Threats to community safety are real.
Our Unfortunate Reality
“Mass shootings have been occurring more frequently in recent years, an FBI study shows, with nearly one incident a month from 2000 to 2013.”
“Expecting educators to plan a counterattack against an armed intruder is unrealistic, he added. ‘Cops don’t think like teachers, and teachers don’t think like cops,’ he said.”
“School officials and security experts say that the lockdowns are a modest and sensible effort to guard against the unthinkable, and that they have helped keep students safe, calm and organized during shootings and emergencies. And dozens of times every month, the drills become reality.”
“For students across the country, lockdowns have become a fixture of the school day, the duck-and-cover drills for a generation growing up in the shadow of Columbine High School in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.”
Those Affected
Westside Middle School
Arkansas
Thomas Jefferson High
New York
Sandy Hook Elementary
Connecticut
Taft Union High
California
East Carter High
Kentucky
Central Junior High
Wyoming
Virgina Tech
Virginia
Ford Middle School
Massachusetts
University of Arizona
Arizona
Ricori High
Minnesota
Arapahoe High
Colorado
Florida State University
Florida
Frontier Middle
Washington
University of Iowa
Iowa
Santa Monica College
California
Brashear High
Pennsylvania
South Carolina State University
South Carolina
Columbine High
Colorado
Seattle Pacific University
Washington
Red Lake High
Minnesota
Campbell County High
Tennessee
Platte Canyon High
Colorado
Purdue University
Indiana
University of Texas at Austin
Texas
Garfield High
Washington
Northern Illinois University
Illinois
Blackville-Hilda High
South Carolina
Richland High
Tennessee
Parker Middle School
Pennsylvania
Thurston High
Oregon
Bethel Regional High
Alaska
University of Central Arkansas
Arkansas
Santana High School
California
Lindhurst High
California
Simons Rock College
Massachusetts
University of Arkansas
Arkansas
Heritage High
Georgia
Granite Hills High
California
Louisiana Technical College
Louisiana
Hampton University
Virginia
Discovery Middle
Alabama
Widener University
Pennsylvania
Marysville Pilchuck High
Washington
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Alabama
Chardon High
Ohio
San Diego State University
Califronia
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania
Heath High
Kentucky
Oikos University
California
Deer Creek Middle
Littleton
Mumford High
Michigan
Reynolds High
Oregon
Millard South High
Nebraska
Rosemary Anderson High
Oregon