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School Shootings There will never be a simple fix to any of these problems. It may take awhile for schools, parents, students, and government officials to find out what works out better for them. In the end it won’t be one person who comes up with a fix all solution, it will take many different ideas combined to come up with a good answer to stopping school violence, but it is something that must be done. This is the reason why many students are afraid to go to school and is so concerned about their safety. Many of these school shootings are happening in suburban areas where many people think it is safe but while the school districts are focusing on keeping the violates out of …show more content…

An English teacher (Holly Van Tassel-Schuster) wheeled a 36-inch television in front of the classroom door at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as the building rushed into a lockdown--planning to push it onto the gunman if he tried to enter.Most of her students hid in a darkened closet trying to remain silent as they traded text messages with friends on other parts of the campus.Two students insisted on waiting in the room with Van Tassel-Schuster, holding every pair of scissors and sharp object they could gather as they waited out the attack.
The class didn't know if they would make it out of the building that day until a SWAT team member came into their classroom. The police identified the gunman as Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year old former pupil of the school expelled a year ago for disciplinary problems. He was described as a strange kid who liked guns. Unlike many mass shooters, Mr Cruz did not intend to die. He slipped out of the school by blending in with evacuating pupils. Police caught him in a nearby town soon after the shooting. (Blad, Evie. "A Florida City Forever Changed." Education Week, 28 Feb. 2018, p. 12. Academic OneFile

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