Hazelwood MO March 3 2018 The ‘Hallway Staple’ series showcase the men and women who work in our schools– the ‘heart and soul’ of the districts. Students in Florissant call their school security guard ‘granny.’ LaDonna Vaughn is a veteran security guard at Hazelwood North Middle School. Her daily routine consists of normal tasks like […]
Healdton, Okla. March 3 2018 — As schools across the country scrutinize security in the wake of the Parkland, Florida shooting, a small district in Oklahoma is expanding its use of bulletproof classroom shelters. Healdton Public Schools first installed the shelters in its elementary school in 2014. It followed with shelters in its middle school in […]
Mount Pleasant MI March 2 2018 Central Michigan University student James Eric Davis Jr. fatally shot his parents Friday morning on campus not long after they picked him up from a hospital, where police had sent him earlier because he’d been behaving erratically, campus police Chief Bill Yeagley said Saturday. Officers sent Davis Jr. […]
Jackson OH March 2 2018 An Ohio middle school student who shot himself to death in a school bathroom had plans to carry out a massacre, according to “disturbing documentation” on his cell phone. Keith Simons, 13, expressed admiration for Columbine school shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold and said he wanted to leave “a […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK March 2 2018 — Saying it’s time to allow staff to protect themselves and avert armed intruders, House lawmakers voted Wednesday to make it easier for school personnel to carry guns on campus. State Rep. Jeff Coody’s measure allows educators who have obtained valid handgun licenses to carry on campus — as long […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. March 2 2018– Three girls accused of beating a security guard who was trying to break up a fight between two boys Tuesday at Lake Shore Middle School were arrested and charged with battery on a school employee, according to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office reports. Officers said that, in the process of breaking up […]
Dalton GA March 1 2018 An armed high school teacher in Georgia barricaded himself alone inside his classroom, then fired a gunshot when the principal tried to force open the door, but no one was seriously injured, police said after the instructor was arrested. The shooting, which unfolded as schools around the country remained on edge […]
MONTGOMERY, AL Feb 28 2018 Imagine a neighborhood watch approach to school security. That is the idea behind legislation being pushed by Alabama state Rep. Allen Farley’s, which would allow schools to work with local law enforcement to create a trained school security program. The team could be made up of teachers, school officials, coaches, […]
DAYTONA BEACH FL Feb 28 2018 — A Bethune-Cookman University student was arrested late Sunday night after police say a loaded AR-15 was found in his car, which was parked on campus. A security guard found Ronald Jacques Jr., 20, was illegally parked on campus, according to WESH in Orlando. When he looked more closely at […]
Secaucus NJ Feb 27 2018 Secaucus announced on Friday the town will assign police officers to patrol the district’s schools while it provides firearms training to the schools’ currently unarmed security guards. The announcement came nine days after a school massacre in Parkland, Florida left 17 dead, and in the wake of security scares at schools […]