One for all and all for one … and in a modern update, One in Five, a Texas-based foundation that grew out of the Uvalde tragedy to help patrol schools and head off problems that show up on the sidewalk outside.

Musketeers without muskets, they want to patrol the perimeter of schools to stop violence.

They have a full mission, which can be found here. It’s well worth the two minutes of your time to click on the link and acquaint yourself with their desire to do it all when it comes to preventing school violence and dealing with the aftermath, not to mention their agenda and the laws they want passed.

This piece deals with this part of their self-assigned mission: “The Foundation works as well to actively provide additional security and safety training resources to enhance a schools individual security; for example situational awareness & uniquely, student organized, active shooter training & prevention.”

Why? Because they are coming to Duval County Public Schools, uninvited and unbidden, to address gang violence in high schools, in particular, Ed White and Mandarin High Schools. This is a response to recent fights taking place among groups of students.

According to the One in Five Foundation, “This in an effort to address the seemingly rising gang activity and to increase student safety throughout campus district neighborhood & provide additional community support for students, faculty, parents & school. Foundation officials say that it believes gang conflicts amongst several students of at least 4 separate district schools, including Ed White HS, are increasing off Campuses and spilling into campus conflicts and must be addressed immediately.“

Unfortunately, although this group may have a sincere desire to help, they are taking this action unilaterally. Neither the school district nor the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office have had any contact with them. Efforts by school officials to contact the group and find out what they have planned have been unsuccessful.

No one knows what a group of unknown individuals, dressed in some type of uniform, think they can do standing outside a school on a public sidewalk. But they believe they can do some kind of good never mind the fact that most students arrive on campus via bus or car and they will be on the campus, not crossing the sidewalk or that, without some type of official recognition or established relationship with students, the adolescent mentality will wonder, “Who were those creepy, weird-a$$, mofos on the sidewalk?”

As for the adults, we will wonder why they are bothering. If they have not been invited by district officials and are unknown to local law enforcement, doesn’t that make them vigilantes?