Parental Fear About School Safety Back to Pre-Newtown Level
About one in four U.S. parents (24%) say they fear for their children's safety when they are at school. Parental worry was last at that level in August 2012, a few months before it rose in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
After the Newtown tragedy, parents' concern increased, with 33% saying they were fearful for their child's safety, up from 25% in August 2012. Nearly a year after the attack, parents' level of worry had not decreased. Since then, fear eased slightly but had not reverted to pre-Newtown levels until now.