School Violence Concerns from Coast to Coast

In communities throughout the nation, awareness and sensitivity to signs and threats of school violence has intensified.

The picture painted in news headlines from the last 72 hours portrays violence as a normal, almost unavoidable occurrence in everyday American life.

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County Releases Report On School Violence
San Diego, CA – ... and a gang intervention program should be reinstated, among other things, according to a county grand jury report on school violence released Wednesday. ...
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Joint Police Training Exercise Gives Departments Practice for School Violence
Port Arthur, TX – It was enough to cause anyone concern ... and maybe even fear -- the sight of dozens of swat team officers near Port Arthur's Woodrow Wilson Middle School ...
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Ridgeway students fear threat, stay home
Memphis, TN – Nearly 1,100 of Ridgeway High School's 1,500 students didn't show up or were checked out of school Wednesday by parents concerned by a cascade of text messages warning of a possible shooting.
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FBI Trains Louisiana Police On School Violence
Baton Rouge, LA – The shootings at Virginia Tech University are one example of the instances of school campus violence studied by the FBI since the early 1920s. ...
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DUSD officials squash threats; Negative rumors permeate WCHS
Surprise, AZ – The police chief asked anyone with pertinent information regarding school violence to call law enforcement officials. “Do not think it is not important,” ...
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Police and school officials investigate alleged threat of violence at FMHS
Fort Madison, IA – Local authorities have been investigating a threat of violence allegedly made by two male students Monday at Fort Madison High School. ...
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Threats and rumors of violence spread throughout Gower
Gower, MO – When the school bells rang in Gower, the hallways were empty and classroom doors shut. School was called off for the day, and instead of learning, ...
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America must not allow a culture of violence and rage to continue to cut short the promise of our youth. Action is needed, an action expressed through a sense of urgency. Our survival demands a reawakening of the basic values of character in every community and classroom throughout the nation.