Jones Elementary School now has a locked entryway that serves as a secure room for visitors to campus looking to be buzzed into the school. The entryway is locked off from the school itself.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 19, 2019
“By doing the security upgrades, we are just limiting access to anyone unless they really truly need to come into the building," Pikeland School District Superintendent Paula Hawley said.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 19, 2019
The district is working with the Sweethearts and Heroes program, which is designed to empower victims and bystanders to take a stand and change a negative experience into a positive one.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 19, 2019
"We aren’t trying to be big and bad. We just want to make sure if in the unlikely event, that something goes down, we have the right people with the right tools to get that job done,” Principal Dr. Bill Jones said.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 15, 2019
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office and Sycamore Township Fire Department helped the school facilitate the interactive drill, which included an intruder entering the building, police responding and firing blanks, students evaluating the situation and first responders helping those who were labeled as being injured.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 15, 2019
No one was injured and a suspect is in custody, police and school officials said.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 15, 2019
The Lockport City School District is exploring additions to its security policy that includes facial recognition software.
- By Sydny Shepard
- February 14, 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
According to police, the gunman entered the school just after noon and shot special education assistant Michael Marks. The 56-year-old victim remains in serious condition and the 25-year-old gunman is in police custody.
- By Jessica Davis
- February 13, 2019