A high school student fabricated a story about a classmate having a gun and threatening to shoot up the school, police said.
In response to a classroom shooting in the spring, UNC Charlotte will add security measures that include equipping non-locking classrooms with kits to secure doors, the school’s chancellor said in a statement released Friday.
The research advocates for a restorative justice approach to crisis prevention instead of doubling down on zero tolerance discipline policies.
A threatening snap sent out over the weekend to high school students has parents uneasy about sending their children to the Virginia high school.
An 8-year-old elementary student is being called a hero after he alerted security at his school that his classmate had shown him a gun in the bathroom.
A male student at La Habra High School in California was tackled by his classmates after he took out an unloaded gun in class.
Some schools are hosting active shooting trainings that involve shooting blanks, and requiring students to practice what to do in case a shooter were on campus. However, some are wondering if these drills are too much for students to handle.
Today’s schools, businesses and healthcare campuses are employing indoor shot detection to reduce or eliminate delays and errors common in victim- or witness-initiated responses to active shooter incidents. Adding this technology to a campus life safety system can help shorten the duration of an active shooter event.
The hearing is set for Thursday, a day after lawmakers and advocates gathered on Capitol Hill for a rally to fight gun violence.