Putting together the puzzle: School teams assess threats
5 years, 7 months ago

Putting together the puzzle: School teams assess threats

Associated Press  

There were so many questions after 17-year-old Ely Serna brought a shotgun to his Ohio school and opened fire in 2017, wounding two. Schools like McGill’s have been setting up teams to assess threats posed by students who display signs of violence, like another Ohio student, Connor Betts, who compiled a “hit list” years ago in high school and went on to kill nine people in a weekend shooting in Dayton. “They put the pieces together and look at all these moving parts together, put the puzzle together,” said Mac Hardy, operations director for the National Association of School Resource Officers. “It’s not like you take an action and you’re cured.” Schools are coming under pressure to have threat assessment systems in place because of new state laws and court rulings that have held school systems liable, according to Stephen Brock, a professor at the School Psychology program at California State University, Sacramento. “Whether or not a school board or principal actually follows through, I don’t think anybody knows,” he said.

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First came the warning signs. Then a teen opened fire on a Nashville school.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

First came the warning signs. Then a teen opened fire on a Nashville school.

Raw Story  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. School officials responded by suspending Henderson for two days, according to WSMV-TV, which obtained a disciplinary record that refers to the weapon as a “box cutter.” Two months after that, in December 2024, a user on X flagged one of Henderson’s accounts and tagged the FBI, encouraging the agency to look into his …

'More work to be done': Teams tasked with stopping school shootings riddled with problems
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'More work to be done': Teams tasked with stopping school shootings riddled with problems

Raw Story  

Max Schachter wanted to be close to his son Alex on his birthday, July 9, so he watched old videos of him. Yet, Dewey Cornell, a forensic clinical psychologist who in 2001 developed one of the first sets of guidelines for school threat assessment teams, said there have been problems. Stephanie Crawford-Goetz, a school psychologist and the director of mental …

Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence
3 months, 1 week ago

Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence

CNN  

CNN — To help avert potential school violence, students and staff need to know certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more than 20 years. Make sure students can report …

December 17, 2024, Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting news
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55 years, 2 months ago

December 17, 2024, Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting news

CNN  

To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more than 20 years. “We’re still seeing significant changes, but …

Increase in concerns over pupils self-harming reported by school governors
1 year, 6 months ago

Increase in concerns over pupils self-harming reported by school governors

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Governing boards, trustees and academy committee members noted a rise in self-harm concerns, with …

Security protocols leave threat responses up to schools
3 years, 3 months ago

Security protocols leave threat responses up to schools

Associated Press  

School systems nationwide rely on high-level expertise from the U.S. Secret Service and others as they work to stay vigilant for signs of potential student violence, training staff, surveilling social media and urging others to tip them off. “There is no such thing as the perfect school safety and crisis response protocol,” said Stephen Brock, a lead author on the …

TikTok posts referencing violence raise anxiety at schools
3 years, 3 months ago

TikTok posts referencing violence raise anxiety at schools

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Some parents kept their children home, police stepped up patrols and educators tightened security protocols Friday in response to viral TikTok posts alluding to unconfirmed threats of violence that raised anxiety levels at schools nationwide. In a tweet, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it did not “have any information indicating any specific, credible threats to …

Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok
3 years, 3 months ago

Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok

Associated Press  

Educators announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country Friday as officials assured parents the viral posts were not considered credible. “We have been made aware of a nationwide viral TikTok trend about ‘school shooting and bomb threats for every school in the USA even elementary’ on …

Educators report a rise in school threats, fights and misbehavior, and blame COVID
3 years, 3 months ago

Educators report a rise in school threats, fights and misbehavior, and blame COVID

LA Times  

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Supt. Ben Drati sent a message to his school community clarifying that a social media threat at Santa Monica High School was investigated and not related to threats at other schools, including Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. On Sunday night, police arrested a Buena Park High School student after he allegedly shared a photo …

Students charged in school threats face court hearings
3 years, 3 months ago

Students charged in school threats face court hearings

Associated Press  

DETROIT — Nine Detroit-area students face hearings before juvenile court referees accused of making threats against schools in the wake of a shooting at Oxford High School in Oakland County that left four students dead. “Upon conviction, a judge will fashion a sentence considering the crime committed, and the rehabilitation of the juvenile offender.” On Nov. 30, 10 students and …

Op-Ed: The rise in school shooting threats is alarming — and a cry for help
3 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: The rise in school shooting threats is alarming — and a cry for help

LA Times  

A rally in Chicago on March 24, 2018, held in tandem with a Washington, D.C., march spearheaded by students from Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 14 students and three teachers were shot and killed weeks earlier. In September, a record 151 school shooting threats were made, up from a three-year average of 29 for the month. These statistics …

Garland says authorities will target school board threats
3 years, 5 months ago

Garland says authorities will target school board threats

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday directed federal authorities to hold strategy sessions in the next 30 days with law enforcement to address the increasing threats targeting school board members, teachers and other employees in the nation’s public schools. In a memorandum, Garland said there has been “a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against …

The Justice Department will address threats against school officials and staff
3 years, 5 months ago

The Justice Department will address threats against school officials and staff

NPR  

The Justice Department will address threats against school officials and staff Enlarge this image toggle caption Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has directed federal authorities to meet with local law enforcement over the next month to discuss strategies for addressing the increase in "harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board members, teachers …

School boards ask for federal help as tensions rise over Covid-19 policies
3 years, 5 months ago

School boards ask for federal help as tensions rise over Covid-19 policies

Live Mint  

An organization representing school boards across the U.S. is asking the federal government to help manage an influx of threats as tensions over Covid-19 safety protocols mount during the third academic year of the pandemic. In a letter to President Biden Thursday, the National School Boards Association pointed to more than 20 instances of threats, harassment and acts of intimidation …

School board group asks US for help policing threats
3 years, 5 months ago

School board group asks US for help policing threats

Associated Press  

A group representing school board members around the country asked President Joe Biden on Thursday for federal assistance to investigate and stop threats made over policies including mask mandates, likening the vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism. The request by the National School Boards Association demonstrates the level of unruliness that has engulfed local education meetings across the country …

School board group asks for federal help to stop threats and violence in debates on Covid and critical race theory
3 years, 5 months ago

School board group asks for federal help to stop threats and violence in debates on Covid and critical race theory

CNN  

CNN — A group representing national school board associations asked President Joe Biden and the federal government on Wednesday to help look into threats against school board members and educators to see if laws were broken regarding bullying, hate crimes, or domestic terror, as anger around masks and critical race theory have boiled over around the country. “America’s public schools …

Parkland dad: The call for officers to be removed from schools is a mistake (Opinion)
4 years, 9 months ago

Parkland dad: The call for officers to be removed from schools is a mistake (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Ryan Petty is a board member of Stand with Parkland, a national organization committed to advocating for practical public safety reforms focused on the safety of children and staff at school, improved mental health support and responsible firearms ownership. Stand with Parkland – The National Association of Families for Safe Schools, founded by families of the students and …

US school taskforces to detect pupils at risk of launching mass shootings after Dayton gunman drew up ‘hit list’
5 years, 7 months ago

US school taskforces to detect pupils at risk of launching mass shootings after Dayton gunman drew up ‘hit list’

The Independent  

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Researcher: Threat assessments crucial to prevent school shootings
6 years, 10 months ago

Researcher: Threat assessments crucial to prevent school shootings

Salon  

Editor’s note: This article was adapted from testimony the author gave on March 20, 2018 at a school safety forum convened on Capitol Hill by U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott and House Democrats. One of the best ways to make schools safer is to use threat assessments — a tool developed by law enforcement to protect public figures. In my opinion …

DeVos: On school safety, inaction is not an option (Opinion)
7 years ago

DeVos: On school safety, inaction is not an option (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Betsy DeVos is the US secretary of education. Betsy DeVos c/o US Department of Education Since the tragedy, President Donald Trump has convened students, parents, teachers, school leaders, mental health and law enforcement professionals who have been affected by violence to identify ways in which schools truly can be made safer. In addition, the President has called on …

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