Majority of teens afraid shooting could occur at their school

And in Arlington Heights, John Hersey High School principal Gordy Sisson said he and other administrators were prepared to dole out truancy consequences to any student absent from class for more than 20 minutes on Friday. On April 20, 1999, 12 students and one teacher were killed at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Friday’s protest is different in that students plan on walking out and not returning to school. But as of the end of last week, it appeared the joint venture was not going to come together. “The two communities don’t interact very much, and it’s a testament to the far-reaching nature of both the issue and the movement”.

Amid a national debate on gun control, most American teenagers say they are anxious about a shooting at their school, according to a Pew Research Center study released Wednesday.

Manhattan High School students can participate in another walkout calling for change on gun and school violence this week. Others are hosting “get out the vote” drives, helping students to register online to vote if they are of age.

“It’s just kind of disappointing to see that it’s been 19 years since that happened and we’re still having to deal with it in today’s society”, she said. It focused on the actions of former Deputy Scot Peterson, who was armed and assigned to the school but never went inside during the shooting.

“Our student-led National School Walkout Rally is so important, ” Golding said.

“I’m a child from the 60s; I’ve been there”, Sisson said.

When asked how effective various measures would be at preventing school shootings, 86% of teens say that prohibiting people with mental illnesses from purchasing guns and improving mental health screening and treatment would be effective. The NPP program aims to help underrepresented middle school and high school students through outreach in the LA and Pasadena area, according to the NPP website. “In fighting this, we need to take all aspects of gun violence into account”.

After the shooting in Parkland, 15-year-old Murdock began circulating an online petition with plans for a national walkout. Our School District has partnered with the School Police Department and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on an app that will allow students and community members to anonymously report concerns directly to law enforcement.

“We want to support our students’ right to engage in civic discourse, but we can’t support off campus activities”, Morgan Hill Unified spokeswoman Kimberly Beare said. “What’s interesting is most of the people who don’t want to walk out are saying it’s because they’re scared”. And now, two months and two national demonstrations after the shooting, they have kept the Parkland attack from going the way of many mass shootings in America – outpourings of grief and outrage, followed by hand-wringing, smoothed over with time.

Although no threat was made to the school, the KHSD Police Department was made aware and approached the student, then escorted the student to the vehicle where they found the firearm.

Union Community Schools Superintendent Travis Fleshner said officials were not aware of plans for a student walkout when The Courier contacted him.