What is lacking from the @mcps school, however, is an awareness campaign that educates students on fentanyl dangers, overdose statistics and the increased use of fentanyl in teenagers.

Quince Orchard High School Student Overdoses During Lunch Hour

This Tuesday, March 21, 2023, a Quince Orchard High student was found unconscious in McDonalds’ bathroom, during lunch hour, and was administered narcan by emergency personnel. For those that are not aware, narcan is used to reverse opioid overdose, restores breathing, and generally prevents overdose death.

As customary in these cases, a letter went out from the principal, describing the event and stating that counselors are available to students. What is lacking from the school, however, is an awareness campaign that educates students on fentanyl dangers, overdose statistics and the increased use of fentanyl in teenagers...

Quince Orchard High School Student Overdoses During Lunch Hour | Gaithersburg, MD Patch

@mcps @mocoboe Montgomery County High School Student Uses Narcan to Save Classmate from Overdose at McDonald's - Five Montgomery County students have died from overdoses this school year alone, officials said.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/montgomery-county-high-school-student-uses-narcan-to-save-classmate-from-overdose-at-mcdonalds/3309534/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand

The school [BCC High School] failed to fulfill one of its basic duties: keeping parents in the loop about their child’s safety. @mcps @mocoboe

What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate 

That Tattler reporters set the narrative for parents and other news outlets alike is extraordinarily inappropriate. The school failed to fulfill one of its basic duties: keeping parents in the loop about their child’s safety.

...MCPS’s duties are shockingly opaque. A concerned parent or student cannot even access the “Principal’s Handbook” or their “Parent Involvement Toolkit” on the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) website. How are we supposed to understand if administrators are doing their jobs correctly if we don’t even know what they’re being instructed to do? B-CC administration can hold all the town halls it wants. The fact that these Potemkin villages pop up after every one of these incidents seems like a tacit acknowledgement of wrongdoing...

What We’ve Got Here is Failure to Communicate – The Tattler (bcctattler.org)

Parents and teachers are concerned with how MCPS handles drug overdoses

Parents and teachers are concerned with how MCPS handles drug overdoses (fox5dc.com)

Montgomery County parents demand more transparency after recent potential drug-related emergencies in schools

Youth overdoses in Montgomery County increased by 77% from 2021 to 2022 according to police data.

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Montgomery County parents are demanding more transparency following a series of medical emergencies at schools that, according to police, are possible drug overdoses.

A Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) spokesperson says that they have administered naloxone, commonly referred to as Narcan, the medication designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses, 11 times this school year...

...According to the numbers provided by Montgomery County Police, there were 48 overdoses among people 21 or younger in 2022; 11 of those were fatal. In 2021, there were 27 overdoses and 5 fatal...

 11 possible overdoses at Montgomery Co. schools this school year | wusa9.com

Montgomery Co. schools educate about fentanyl OD danger, Narcan use at family forum event

The Montgomery County Public Schools system hosted a family forum event Saturday at Clarksburg High School in Maryland, where panelists discussed both the dangers of fentanyl and the life-saving potential of Narcan.

A panel of health experts, Montgomery County leaders and police held a discussion with parents and students to talk about how the community can help combat the growing problem of youth fentanyl overdoses. After a reported spike in youth overdoses in Montgomery County, school district leaders said the in-school use of naloxone — commonly known as Narcan — has increased in the last several weeks...

Montgomery Co. schools educate about fentanyl OD danger, Narcan use at family forum event - WTOP News

Students Rushed to Hospital After Being Discovered Unconscious in a B-CC Bathroom

Two B-CC students were found unconscious, allegedly due to alcohol abuse in the B2 bathroom, midway through first period today. A witness who wishes to remain anonymous was using the bathroom when they realized there were two students lying on the ground: “I saw two [students] on the floor clearly drunk, slurring their words.”

Another student who happened to be present shared that they were scared that their peers’ intoxication would cause a medical emergency and immediately started shouting for help. Passing security heard the students and rushed to their aid. An ambulance was immediately called, and after attending to the students, Dr. Mooney blocked off the hallways via an announcement. The students were transported to the hospital via an ambulance...

Students Rushed to Hospital After Being Discovered Unconscious in a B-CC Bathroom – The Tattler (bcctattler.org)

A majority of the overdose incidents that police have responded to have been at residences, Jones said, but there have been some at schools.

Montgomery County youth overdoses increased 77% in 2022

A 15-year-old Montgomery County Public Schools student is the latest young person to die of an overdose, county officials said this week, prompting warnings to students and families about the dangers of opioid use, particularly fentanyl.

Youth overdoses — which include those by people under the age of 21 — spiked in the D.C. suburb in 2022, rising 77 percent. There were 48 youth overdoses last year, 11 of which were fatal, according to data from the Montgomery County Police Department.

In 2021, there were 27 reported youth overdoses; five were fatal...

Montgomery County officials warn of opioid use as youth overdoses increase - The Washington Post