Sentences with phrase «armed staff in schools»

Armed staff in schools can sow distrust between students and school staff, criminalize students, and further heighten tensions on campus.

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Included in the proposals is a contentious, $ 67 million voluntary program to arm school staff, including teachers, trained by law enforcement to carry concealed weapons on campus.

TALLAHASSEE — For the first time in two decades, the Republican - controlled Legislature passed Wednesday night major gun - control measures while also agreeing to arm some teachers and other school staff.

Recent school safety proposals introduced after Parkland — like potentially arming some teachers and staff — also ignore that students of color, especially black students, are more likely to face discipline and punishment in schools than their white peers, and that many of these disparities could be exacerbated by recent proposals to arm teachers or increase school security.

On Tuesday, the Broward County School Board voted unanimously against arming school staff in the disSchool Board voted unanimously against arming school staff in the disschool staff in the district.

The staff at J.J. «Jake» Pickle Elementary and Mendez Middle School welcomed us with open arms, and answered our many questions about why BIC is a priority in Austin ISD, and how schools are making the program not just work, but succeed.

«We should not expect teachers or other members of school staff to also serve as armed guards,» said Nicole Lesser, volunteer co-leader with the New York chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

On Friday, National Rifle Association president Wayne LaPierre called for more guns in the wake of last week's shooting, proposing to put an armed guard in all schools to protect students and staff.

The budget also has $ 67 million for arming school staff, $ 8 million in pay raises for juvenile detention and probation officers and a 36 percent pay increase for Florida Supreme Court justices who will now make more than $ 220,000 annually.

«There are probably many things we could do to make our schools safer, including having more trained law enforcement personnel in our schools as resource officers, but the Lieutenant Governor does not believe that we should require other school personnel to be armed,» Ibbie Hedrick, deputy chief of staff for Bolling, said via e-mail.

With computing now in its second year as part of the English National Curriculum, Maria Quevedo, director of the UK arm of the not - for - profit Code Club, details the benefits that running extra-curricular computing clubs can offer schools, staff and pupils alike.

President Donald Trump again lobbied for increased school security measures, including armed staff, in a meeting with congressional lawmakers from both parties on Feb. 28.

President Donald Trump repeated his proposal to arm well - trained school staff to intervene in the event of a mass school shooting, earning roaring applause in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Armed with this information, staff members at the school district, city, and partner organizations have been developing strategies and practices that give both dropouts and at - risk students a web of increased support and services, including providing dropout - prevention specialists in several high schools, establishing accelerated - learning programs for older students who are behind on credits, and implementing reading programs for older students whose skills are well below grade level.

In one case, armed police officers with weapons drawn burst into a Florida middle school, terrifying staff and students alike....

One district deeply riven by the impact of efforts to dismantle public education is the Spooner Area School District in northwest Wisconsin, where parents, teachers and students have been up in arms over staff cuts, increasing class sizes and other indignities.

Because TFA, which places idealistic young teachers in tough - to - staff schools, takes funding from the Walton Foundation, which of course is the philanthropic arm of Walmart, which, according to USAS, is trying to privatize public education, which it shouldn't do because it will cost the teachers unions countless members, which will destroy their bottom line... or something like that.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A state board voted Wednesday to allow 13 school districts in Arkansas to continue using teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards, despite a warning from the state's top attorney that the licensing law they relied upon was intended for private businesses.

Our state's elected officials have approved a bill that provides funding to arm school staff, including teachers, coaches, librarians and counselors, while dramatically increasing funding for police and high level surveillance security in schools.

On February 14th, 19 year - old Nikolas Cruz entered his former high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, armed with an AR - 15 rifle and proceeded to murder 17 students and staff before he fled the scene and was quickly apprehschool, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, armed with an AR - 15 rifle and proceeded to murder 17 students and staff before he fled the scene and was quickly apprehSchool in Parkland, Florida, armed with an AR - 15 rifle and proceeded to murder 17 students and staff before he fled the scene and was quickly apprehended.

NASP joins virtually every other organization representing school and safety professionals in recognizing that arming school staff is wrong.

«Our students need more books, art and music programs, nurses and school counselors; they do not need more guns in their classrooms,» Eskelsen García said after Trump, in a listening session at the White House, proposed to arm teachers and school staff in an attempt to prevent mass shootings.

PARKLAND, Fla. - A nation's outrage has been aimed at Broward Sheriff's Office Deputy Scot Peterson, who stood armed outside for four minutes, while Nikolas Cruz slaughtered students and staff inside with his AR - 15 rifle in the 1200 building of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, but recently released radio transmissions and dispatch records show there were several other breakdowns in BSO's response.

A vote Wednesday in the Florida Senate scaled back the program to arm school staff, but not classroom teachers.

Signs in front of the schools warn visitors that some staff members are armed and «may use whatever force is necessary to protect our students.»

Furthermore, our RCT used specific strategies to ensure the delivery of high - quality program content and process in both study arms: instructors were trained, experienced, and dedicated mindfulness and health education instructors who brought expertise regarding program content and delivery; the mindfulness curriculum was previously tested and had been adapted from the evidence - based MBSR program8, 10; communication between program and Elev8 staff was supported by weekly meetings; and the community partnership functioned effectively to navigate challenges that arose related to logistics, school administration, and implementation.