It seems everyone has an opinion on the new security policies that were put in place today at Wilson Senior High School in NW following the arrest of 13 students in fights earlier this month. Most attention has centered on D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s decision to confine students to classrooms for lunch for two days this week as the students return from spring break, while school officials work out a new plan to keep the peace during lunch hours. Since the news broke several days ago, several voices have chimed in on the need for security solutions, from parents and neighborhood advocates to educators and journalists.

Perhaps most vocally, Wilson seniors Allison Grubs and Lena Solow have mobilized the Wilson students on Facebook to lobby Rhee to include student input in the development of new security plans. DCist applauds these young women for not only putting their social networking tools to good use, but recognizing that any security solution is going to require the buy-in and support from students in order to be successful, something much more easily achieved if students are given a seat at the table in drafting those solutions.

The media attention paid to these incidents at Wilson comes as a bit of a surprise to students and educators at other D.C. public schools, where fights can be commonplace, and rarely result in op-eds and extended coverage. Granted, Wilson High School tends to get a little more attention, as it is fortunate to be home to an active and well-connected parent association. But as Colbert I. King wrote last weekend in his own op-ed to The Post: “News for Rhee: the problem is not confined to Wilson.” If this kind of attention to safety and security sets the new norm, that’s great, but we hope the issue doesn’t disappear once the Wilson kids are eating in the cafeteria again.