Lessons learned: Tips on how to have an effective protest at school
Our community pegged us with our stereotype yet again: a subpar school full of delinquents. But that picture changed just two weeks later.
OPINION: After Parkland, it takes only a few words to cause a whirlwind of fear
At the restaurant where I work, I see guns all the time, on a customer’s hip or under his shoulder as I clear the tables. It’s so common I don’t think to look twice.
But on Feb. 23, nine days after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, my high school was the scene of a reported threat that could make even the proudest gun-toting Walla Wallan's stomach drop.
High school threats on the rise nationwide in wake of Parkland shooting
Since the Feb. 14 massacre that left 17 people dead and dozens more injured, at least 985 schools across the country have received 797 threats, according to The Educator’s School Safety Network. Between Feb. 15. and March 1, U.S. schools averaged more than 70 threats per day. In more than half the threats, guns were found.