Gregory-Portland Independent School District officials said a high school student was arrested last week after reports of a pepper spray release inside a classroom.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 25, 2019
The volunteer committee working on finding ways to improve safety at Iowa City schools recommends adding a police presence to secondary schools and increasing resources for mental health services.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 24, 2019
The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office has placed two more school resource officers in Hardin County Schools, bringing the district’s total school resource officers to eight.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 24, 2019
Teachers in the Imbler School District are now able to send detailed emergency alert messages about on-campus crises via a smartphone app.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 24, 2019
The Hilo Medical Center is increasing emergency room security following a March 20 incident in which a patient allegedly stabbed three health care workers and punched another.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
Gaylord Community Schools in Michigan plans to use funds awarded by the state’s Competitive School Safety Grant Program to bolster entrance security at three district buildings.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
A project by Ohio University to add more than 400 security cameras to the residence halls on its Athens campus is nearing completion.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 23, 2019
Coppell Independent School District has implemented multiple new safety and security measures recently, and is encouraging parents to take advantage of resources to get them involved.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Durango School District 9-R has received a $1.1 million grant from the Colorado Division of Homeland Security to boost school security and safety.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation is creating its own police department, which will supplement the school resource officers already in place.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 22, 2019
Spring Lake Public Schools plan to use funds from a Michigan State Police school safety grant on equipment including bollards, shatter-resistant film and access control.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 19, 2019
Marion City Schools plans to spend just over $626,000 to upgrade video surveillance cameras in all eight of its buildings after a 2018 audit found that a majority of its current cameras were outdated.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 19, 2019
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University has set a new campus-wide curfew after a fight on campus.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 19, 2019
All Denver-area schools closed for a “credible threat” Wednesday will be open Thursday after the FBI said late Wednesday there was “no longer a threat to the community.”
- By Jessica Davis
- April 18, 2019
A new Kansas law will reduce the number of safety drills required in public and private schools from 16 to nine; four for fire, two for tornadoes and three for crisis lockdown situations.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 18, 2019
Under a new policy, students at Charles County Public Schools will have to keep their backpacks in their locker during the school day.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 18, 2019
Schools across the Denver area are closed today as a “massive manhunt” continues for a woman “infatuated with Columbine” who is said to be armed and “extremely dangerous,” according to police
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019
Chugiak High School is increasing security and adding more surveillance cameras to its campus to cover the additional 600 students moved to the campus after an earthquake rendered Gruening Middle School unsafe.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019
The Bentonville School District will be upgrading the emergency notification systems in most of its buildings as part of a project approved by the School Board on Monday.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019
The Teton County School District No. 1 board of trustees approved funding April 10 to purchase better locks for school buildings.
- By Jessica Davis
- April 17, 2019