Articles Tagged with ''school security''

Twenty-five percent of U.S. parents report “frequently” worrying about their child being harmed at school, and that concern is up from 2009-2011, according to Gallup’s annual Crime poll, conducted Oct. 3-6, 2013.

The families of students who were shot and killed in the cafeteria of their high school sued the school district on the shooting's second anniversary.
 

Less than one-third of the Chicago area's 2,124 elementary, middle, and high schools do not report any incidents to a School Incident Reporting System.

 

The  University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents will invest $4.1 million into school security.

RI Governor Chafee has released a school safety plan.

Fake guns on school grounds would be prohibited in Maine under a bill proposed by legislators.

A suspected school shooter is in custody after opening fire at a middle school and critically injuring at least two teenagers in Roswell, N.M. The victims, a 14-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, are both in critical condition, hospital officials report.

Columbine, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hook – These schools are household names around the U.S., but not necessarily for their academics, athletics or famous alumni.

Some schools want to end their traditional role as polling places because of security concerns.

A Kansas City lawmaker says Missouri should arm school teachers with pepper spray as an alternative to guns.