In an age where school shootings are coming commonplace, something like a student skipping class could trigger a school to go into lockdown.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 19, 2019
Still dealing with the Thursday’s mass shooting at Saugus High School, the Santa Clarita Valley Station detectives and school resource deputies are having to also investigate “multiple false threats against local schools.”
- By Sherelle Black
- November 18, 2019
A 13-year-old male was arrested Saturday after law enforcement learned he was planning to “shoot up the school with guns.”
- By Sherelle Black
- November 18, 2019
All classes and activities for the Benton Community School District in Iowa have been cancelled through Sunday while the FBI and local enforcement investigate a potential threat.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 15, 2019
After seeking and obtaining community feedback on whether to arm its civilian school guards, the Durango School District in Colorado decided against doing so on Thursday.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 14, 2019
Lone Star High School in Frisco, Texas went on lockdown Wednesday morning after it was reported that 17-year-old Gavin Frederick Golden had brought a gun onto a school bus.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 14, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to put an end to active shooter drills in schools as he says they do more harm than good.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 13, 2019
Between a snow storm and a bomb threat made against Stockbridge Junior/Senior High School in Michigan on Monday, students were evacuated from the campus that morning.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 13, 2019
The Supreme Court denied an appeal Tuesday from Remington Arms Co., the maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, that would have shielded them from potential liability from the shooting.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 12, 2019
Over the next year, Florida A&M University students will see several safety improvements around the campus, including hundreds of new cameras and pedestrian enhancements.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 12, 2019
In the most comprehensive study of deadly school attacks since the Columbine tragedy in 1999, the U.S. Secret Service found that most students who committed campus attacks were bullied and had a history of disciplinary issues that went unreported.
- By Haley Samsel
- November 08, 2019
Cal State LA had to increase security at its library after somebody made a threat to shoot it up.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 07, 2019
A high school student fabricated a story about a classmate having a gun and threatening to shoot up the school, police said.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 06, 2019
A newly introduced federal bill seeks to heighten security at American schools by encouraging districts to adopt social media monitoring programs.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 06, 2019
Colorado’s School Safety Committee pushed forward legislation that could better address students’ behavioral health needs. Lawmakers left guns out of the conversation largely for the sake of bipartisanship.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 05, 2019
Police in a Detroit suburb are seeking criminal charges against students suspected of making masked threats against a Catholic high school on social media.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 05, 2019
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.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 04, 2019
A new Florida law is requiring that all school district-ran schools have at least one armed school resource officer and the Broward County School District just agreed to spend $3.4 million to abide by that law.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 04, 2019
Beaumont ISD has partnered with Gaggle to help monitor students' activities online such as signs of bullying, depression and inappropriate behavior.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 01, 2019
Multiple students responsible for spreading “falsified, and in some cases doctored,” social media posts referencing a threat to North Cobb High School this week have been identified and will face criminal charges.
- By Sherelle Black
- November 01, 2019