McCrory Unveils Safer Schools Initiative
Governor Pat McCrory has introduced a new initiative to improve school security. He has created the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools within the state Department of Public Safety. McCrory says...
View ArticleHouse Lawmakers Sponsor School Safety Bill
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the state House is behind a school safety bill that would add more law enforcement officers and social workers to schools.
View ArticleWake County Sheriff Encourages Creation Of School Police Force
Wake County’s sheriff, Donnie Harrison, is urging the School Board to create its own police force. Harrison made the comments as part of a report to the Wake School Board on school security.He says...
View ArticleWinston-Salem And Forsyth County Education Update
In the wake of a school shooting at Carver High School in Winston-Salem, parents and students are raising concerns about school safety. The school board will discuss the matter at their meeting this...
View ArticleWake County Sheriff Encourages Creation Of School Police Force
Wake County’s sheriff, Donnie Harrison, is urging the School Board to create its own police force. Harrison made the comments as part of a report to the Wake School Board on school security. He says...
View ArticleWinston-Salem And Forsyth County Education Update
In the wake of a school shooting at Carver High School in Winston-Salem, parents and students are raising concerns about school safety. The school board will discuss the matter at their meeting this...
View ArticleJust In Case: Officials Want North Carolinians To Practice Earthquake Drills
Earthquakes are rare in North Carolina, but they happen. So the North Carolina Department of Public Safety is asking businesses and schools across the state to practice earthquake drills today. The...
View ArticleFour Area Kids Hit, Troopers Crack Down On Drivers Who Illegally Pass Stopped...
The North Carolina Highway Patrol is on the lookout for motorists who illegally pass a stopped school bus. The week-long enforcement campaign is called Operation Stop Arm . Lieutenant Jeff Gordon says...
View ArticleSpeaker Moore To Create House Committee On School Safety
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is expected to form a new House committee on school safety on Tuesday. That comes days after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, left 17 people dead.
View ArticlePoll Finds Most NC Teachers Don't Want To Carry Guns
State Superintendent Mark Johnson is asking teachers whether or not they would like to be armed. So far, most say no. Johnson sent an informal, online poll in an email to all of the about 100,000...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Teachers Don’t Want To Carry Guns, And Churches Don’t Want To...
Since the Valentine’s Day shooting at a Florida high school, President Donald Trump says teachers should be armed. Last week North Carolina State Superintendent Mark Johnson polled teachers around the...
View ArticleRockingham County Sheriff Wants Armed Volunteers In Schools
There have been more than 10 school shootings in the country so far this year. As the gun debate rages on Capitol Hill, students around the country have taken things into their own hands staging...
View ArticleThe Fight For School Safety: Students Rebel
Since the mass school shooting in Columbine, America has seemed almost powerless against rogue gunmen attacking defenseless suburban schools. After the tragic killings at Sandy Hook Elementary School...
View ArticleNC Legislators Convene First School Safety Committee Meeting
The North Carolina General Assembly’s answer to the Parkland shooting and a still-simmering national conversation about school safety began Wednesday with a legislative committee. The House Select...
View ArticleNC Students To Join Fight 'For Their Lives'
This Saturday, students across North Carolina will join their peers from around the nation, yet again, to call for safer schools.
View ArticleSome NC Schools Want More Officers To Patrol Hallways. Not Everyone Thinks...
This August, students at four elementary schools in rural Stanly County will return from summer vacation to fresh pencils, notebooks, and signs announcing the presence of armed officers on campus.
View ArticleNC School Board Members Want to Make Threats Against Schools a Felony
Educators and education policy leaders are weighing many options when it comes to improving school safety in an age of mass school shootings and other threats of violence. Add to that list...
View ArticleBudd, Guilford Co. School Officials Discuss School Safety
U.S. Representative Ted Budd met with Guilford County School officials and law enforcement to discuss what can be done to improve school safety and security in the area.
View ArticleAs Budget Talks Approach, Gov. Cooper Proposes $130 Million For School Safety
Gov. Roy Cooper is calling for $130 million in the state budget to go toward student safety and mental health measures.
View ArticleLawmakers Hear Student Opinions On Gun Violence At 'Reverse' Town Hall
The Institute of Politics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held a "reverse" town hall on gun violence Sunday to give influential lawmakers the opportunity to ask young people what...
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