Just one day before the one-year anniversary of the school shootings at Chardon High School, alleged shooter T.J. Lane pled guilty. But questions about how to keep schools safe linger. After the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown this past December, the nation was rattled, and began searching for ways to prevent future [...]
The Toledo Blade reports that law enforcement officers used pepper spray on students fleeing a fight at a high school basketball game Friday: Patty Mazur, a [spokesperson] for Toledo Public Schools, said TPS school resource officers and Lucas County sheriff’s deputies were at the game for security. After breaking up the fight, at least two [...]
Alex Wong / Getty Images President Barack Obama’s plan to prevent gun violence could mean changes for schools and school districts. That plan calls for legislation to ban assault rifles and require a background check for all gun purchases. The president’s proposal also includes a request for hundreds of millions of dollars for schools to hire [...]
Last month’s school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School put teachers, principals, and other school staff on high alert. It also raised the question of how to prevent school shootings. Training school personel is at the top of the list of proposed solutions. In Ohio, teachers who want training in how to deal with a [...]
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