A group sued a Jacksonville district for arming school safety assistants, but the district said it was just trying to meet standards set by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act.
- By Haley Samsel
- October 31, 2019
Hackers infected servers used by the San Bernardino City Unified School District with ransomware, making it one of the latest school districts to be targeted.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 30, 2019
A threatening snap sent out over the weekend to high school students has parents uneasy about sending their children to the Virginia high school.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 30, 2019
The app, Covert Alert, uses voice-activated phrases to send the user’s exact location to five contacts and begins a live audio recording of what’s going on around you.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 29, 2019
Duncanville High School enhanced its security measures on Monday after two students were put in police custody for making a threat against the school on Sunday.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 29, 2019
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.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 28, 2019
Carmel Clay Schools is offering parents of students an opportunity to learn more about school safety procedures through a free safety academy.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 25, 2019
Brown University's newspaper polled over 1,000 students to find out how safe they feel on and off campus after dark.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 25, 2019
The Department of Justice awarded more than $85.3 million in safety grants to bolster school security—including funding to educate and train students and faculty—and support first responders who arrive on the scene of a school shooting or other violent incident.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 24, 2019
An Ohio man left a note in a restaurant that warned of an active shooter and multiple bombs at two high schools. However, it was just a ploy to divert police officers' attention from his plans to rob a bank.
- By Sherelle Black
- October 24, 2019