US increase security around all school
Schools across the U.S. are reviewing security, adding extra police patrols and advisers prepare for the first day of classes as a shooting massacre at a school in Connecticut.
While some officials refuse to discuss the plans in detail, it was clear that vigilance will be high this week in schools across the country.
Extra police patrols are planned this week in northern Virginia around Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest school system in the Washington area with 181,000 students. Facilitators will also be available at all schools.
Districts asked the local police to increase patrols on Monday. School officials in some areas sent messages to parents deal with security issues or they stressed that these security plans are regularly tested to have.
"This is not in response to a specific threat, but a police initiative to ensure safety and security in schools to improve and help relieve understandably high levels of anxiety," Superintendent Jack Dale said Sunday.
The precaution after a gunman shot his way to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday and 26 people were killed, before shooting himself. The dead are 20 children aged 6 and 7
These feelings came in Florida Hillsborough County, where Sheriff's Office spokesman Larry McKinnon said unmarked and marked cars would patrol the schools with the delegates in civilian clothes.
Chief of Staff Brian Edwards said legal advice online from the National Association of School Psychologists on Friday to help parents talk about violence.
"Obviously, it's a very difficult situation that all schools have to do with the whole nation has to do with," said Edwards.
"You can not change what happened, but you try the best you can do to help families cope."
In Tucson, Arizona, where 1 January 2011 mass shooting killed six and wounded U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others rose largest school district security after the shooting on Friday.
Officials largest school district in South Carolina sent a note to parents on Friday to ensure that they have security plans that are regularly tested on a number of possible events.
Kuykendall also plans on Monday to remind customers of the district to be "on edge".
"We will do whatever it takes to make our students safe," Kuykendall said.
Students will begin the Christmas holiday on Wednesday.
Schools across the U.S. are reviewing security, adding extra police patrols and advisers prepare for the first day of classes as a shooting massacre at a school in Connecticut.
While some officials refuse to discuss the plans in detail, it was clear that vigilance will be high this week in schools across the country.
Extra police patrols are planned this week in northern Virginia around Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest school system in the Washington area with 181,000 students. Facilitators will also be available at all schools.
Districts asked the local police to increase patrols on Monday. School officials in some areas sent messages to parents deal with security issues or they stressed that these security plans are regularly tested to have.
"This is not in response to a specific threat, but a police initiative to ensure safety and security in schools to improve and help relieve understandably high levels of anxiety," Superintendent Jack Dale said Sunday.
The precaution after a gunman shot his way to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday and 26 people were killed, before shooting himself. The dead are 20 children aged 6 and 7
These feelings came in Florida Hillsborough County, where Sheriff's Office spokesman Larry McKinnon said unmarked and marked cars would patrol the schools with the delegates in civilian clothes.
Chief of Staff Brian Edwards said legal advice online from the National Association of School Psychologists on Friday to help parents talk about violence.
"Obviously, it's a very difficult situation that all schools have to do with the whole nation has to do with," said Edwards.
"You can not change what happened, but you try the best you can do to help families cope."
In Tucson, Arizona, where 1 January 2011 mass shooting killed six and wounded U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others rose largest school district security after the shooting on Friday.
Officials largest school district in South Carolina sent a note to parents on Friday to ensure that they have security plans that are regularly tested on a number of possible events.
Kuykendall also plans on Monday to remind customers of the district to be "on edge".
"We will do whatever it takes to make our students safe," Kuykendall said.
Students will begin the Christmas holiday on Wednesday.
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