West Bridgewater police will increase their presence at the town’s schools Tuesday after students allegedly made prank phone calls to local businesses threatening to shoot up a school, even using an app to mimic the sounds of gunfire.
The students were on a bus from the Howard Elementary and Spring Street schools around 3:10 p.m. Monday when they called local businesses and pretended they were present at a school shooting, the West Bridgewater Police Department said in a news release. The students also threatened violence toward a school, police alleged.
11-year-old suspended after reporting student with bullet, 'wasn't quick enough'
By WKRCF, Sept. 13, 2024
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WKRC) - An 11-year-old boy was allegedly suspended after he reported that a fellow student brought a bullet to school because he did not make the report "quick enough."
The family of an 11-year-old student at the St. John the Apostle School in Virginia Beach are upset because they said their son was punished after he reported one of his peers for bringing a bullet to class.
According to the family, the boy saw the bullet right before the class was going to begin a two-hour test and decided to wait until after the test to report it.
One in five Delaware teachers have been injured by a student on the job, and about two in five have had to clear their classrooms... Those are just two of the findings in a survey of more than 1,000 members of the Delaware State Education Association.
A majority of educators also said they were losing at least six hours of direct instruction time each month due to disruptions caused by student behaviors. Three out of five educators who were surveyed also said they were more likely to retire or leave the profession because of student behavioral issues.
In Colorado the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld the adjudication of a student who challenged the search of his backpack, in which educators found “a bag containing a loaded pistol.” An SRO then took over the search. In addition to the gun, the SRO found an extended magazine and two loose 9-millimeter rounds.” The student asserted that his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution were violated because “because the tip and photograph on which (the school) relied were anonymous and stale.” Initially, an outside detective informed the SROs that the student was a person of interest in the investigation of a campus incident. Believing that a current student was involved in the incident, the detective “sent a photo to the SROs showing two individuals pointing guns toward the camera.” The school police and two administrators “recognized (the student) as one of the individuals in the photo… escorted him to (Administrator’s) office…to search his backpack.” The appellate court agreed that the motion to suppress was properly denied because after New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985) “the school setting requires some easing of the restrictions to which searches by public authorities are ordinarily subject.” The appellate court also ruled that “the tip and photograph were not from an anonymous source,” affirming that “the juvenile court did not err by concluding the tip and photograph provided the (school officials and the police officials) with reasonable suspicion to conduct the search.” People In Int. of A.H.H.
In Georgia, the State School superintendent is proposing additional state funding for school safety initiatives after the campus shooting at Apalachee High School. The legislature will be asked to provide funding for a school resource officer and a crisis alert system in every Georgia school.
In Ohio, the legislature is being asked to require staff at public and charter schools to wear panic warning devices starting next school year. The provisions of Senate Bill 313 require that “the alarm system must be integrated with technology used by local law enforcement to route 911 and school lockdown calls.”
In Texas, officials in the Dallas ISD are revising safety policies in response to concerns and incidents at sporting events. There will be “more officers patrolling the games and (using) metal detectors at entrances.” Students will be required to display an ID badge for entry “if they attend district-hosted games without a parent or guardian.”
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Registration Now Open: 2024 National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security
Sept. 25-26, 2024, noon-3 p.m. daily | Virtual
You are invited to join the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Sept. 25 and 26 for the 2024 National Summit on K-12 School Safety and Security. This virtual event brings together K-12 school leaders and practitioners to discuss and share actionable recommendations that enhance safe and supportive learning environments.
Registration is now open for the 2024 Summit. This year’s event will feature panel discussions, sessions and keynote speakers covering violence prevention, emergency planning, youth online safety, student mental wellness, K-12 cybersecurity, and student interventions and support. These sessions are designed to foster a nationwide dialogue on some of the most critical school safety issues, as well as equip school stakeholders and personnel with resources, training and best practices to apply in their local K-12 communities.
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This symposium goes beyond a typical conference; it's an immersive learning experience that brings together individuals from across the country who are passionate about keeping their schools and communities safe.
Don't miss two days of inspiring keynotes, training on the Standard Response Protocol (SRP) and Standard Reunification Method (SRM), and ample opportunities for networking with foundation staff and peers in the school and community safety space. This is an amazing chance to gain actionable insights into enhancing the safety of your organization and those in it.
The National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center at the University of Nebraska Omaha was tasked to examine the current state and promising practices of threat assessment and threat management programs by the Department of Homeland Security. More specifically, this effort seeks to evaluate current programs to better understand the need, utilization and efficacy of these tools and models. This objective was met via three deliverables. An examination of 23 meta-analyses, comprising 2,108 individual studies that include more than 1 million participants, the "Threat/Risk Assessment Literature Review" provides a comprehensive framing of what threat and risk assessment entails, the effectiveness of these assessments, and the potential implications of these assessments at preventing or mitigating targeted violence. "Threat Assessment Interviews: Threat Assessment Practices in the Field" provides a more detailed understanding of how threat and risk assessment professionals are using these tools in their day-to-day work along with any challenges that may impact the tools' effectiveness. Lastly, "What Works in Threat and Risk Assessment, for Whom, and in What Circumstances? The State of the Evidence" acts as a supplementary document to the overall "Threat/Risk Assessment Literature Review." This document examines if these tools have worked, how they worked, what conditions are needed for success, what needs to be implemented, and the cost of using these tools.
