The Gold-Burg Independent School District has voted to arm its school teachers. The proposal will now be sent to the Texas Association of School Boards for review.
Indiana is the first state in America to give the command and control of school security to the Department of Homeland Security and other appointed officials.
On December 13th 2013, a school shooting took place at Arapahoe High School in Littleton Colorado. Guy Grace, Director of Security and Emergency Planning Littleton Public Schools, was a responder to the shooting and was the On-Scene School District Incident Command Coordinator during the event and the subsequent evacuation of the school.
A crisis situation on school grounds can come in many forms. From devastating campus gun violence to carbon monoxide leaks that can leave students and staff ill, the outcome of any crisis situation depends largely on how prepared the school is beforehand.
At Val Verde Unified School District in Riverside County, California, security and vigilance is everyone’s job, says Christopher Wynn, Chief of District Security.
Security continues to be a top priority in K-12 and higher education facilities across the country as school boards and administrations are looking for better and more cost-efficient means to protect students, personnel and assets.
According to an updated policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, school-based “suspicionless” drug testing does little to help identify kids who use drugs and get them into treatment programs.