolutely NOT CLASSROOM INTERIORS ] police chief Bossel has been consistent in supporting/advancing this suggestion.

I hope it is now out in public, from him, in a public forum like this. Just before I was elected to the MVWSD board, I informally talked to (pre-chief) officer Bossel (city event on a closed Castro Street). He, at that time, explained to me when I asked, that the security spending that he (as an officer) would like to see from the school bond, was exterior cameras, assessable to police.

Castro was his first concern. The later "active shooter lockdown" at Castro, when there was a years-later event in that neighborhood, shows to me that he was right (IMO). Small expense, not that intrusive on the community (normally not monitored by police) but effective when needed in this age.

HOWEVER - the school community directly involved - needs to have these CHAT TIMES with him, as Chief, first.

Superintendent Randolph? So HOW MUCH would a Police-Chief-satisfying camera system cost? What is 'the considered' cost at Castro School? [just to start]