But several districts including Poland and Boardman told WFMJ news that allowing students to walk out of the schools during an advertised time and date violates their safety protocols.
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“The one thing that bothers me the most.is how I saw the boy in the door and we couldn’t let him in and that just hurts a lot”, said Siccone, who is 15. Grief counselors therapy dogs were on site.
“This affects them even though shootings have not happened here in the Triangle area, and students need a space to express themselves”, Price said. “So that was very upsetting”.
Willmar Superintendent Jeff Holm said the district conducts safety reviews with the Willmar Police Department and the school resource officers.
Students like sophomore Liam Kiernan are grateful for the love and support.
“We regularly review all of our emergency preparedness issues”, Berdos said.
“For us there is a hole in our family”.
The modified schedule will continue Thursday and Friday, Runcie said.
Fitzgerald said the district does not have a policy specifically pertaining to walkouts, “however, we do have an attendance policy that requires students to be present at school, or the absence may be counted unexcused”. About four of 215 employees have asked for information on additional employment options, he added.
“School shouldn’t be a war zone, you shouldn’t associate guns and bullets and death tolls with school”, Steinhardt said. “I think there are obvious red flags, especially in the Florida school shooting, that guy shouldn’t have been able to have a gun and I think that’s important to know that we don’t disagree with that, we don’t believe that guns should be a free for all for everybody”.
Parkland, Florida, high school shooting survivors return to class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School for first time since massacre.
The specific nature of the threats were not made public, although the 16-year-old boy, a former student, was charged with second-degree aggravated harassment and third-degree falsely reporting an incident following investigation by the sheriff’s office.
“March for Our Lives” protests have been scheduled for March 24 in Washington, D.C., and more than 175 cities around the country, including Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
All but 170 of the school’s almost 3,300 students returned to classes, an attendance rate of 95 percent. “Kids are bringing laundry baskets and stuff”, student Sheldon Ratchford said, via the Miami Herald after Marion High School in IL changed its policy to only allow see-through backpacks on school grounds.
Dozens of police officers lined the sidewalks saying “Good morning” to each student and former students, neighbours and their children turned out to show their support.
“I’m like a lion, and I’m going to go out there, and I’m going to make sure every school is safe”, said Andrew Pollack, father of murdered senior Meadow Pollack.
Others said they don’t ever want to go back. “But I’m not mentally ready yet”.
Holliston police are investigating after a high school student allegedly took a BB gun to a basketball game in Hopkinton Tuesday night, authorities said.
“We were discussing whether or not we should attend Springfield’s event or host our own”, Burch said.
“The suspension didn’t matter to me”, Tessler said. “We’ve just got to keep going, remember the people that we lost and make the most of what we have here”.
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The debate over how to respond to the school shootings pulled in corporate America, with gun retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc yesterday saying it would no longer sell assault-style rifles, the type of weapon used in four of the five deadliest mass shootings by a single gunman in U.S. history, as well as Parkland.
