Tag: School Shootings
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Students across Denver, state to walkout of school Wednesday to protest gun violence | CLASSNOTES
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thoughts and prayers after a school shooting are not enough, student activists are saying. Students Demand Action officials are calling for a national walkout at noon to protest school shootings. A number of high schools across the metro Denver area will be participating. But not…
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Gov. Polis orders flags at half-staff to honor Nashville school shooting victims
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis ordered flags on all public buildings to be lowered to half-staff early Tuesday in honor of the victims of Monday’s mass shooting in Nashville. Flags will remain lowered to half-staff from the announcement Tuesday morning until sunset on Friday, according to a…
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Educators ‘physically and emotionally tired’ as false school shooting calls surge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In August 2012, a sophomore student disassembled a shotgun at home, brought it to school in his backpack, reassembled it in the bathroom at lunch, and opened fire, injuring a classmate in the cafeteria. It was the first day at school at Perry Hall High School…
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Gov. Polis pledges to improve school safety at state summit
Gov. Jared Polis vowed to improve students’ mental and physical safety in classrooms while speaking at Colorado’s annual School Safety Summit on Thursday. Colorado is no stranger to school tragedies, from the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, to the STEM School Highlands Ranch mass shooting in 2019, to the string of shootings outside of Aurora…
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Six seconds: Smartphone app speeds up police response to school shootings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In every school shooting, getting help to the scene is critical. But a bottleneck of the 911 system can impose minutes-long delays in dispatching police to critical incidents. Dozens — or even hundreds — of simultaneous phone calls from panicked students, teachers and parents can overwhelm…
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Columbine anniversary: School security head talks ‘contagion effect’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jefferson County School District’s John McDonald starts the plans for additional security and vigilance at Columbine High School about mid-March every year, well ahead of the April 20 anniversary. As JeffCo’s executive director for the Department of School Safety, McDonald has become a sought-after expert…