Thanks Mr. Wasmer !

Perry Hall is a great school. This was an unfortunate event and the shooter must be punished and treated mentally if nessessary. I pray for the student and family of the victim. This just hit too close to home, being right in our community. Students should be able to go to school and feel safe. Thank you Mr. Wasmer. It could have been much worse.

Mr. Wasmer was always a hero to me, helping me get through my sons teenage years. Today he is the ultimate hero. Thanks Jesse for saving many lives!

Absolute hero. Imagine what could have been were it not for the actions of this brave man.

Hi Jesse,I am not a student or teacher at Perry Hall but I live not far from your school.I am a preschool teacher and have not faced this type of violence.However I faced evacuation for an Amstrax scare.I thank god that you were there at the right time and not being afraid to step in for those children.

kudos to Mr. Wasmer! He saved who knows how many lives today - at risk of his own.

For two years I have been trying to get Perry Hall Elementary to begin social skills curriculum as they have a special education population -- and my son is in it.

Anne Arundle County has adopted a multi-disciplinary (every staff member trained) curriculum called "Building Bridges" that tackles these topics exactly and has made a marked difference in the bullying prevalence within the school system.

The Office of Special Education fails to standardize social skills curriculum and Baltimore County is left piecing together interventions that are specific to each child who demonstrates need. Like in Anne Arundle County, we need social skills curriculum standard in our schools to screen and educate all children for social IQ and prevent incidents like this.

What kind of curriculum does PHHS use that promotes positive relationships, tolerance of diverse peers, conflict resolution and interpersonal communication? Where's the prevention efforts? Anti-bullying efforts needs to start at the elementary school level, period, but then carried through high school.

But, way to go, Wasmer!

This Wasmer man deserves sure loves his students',only God will reward him,God bless you sir!

Thank You Sooooooooo Much Mr. Wasmer

thank you sir for your bravery

Mr. Wasmer is a modern-day hero for his selfless act of bravery and heroics in the face of an armed criminal intruder bent on destruction and the attempted murder of an innocent and defenseless child with Downs Syndrome by a predatory criminal that lists his heroes as Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

To the poster that lists solutions as positive relationships, tolerance of diverse peers, conflict resolution and interpersonal communication and then has the gall to question PHHS' curricula - no one would have seen this coming. There will always be unhinged lone nut individuals that are intent on injuring others based on his final Facebook post.

Mr. Wasmer is like many other teachers who subdued a shooter. Here is "Kaplan Career Institute teacher pulls a gun to stop an attack outside the school"
"Criminal justice instructor Michael Minto was leaving the Kaplan Career Institute in Swatara Township on Monday night when he spotted a man being stabbed, police said.

Minto pulled his gun and ordered the attacker to drop his knife, police said. The attacker fled, and authorities said Minto’s actions likely saved the life of Dillon Mitchell, 30, of Harrisburg.

If Minto had not intervened, “We might be talking about someone who died,” said Deputy Swatara Township Police Chief Jason D. Umberger. “There are not many citizens out there that would have the courage to take that action.” "

Wow. What planet are you from dude.

In all the discussion about guns and metal detectors and sending the kids to private schools there's another lesson that we may all need to see. Maybe we need to teach our children to be heroes. Not to expect to be protected by the government or the school, but to stand for what is right. That's what Mr. Wasmer did, and he has made every person who ever called Perry Hall home very proud.

Joe why do you seem so angry? Geez folks are just expressing their thanks to Mr. Wasmer and you are finding negativity in almost every post. I am glad you are not part of my life Joe.
I am thankful that many teens that I know who attend Perry Hall are safe and my sympathies go out to the victim foremost!

"To the poster that lists solutions as positive relationships, tolerance of diverse peers, conflict resolution and interpersonal communication and then has the gall to question PHHS' curricula - no one would have seen this coming. There will always be unhinged lone nut individuals that are intent on injuring others based on his final Facebook post." Mr. Imperial Crusader -these are some of the very skills lacking in individuals that get to this point of acting out violently. In partnership with parents and the community this a very wise and well researched initiative. It is something that school counselors do on a daily basis. Mr. Chaney-web is right in many respects-while our State and county has seen academic success, social skills warrent more attention and curriculum standardization then they currently get. The counties' education leaders are heading in the right direction on this though. Your collegues are proud of you Mr. Wasmer.

Hello I'm Joe. I have nothing better to do than troll on the BelAir Patch site...........

BREAKING: Alleged Perry Hall shooter identified, charged with attempted murder - http://patch.com/A-xsHz

Not enough can be said about Mr. Wasmer and the actions he took yesterday to prevent further tragedy from happening at Perry Hall High School. This is a man who acted in the finest traditions of warrior and who, apparently lives by the warrior's creed. For those who are unfamiliar with that creed, I repeaat it here.

The Warrior's Creed
Wherever I go, everyone is a little safer because I am there.
Wherever I am, anyone in need has a friend.
Whenever I return home, everyone is happy that I am there.

A real human being and a real hero

Thanks soooo much to Mr. Wasmer for his actions yesterday in school shooting. He probably saved many lives, including the life of my grandson who was beginning his first day in high school. I hope what will be remembered of this day is the heroic effort and dedication of Mr. Wasmer, who is a role model all students can be proud of. SWagner

My thought go out to the family of the student and all those affected by this tragedy.

Great job! Now watch, with the education system being so backwards and broken now a days; Wasmer will be charged with assaulting an under aged student or he will be sued by the shooters parents for assault.

Mr. Wasmer is a good man. These days people throw around the word hero so much that it seems to have lost its meaning, but here is a man that actually deserves the title. This could have been a very different story. A simple thank you could never be enough to express the gratitude to him. Thanks for watching out for my cousins and the rest of the students at the school. <3

Looks like everyone on this post is being subjected to bullying by Joe! Thanks to Mr. Wasmer for stepping in and keeping everyone safe. Anyone that steps up and shows an act of kindness should be congratulated.

I'd also like to add my thanks to Mr. Wasmer. My son was in that school yesterday and you will always be a hero in my book.

He is not a hero - a real hero wears a cape and a mask and flys around at night....just kidding - trying to ease the tensions - He is a good man in a crisis - he should get free drinks at every local bar -

I'm so very proud of the way the students have come together in this - the T-shirts, the prayer service. They are amazing. Too bad we can't say the same about some of the adults on this site.

They just decided to prosecute the shooter as an adult. The socialist's spasmodic answer to having never loved and disciplined him properly as a child. But they rage & worry about sodas he drank, taught him to make "green" choices, and made certain he was sexually educated with a pocket condom in grade school, assured he'd never wander into an "illegal" Christian student club on school property, but now they bring the cathartic full force of the law down on him while they entitled his parents. Can't anyone see the profoundly stupid way nanny liberals are culturally engineering and running Maryland?

I think it's interesting that everyone wants to talk about everything except the obvious. What does our society do to identify, and treat the mentally ill. Everyone is looking for a rational explaination to what happened. Perhaps there isn't one. Perhaps this happened because the shooter is mentally ill and untreated. There is no special social program that is going to stop extreme situation like this because a person has to have a mental problem to do this in the first place. How does the school identify and deal with students at risk for violence on the basis of thier mental health? Do we have anything at all in the way of protocol for this? Does the school even know who these students might be? Does anyone even care except for the fact that someone got shot?

How many of us would run towards someone firing a gun?...what do we tell Daniel about bullying?

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He'll be fired for putting himself in danger.