Within days after the tragic killings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, copycat threats started popping up across the country, including my school district. In the weeks since, there have been five arrests made in response to threats against schools in my community.
I know students who were so scared to go to school, they just didn’t show up. While no one has threatened my school directly, there has been an additional police presence on campus. Neither I nor my friends feel safer as a result.
When I visited the State Capitol recently to talk to legislators about the climate in our schools, I was alarmed to hear about a proposed bill — AB 2067 by Assemblyman James Gallagher — to place armed guards on every campus, even elementary schools. For many students of color, seeing police on campus is the opposite of feeling safe.
[For more on this story by DIANA CRUZ, go to https://edsource.org/2018/stud...ns-and-guards/595690]
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