

this shows how sad school violence is and what you can do instead.
| Help police prevent school violence (The Lafayette Daily Advertiser) Last year, the Lafayette Police Department announced a goal of having a school resource officer on every middle and high school campus in the parish by the beginning of the 2008-09 school year. At the time the goal was announced, an Advertiser study showed that Lafayette had far fewer SROs than many other school districts. |
| Anti-violence group questions school gun policy (The Daily Texan) An anti-gun organization released a report this month questioning the legality of a controversial decision made by one North Texas school district allowing teachers to carry concealed handguns in the classroom. The Harrold Independent School District applied a Texas penal code to authorize school employees to carry firearms. |
| Gastonia school threat a hoax, police say (The Charlotte Observer) An Internet posting threatening violence against Gastonia's Ashbrook High School was a prank, authorities said Sunday. Gastonia police working with sheriff's deputies and the FBI traced the bulletin board post to a juvenile's computer in New Jersey. The suspect wrote: ?Aug. 25 is the first day of my senior year in high school? I've been planning this for awhile, and I'm going to go through ... |
| Police, fire departments join school districts in discussing crisis plans (The Arizona Republic) The Scottsdale Police Department brought together 100 participants from police, Scottsdale Fire Department, and the Scottsdale and Cave Creek Unified School Districts for a roundtable discussion on mock school violence scenarios last week at Scottsdale's Granite Reef Senior Center. |
| Pa. Education Dept. Report Shows Spike in School Violence (KYW News Radio 1060) The latest numbers from the state education department show a jump in violent incidents in Pennsylvania schools. These are figures from 2006-07, the latest available from the state's Department of Education. |
