Tag: School Safety
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‘Kids look to their parents’ — experts urge calm, routine after Evergreen shooting
The adolescent brain craves routine and structure. And in the aftermath of a school shooting, mental health experts said keeping life as predictable as possible is a key strategy for helping students recover. “We want to keep the structure in place that helps our kids and our families feel a sense of control,” said Monica…
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EDITORIAL: Stop letting weapons into children’s schools
The police chief of Madison, Wis., had the horrible task of addressing the public within hours of the country’s latest school shooting Monday. His unfortunate and emotional view of metal detectors should change the way we proceed with school safety. Authorities say 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow killed two fellow students and injured six before taking her…
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Dozens of ‘hoax’ school bomb threats hit Colorado schools, synagogues
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Dozens of schools across Colorado received bomb threats Tuesday morning, which prompted many of them to evacuate, the Kiowa County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Synagogues in the Denver and Boulder also received threats, according to reports from Denver Gazette news partner KUSA. Spokesperson Vikki Migoya with the FBI Denver field office on…
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Gov. Polis pledges to improve school safety at state summit
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Gov. Jared Polis vowed to improve students’ mental and physical safety in classrooms while speaking at Colorado’s annual School Safety Summit on Thursday. Colorado is no stranger to school tragedies, from the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, to the STEM School Highlands Ranch mass shooting in 2019, to the string of shootings outside of Aurora…
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Commerce City boy missing since Monday found safe
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A Commerce City boy reported missing since Monday has returned home, according to an Adams 14 School District administrator. Emmanuel Melgar was reported missing from Adams City High School on Monday after police responded to a report of a gun on the campus. In an initial release, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation said he may…