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MCPS releases Wootton after-action report, details timeline and security changes after February shooting
Summary
District officials presented a detailed after-action report on the Feb. 9 shooting at Wootton High School, describing the incident timeline, emergency response, reunification challenges and immediate systemwide actions — including mental-health follow-up for staff and students, camera upgrades, parent-reunification audits, and walkie-talkie/radio improvements.
Montgomery County Public Schools administrators presented an after-action report on the Feb. 9 shooting at Wootton High School that detailed the incident timeline, immediate response actions, lessons learned, and planned systemwide safety improvements.
Superintendent Thomas Taylor thanked law enforcement and Wootton staff and said the district "got very lucky" in the outcome; he noted the report takes an honest look at what worked and what needs improvement. Chief of Schools Peter Moran and cluster director Jewel Sanders walked the board through a minute-by-minute timeline: a hold was enacted at about 2:15 p.m., a lockdown about 2:17 p.m., 9-1-1 calls and law-enforcement notification…
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