With the rising number of school shootings and a lack of meaningful legislation to curb gun violence, schools and parents are attempting to take safety into their own hands.
Gun violence has changed day-to-day life in and out of the classroom, with more time and resources being funneled into preparing for worst-case scenarios.
While some school districts invest in additional safety measures, such as easy-to-exit emergency windows, some parents are adding bulletproof backpacks to their children’s back-to-school shopping lists.
Please help put parents in charge of their child’s education by forwarding this article to other parents, family, friends and voters.
American classrooms increase safety measures due to school shootings
- by: Annette Choi, Tal Yellin, Selwyn Rocha and Curt Merrill
- 2023-09-22
- Source:
CNN
- 09/22/2023
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