Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange and Police Chief Ernest Finely confirmed to WSFA 12 News on Wednesday that the suspects taken into custody range from 14 to 18 years old. All of the suspects are students at Lee High School.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 28, 2019
“You must create a safe environment,” Superintendent Tom Russell said. “We want students to feel safe and we will not tolerate violence on a campus or our students involved with it.”
- By Jessica Davis
- February 26, 2019
Texas City Independent School District has made big, bold changes to its campus security and safety following the May 18, 2018, shooting at Santa Fe High School, which left nine students and one teacher dead. “It had a huge impact on us,” Superintendent of Texas City Schools Rodney Cavness said. “That’s real close to us.”
- By Jessica Davis
- February 25, 2019
Several changes have been made in Florida following the mass shooting that killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
- By Sydny Shepard
- February 14, 2019
“We try to keep vigilant at the synagogue, and it’s not new, not necessarily since the Pittsburgh attacks, but we’ve been vigilant there ever since 9/11,” Etz Chaim Synagogue President Dr. Scott Ackerman said.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 13, 2019
A 15-year-old student from a private school in Huntsville, Ala., spent two days blending into the student body of a crosstown high school and attending classes last month.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 11, 2019
Most people are at a loss when trying to relate to the horrors and fear associated with a school or workplace shooting.
- By Kirk Ferguson
- February 01, 2019
Concerns about school safety have increased in the wake of an altercation at Davidson High on Friday at about 9 p.m. after a basketball game. Two people were shot, and the suspect is currently at-large.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 31, 2019
At the time of the shooting, Marshall County High School only had one resource officer; Lovett has hired four more for the county since then. Three of the SROs primarily work at the high school and two are stationed at the middle schools but rotate to the various elementary schools.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 28, 2019
According to St. Lucie Public Schools Superintendent Wayne Gent, schools now have a single entrance point, and larger campuses have changed the way students access the campus. All fences are being raised to at least 6 feet high and visitor protocol stricter.
- By Jessica Davis
- January 18, 2019