WXII follows WS/FCS Superintendent Tricia McManus during Parkland High School visit

SUPERINTENDENT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE DISTRICT ISOI DNG TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, WHICHAS H BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM ALL MONTH. SUPERINTENDENT TRISHA MCMANUS SAYS SHE TRIES TO VITIS ABOUT SIX SOOCHLS A WEEK ON WEDNESDAY. SHE INVITED US TO VISIT PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL WITH HER IF YOU STEP IONT A PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM ON HE GENIV DAY DURING THE WEEK SUPERINTENDENT NUTRITION. MCMANUS SAYS YOU ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WE GOT BRUTUS WHO WAS HAVING THE PRICES OF MORAL CHARACTER ETHOS STUDENTS ENGAGED IN CLASS WORK LISTENING TO EACH OTHER AND LEARNING ALMOST EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS HERE TO DO THE RIGHT THG INAND IS HERE TO LEARN AND WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE CLASSROOMS, YOU SEE THAT YOU SEE IF YOU'R’ HERE DURING TRANSITION PERIODS. WE JUST HAD ONE HERE. IT’S CALM KIDS ARE MOVING FROM CLASS TO CLASS. THEY ARE REALLY HERE TO LEARN MCMANUS. WHO IS THE EIGHTH SUPERINTENDENT OF AL SEM FORSYTH COUNTY SCHOOLS ALLOWED US TO FOLLOW HER DURING ONE OF HER SCHOOL VISITS MCMANUS OWH WAS APPOINTED BACK IN FEBRUARY H HADAS TO DEAL WITH SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE INCIDENTS INCLUDING A SHOOTING ON THE MOUNT TABOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS MULTIPLE GUNS BEING FOUND AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS A AND SHOOTING NEAR PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE 52,053,000 STUDENTS. WE’VE GOT 7,000 EMPLOYEES. YOU’RE GOING TO FACE CHALLENGES YOU’RE GOING TO THAT THINGS ARE GOGIN TO HAPPEN THAT YOU REALLY WISH WOULD NOT HAVE BUT MY GOAL IS THE STAFF MY TEAM AND I THAT WE ARE READYHAT T WE ARE BEING PROACTIVE MCMANUS SAYS SHE AND HER TEAM ARE ADDRESSING A OLLF THE ISSUES HEAD ON INCLUDING PREVENTION INTVEERNTION AND SECURITY ISSUES AT THIS SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE HIRING WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ALRDYEA DOING IT HIRING A ANOTHER FULL-TIME SOCIAL WORKER AND COUNSELOR THAT IS TOET G AT THAT THAT THE PART OF THE CHILD TTHA IF THEY DO NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT BEING HERE IF THEY’RE MENTAL HEALTH AND AND THEIR THEIR IF THEY DON’T FEEL SAFE,ND A THEY DON’T FEEL THAT THEIR ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED AND THEY’RE CHALLENGES ARE BEING ADDRESSED. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE HARDER TIME LEARNING MCMONAH SAYS FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT. THE DISTRICT IS GNGOI TOE B RANDOMLY USING METAL DETECTING WANDS AT SOME SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PLACGIN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AT SOME OERTH SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT HER MESSAGE FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHAT HAPPENS AND WITH 99% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT WALK THROUGH THE DOORS OF THIS SCHOOL AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. THEY ARE HEER FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. THEY’RE AMAZING. KIDS WHO JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES MCMANUS SAYS THE DISTRICT IS ALSO UTILIZING A SHERIFF’S OFFICE DOG THAT IS TRAIDNE TO DETECT GUNS AND AMMUNITION IN WINSTON-SALEM; JUSTIN SCHROER WXII 12 NEWS.

While conversations about school safety and security continue to be top of mind for many people, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Tricia McManus said there is also a lot of good happening inside the schools that people don't see, which is why she invited WXII 12 News and other media organizations inside a school on Wednesday. Superintendent Tricia McManus said she tries to visit about six schools a week. On Wednesday, WXII 12 News tagged along as she visited Parkland High School.If you step into a Parkland High School classroom on any given day during the week, McManus said you are most likely going to see students engaged in classwork, listening to each other and learning.“Almost every single student is here to do the right thing to learn and when you walk through the classrooms you see that you see that during transition periods and we just had one here its calm kids are moving from class to class they are really here to learn,” she said.McManus, who is the eighth Superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, allowed us to follow her during one of her school visits. McManus, who was appointed back in February has had to deal with several high-profile incidents including a shooting on the Mount Tabor High School campus, multiple guns being found at different schools and a shooting near Parkland High School. “We have 52000 53000 students we’ve got 7000 employees you are going to face challenges things are going to happen that you really wish would not have but my goal is that the staff my team and I that we are ready, that we are being proactive,” she said.McManus said she and her team are addressing all of the issues head-on including prevention, intervention and security issues.“At this school specifically we are hiring we are in the process of already doing it, hiring another full-time social worker and a counselor that is to get at the part of the child if they do not feel good about being here if their mental health if they don’t feel safe and they don’t feel that their issues are being addressed and their challenges are being addressed they are going to have a harder time learning,” she said.McManus said from a security standpoint, the district is going to be randomly using metal-detecting wands at schools, as well as placing additional School Resource Officers at some other schools in the district. Her message for students and parents: “What happens and with 99% of our students that walk through the doors of this school and all of our schools they are here for the right reasons, they are amazing kids who just want to be able to have opportunities."McManus said the district is also utilizing a dog with the sheriff’s office that is trained to detect guns and ammunition.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —

Superintendent Tricia McManus said she tries to visit about six schools a week. On Wednesday, WXII 12 News tagged along as she visited Parkland High School.

If you step into a Parkland High School classroom on any given day during the week, McManus said you are most likely going to see students engaged in classwork, listening to each other and learning.

“Almost every single student is here to do the right thing to learn and when you walk through the classrooms you see that you see that during transition periods and we just had one here its calm kids are moving from class to class they are really here to learn,” she said.

McManus, who is the eighth Superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, allowed us to follow her during one of her school visits. McManus, who was appointed back in February has had to deal with several high-profile incidents including a shooting on the Mount Tabor High School campus, multiple guns being found at different schools and a shooting near Parkland High School.

“We have 52000 53000 students we’ve got 7000 employees you are going to face challenges things are going to happen that you really wish would not have but my goal is that the staff my team and I that we are ready, that we are being proactive,” she said.

McManus said she and her team are addressing all of the issues head-on including prevention, intervention and security issues.

“At this school specifically we are hiring we are in the process of already doing it, hiring another full-time social worker and a counselor that is to get at the part of the child if they do not feel good about being here if their mental health if they don’t feel safe and they don’t feel that their issues are being addressed and their challenges are being addressed they are going to have a harder time learning,” she said.

McManus said from a security standpoint, the district is going to be randomly using metal-detecting wands at schools, as well as placing additional School Resource Officers at some other schools in the district. Her message for students and parents:

“What happens and with 99% of our students that walk through the doors of this school and all of our schools they are here for the right reasons, they are amazing kids who just want to be able to have opportunities."

McManus said the district is also utilizing a dog with the sheriff’s office that is trained to detect guns and ammunition.

WXII follows WS/FCS Superintendent Tricia McManus during Parkland High School visit

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