by admin | Oct 15, 2006 | Education
Governor Blunt understands why some parents are concerned about school safety after three recent incidents in Missouri..But he says they’re safe and he has people working to keep them safe. Missouri has about 520 school districts. About 517 of them had no...
by admin | Oct 11, 2006 | Uncategorized
Three school incidents in the past week….Noel, where a pistol was found in a locker; Warrenton where a student was arrested after reportedly saying he wanted to turn his school into another Columbine; Joplin, where a student fired a shot into a school...
by admin | Dec 14, 2000 | Education
Identification badges for high school students are showing up in our urban schools and could be spreading to smaller districts, in efforts to keep high school buildings safe. Executive director Jim King with the state association of secondary school principals says...
by admin | Nov 29, 2000 | Education
Several things are considered reasons for the drop in the number of students expelled for taking guns to Missouri’s schools. The number is down about 40% in the last three years. Federal programs coordinator Dee Beck with the state education department says...
by admin | Nov 2, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A half dozen children have been taken off a Columbia school bus and taken to the county juvenile office after a fight erupted on the bus. The bus driver had stopped the bus and called police when the fights broke out. The students on the bus are three to ten years...
