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The
deadliest K-12 grade school shoot-
ing in history still comes quickly to mind
- the December 2012 shooting in Sandy
Hook, CT.
Yet there have been at least 290* school
shootings in America since then, includ-
ing the most recent mass school shooting
at Stoneman Douglas High School in
Parkland, FL, that claimed 17 lives – that’s
nearly one every ten days.
A significant percentage of education-
al and healthcare campuses have an-
nounced they made, or plan to make, se-
curity upgrades in response to the rise
in school violence;
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ing more security personnel to install-
ing safety and security technologies, such
as such as metal detectors and shatter
resistant window film.
Investments in making schools
safer always pay off.
Knowing the differences in the types of
security programs; the role technology
can play, and acknowledgement that a
range of safety measures are most ef-
fective, helps officials have the right con-
versations with school boards, parents,
and students.
(The killing of 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in 1999 continues to shape how we view and
understand school shootings today.)
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