After September’s deadly school shooting in Georgia, a call goes out for greater gun control
A Georgia Democratic lawmaker is pushing for stricter gun safety laws to stem a tide of violence like the mass shooting last September at a high school northeast of Atlanta.
‘They could’ve done more:’ Apalachee High School students push for increased safety measures
“I feel like they could’ve done more,” said junior Maurice Rivera Guzman about why he decided to walk out of class with hundreds of others at Apalachee High School on Tuesday. It was the same walk many of them made in September, that time fleeing a school shooter who killed two of their peers and two teachers.
Apalachee High students, families push for school safety legislation in wake of tragedy
Students, teachers, and grieving families from Apalachee High School are demanding lawmakers take the next step to pass safe storage laws.
Father of Apalachee High School shooting victim backs Georgia push to track students
Georgia's state House speaker wants a statewide student database of disciplinary, mental health and law enforcement information to determine which students might commit violence at school.
Apalachee students, parents, and lawmakers gather at capitol to address school safety
The fact that a 14-year-old got his hands on a gun and killed four people inside her daughter’s high school, shows parent Dina Valladares that legislation requiring guns be stored securely if a minor is in the home is critical.
In wake of Apalachee shooting, Speaker Burns encouraging the state to adopt school safety plan
In the aftermath of the horrific Apalachee High School shooting back in September, Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns on Monday, with the family of football coach Richard Aspinwall in attendance, unveiled what he hopes will be a comprehensive school safety plan moving forward in the future.
Georgia legislators unveiled school safety initiative
Georgia legislators unveiled a series of proposals concerning school safety this week.  Last September, four people were killed at Apalachee High School just to the east of Atlanta. The perpetrator in that shooting was a 14 year old student.
Georgia House Speaker introduces new bill aimed at school safety
Among other things, the plan would create a school and student database operated by GEMA to collect and evaluate data to determine if a student may be a threat.
Georgia House Speaker pushes for school safety legislation after Apalachee shooting
To prevent future school shootings like the one that occurred at Apalachee High School last September, House Speaker Jon Burns said he will support the development of a statewide database that would contain information about students’ mental health history.
Apalachee High student, families go to GA Capitol demanding tougher school safety, gun storage laws
Citing unnamed sources familiar with the discussions, The Wall Street Journal reports that officials have ruminated over a particular executive order that would shift some of the agency’s functions to other departments and shut down functions Police said “around 10 people” were killed at a school on Tuesday,
Georgia representatives push for safety with families from Apalachee High School
This comes after a school safety package was proposed
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Apalachee HS shooting victim's brother demands better security in Barrow County schools
It's been five months since the mass shooting at Apalachee High School and parents continue to push for stronger safety ...
Apalachee High School students call for change with walkout
Students who survived the deadly shooting are calling for stricter laws to prevent school shootings in the future.