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Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Cherokee School District Responds to Sandy Hook Tragedy

The district has begun the difficult process of adjusting to life after the massacre in Connecticut.

The Cherokee County School District (CCSD) is putting plans in action that they hope will be able to prevent a mass shooting like the one that took the lives of 20 children in a Connecticut elementary school last Friday. The district has already sent a letter home to parents detailing the new plan for student safety going forward. According to CCSD spokeswoman Barbara Jacoby, this first step has already generated much positive feedback. Jacoby shared the following response from a parent with Patch: Parents who are concerned about their child's safety in district schools are encouraged to talk to the school principal about any ideas they have about improving security. Each school will be responsible for developing, "its own individual …

Ray Champagne

11:28 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012

This is truly the tail wagging the dog. A determined person will always find a way to kill or injure. Lock all the doors and inprison everyone but how about the school busses. Someone could board a mile from school. Then what? I guess we could all home school and do away with schools and gatherings altogether but oh yeah----home invasions are always possible. Let's continue to do what we do well…   more ›

Friday, December 14, 2012

CT School Shooting: Could It Happen Here?

Police say a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., killed 27 people, including 20 children. See what the Cherokee County School District has in place to prevent such tragedies.

  A shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school Friday morning left 27 people dead, including 20 children and six adults according to news reports.  The Associated Press is reporting law enforcement officials have identified the shooter as Adam Lanza, 20. Lanza's mother taught kindergarten at the school and he allegedly shot and killed her before fatally shooting others.  Newtown Patch reported that the gunman visited his family home in New Jersey before driving to the school. Lanza died at the scene of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Check Newtown Patch for updates in the school shooting throughout the day. Patch has reached out to the Cherokee County School district to see what policies and measures are in place to prevent a …

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C'mon Man....

10:27 am on Monday, December 17, 2012

Wow Monty.... I was just commenting on the article. In MY opinion CCSD is not protecting the children OR even the parents that volunteer their time at the school. How can CCSD tell parents there are procedures in place that require ALL exterior doors to be locked, when in FACT the doors are NOT locked? Don't give parents/children false sense of security when there isn't anything being done to …   more ›

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