from CBC News A groundbreaking study on fallout of the 2006 shooting at Montreal’s Dawson College reveals that nearly one-third of students and staff suffered from psychological trauma in the years after the event. A groundbreaking study on fallout of the 2006 shooting at Dawson College in Montreal reveals that nearly one-third of students and …
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Apr
29
2010
Schools ready for crisis
from Pierce County Herald.com In this day and age of mass shootings and terrorism, besides the continuing possibility of natural disasters, Ellsworth school officials are ready to respond. A school crisis plan has been compiled by district administrators and approved by the local school board. The 35-page document is intended to guide officials through the …
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Sep
29
2009
Local schools drill for one test they hope they never face
By Emily Gurnon, The Pioneer Press It used to be a “lockdown” referred only to prisons. But when Wilson Gillespie hears the word, he thinks of his own elementary school. “A lockdown is if somebody suspicious comes up to our building, we pretend that we are not there,” said Wilson, 9, a fourth-grader at Horace …
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Sep
08
2009
School massacre exercise teaches real lessons
By Greg Kowalski, HometownLife.com Two gunmen burst into a classroom at Andover High School shortly after 9:30 a.m. Thursday and shot several students before they were brought down by a rain of bullets fired by Bloomfield Township police. But it could have been worse. Much, much worse. It could have been real. Instead, what staff, …
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Aug
17
2009
Authorities prep for school gunman scene
By Jessica Cuffman, The Marion Star It was one of the worst scenarios law enforcement officers could imagine. At least one shooter was loose in the halls of Harding High School, and little was known except that he had a gun and he was using it. Four officers from different agencies arrived, and worked out …
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