Tag: school safety
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Candidates state their case for joining Academy D-20 board
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a correction. Academy D-20 has not had an auto-pedestrian crash fatality involving a D-20 student as claimed by a school board candidate. School board candidates for Academy District 20 fielded questions ranging from future facility needs to recent board actions during a public forum held at Liberty…
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EDITORIAL: Stop letting weapons into children’s schools
The police chief of Madison, Wis., had the horrible task of addressing the public within hours of the country’s latest school shooting Monday. His unfortunate and emotional view of metal detectors should change the way we proceed with school safety. Authorities say 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow killed two fellow students and injured six before taking her…
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Colorado received record-breaking number of Safe2Tell reports in the 2023-24 school year
A record-breaking number of reports were submitted to Colorado’s anonymous reporting program Safe2Tell during the 2023-2024 school year. According to the annual report released Tuesday by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, 28,218 reports were submitted in the past 12 months, with suicide, bullying, drugs, and school threats leading the list of concerns. It also marks a 27%…
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Colorado Springs elementary school lockdown triggered by ‘hoax’ report of armed man, CSPD says
Colorado Springs police are saying that a scary report of a man with a rifle near an area school Tuesday appears to be a hoax. Colorado Springs police received reports around 11 a.m. of a man with a rifle outside of Ridgeview Elementary School making threats. However, after responding and investigating, police say this incident…
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Colorado Springs high school temporarily on lockdown following ‘man carrying AK-47’ false alarm
Palmer High School was temporarily locked down Thursday morning after police received two reports of a man carrying an AK-47 assault rifle near the school’s campus. The first report, which came just before 10 a.m., said the man was at East Boulder Street and North Wahsatch Avenue and patrol officers immediately began responding. The second…
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Ellicott School District 22 sends students home after lockdown: Sheriff’s Office
Ellicott School District 22 has sent students home from school Thursday morning after a lockdown. An El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, Kurt Smith, said that the lockdown and shortened school day was out of “extreme caution” for an unspecified investigation. “There is no actual, credible threat to the school itself,” Smith said. Ellicott School…
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2 students face charges over alleged threats to Colorado Springs-area schools
Multiple local law enforcement agencies responded to several online threats being made against Colorado Springs-area schools Wednesday, and two local students face charges over false threats, officials said. The two students are from two separate local schools and are facing charges for their “participation in spreading false information regarding threats to schools locally and nationwide,”…
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Colorado Springs adding 10 new school safety zones for middle schools, high schools
With classes back in session across Colorado Springs, parents may notice something different at local school this year when dropping off the kids. During a press briefing last month, Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced that five new school zones have already been implemented at middle schools and high schools throughout Colorado Springs this year with five…
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D-11 approves safety and security upgrades throughout district schools
School District 11 will soon begin upgrading school safety throughout the district. The board of education voted Wednesday night to finalize a construction contract to secure and upgrade the entrances of 43 schools during its regular meeting. “This is exciting,” Board President Parth Melpakam said. “The safety and security of our schools and our students…
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Utah governor mulls measure that would fund firearms training for teachers
Gun violence prevention advocates are calling on Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to veto legislation that they say could place children in harm’s way by training more teachers to carry firearms on campus