Issue Position: School Safety

Issue Position

#1 SCHOOL SAFETY

Today's children are our future. We are obligated to guide them, teach them, and protect them while they are absorbing all they can in school. They should not have to worry about someone coming into what should be a safe environment, and causing them harm, up to and including death. Those last few words should make you shudder and I pray I never have to deal with this in my lifetime in this district. As I write this tonight we had our first media covered school threat. I pray for the student who made the threat, and I pray for the family involved. However this behavior and talk is not accepted or tolerated today. This student know faces consequences, from the school district, from law enforcement, and from the parents. I applaud our students who came forward and fought for their school. We will not take these threats lightly, regardless if the student is "joking" or not.

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