Thursday, January 10, 2013
School, town and law enforcement officials appeared at Tuesday night's school committee, discussing school safety in the wake of the tragedy in Newtown.
The North Kingstown School Committee dedicated part of its Tuesday night meeting to an issue that has been on the minds of parents and students around the country since Dec. 14 – the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. "I don't think there was any community that didn't think Sandy Hook couldn't happen to them," said North Kingstown School Superintendent Phil Auger. Following the deadly shooting in Newtown, CT that left 26 people (20 of them children) dead at the hands of shooter Adam Lanza, North Kingstown school officials have been working to tighten up security at schools across the district. At North Kingstown High School, administrators have restricted access to the building: visitors can now only enter the building through the …
Friday, December 21, 2012
In a press conference held Friday morning, the head of the NRA called for armed police officers to guard our nations schools
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Friday, December 21, 2012
During its first press conference since the Sandy Hook School shooting last Friday, the National Rifle Association (NRA) called for schools to be armed with police officers. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said NRA executive Wayne LaPierre. He said school children defenseless "and the predators of the world know it and exploit it." LaPierre urged Congress ”to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school in this nation. What do you think about the NRA's call for armed police officers in our schools? Tell us in the comments!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The following was provided by the Office of Governor Chafee
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Governor Lincoln Chafee has declared Friday, December 21, 2012 – the one-week anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT – a "Day of Mourning" in the State of Rhode Island. To honor the memory of the 26 victims who lost their lives in the shootings, the Governor has also called for a statewide moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. on that day and has asked that buildings, which have the ability, ring bells 26 times during that moment in honor of each life that was taken. "The past week has been one of great pain for the community of Newtown, the State of Connecticut, and our country as a whole," Governor Chafee said. "Each day, we see reports of funeral services for children taken from their families too …
Police are still investigating the message found in a stall in the girls' bathroom.
A threatening message found in a bathroom stall at North Kingstown High School yesterday has been deemed "not credible" following an investigation by school officials and the North Kingstown Police Department. The message was found in one of the school's bathrooms around 8 a.m. Wednesday, prompting school administration to contact the NKPD. Following last week's mass shooting in Newtown, CT, school officials decided to notify parents via email about the incident. According to School Superintendent Phil Auger, these types of situations are not uncommon in North Kingstown. In April 2011, Davisville Middle School was evacuated twice in two days following two bomb threats. One of those threats led to the arrest of a custodian, who admitted …
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What are NK schools doing to improve safety following the shooting in Newtown?
Last week, the news of a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, CT shocked the country as reports confirmed that 26 people were killed by a lone gunman. Of those 26 killed, 20 of them were first graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School. According to reports, the shooter – 20-year-old Adam Lanza – broke into the school through a window, circumventing the school’s security systems and locked doors. Communities across the country began to wonder, “Could it happen here?” In North Kingstown it was no different, as principals, teachers and administrators received emails from concerned parents throughout town. According to School Superintendent Phil Auger, each school is beginning to take a closer look at safety and security in the wake of…
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The First Baptist Church of Wickford is holding a workshop to build bears for Newtown, CT.
In the wake of last week's tragic school shooting in Connecticut, a local church in North Kingstown is looking to help support a grieving community in Newtown. The First Baptist Church in Wickford is hosting a workshop this Saturday, building bears to be sent to the victims' family and friends. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., members of the church will have a machine on site to help stuff teddy bears (similar to Build-a-Bear Workshop). All members of the community are invited to attend and "build" a bear, which can be adopted for $10. Each bear will be accompanied by the following poem: I am a little angel, dressed up as a bear; I'm cuddly and soft and stuffed with loving care. Someone filled me with some prayers especially for you; I am your …
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Dealing with the unthinkable aftermath of Friday's shooting massacre in Newton, CT.
Writing this piece in the aftermath of the unthinkable tragedy in Newtown, CT on Friday, Dec. 14 is eerily surreal. To learn that 26 innocent lives, 20 of them precious young children, were killed in a shooting massacre in their very own elementary school is just incomprehensible. As a mom of eight kids, the youngest of whom is 7 and in the first grade, I was stricken with immense grief and disbelief that sweet, trusting young elementary school-aged children as well as their devoted and loving teachers and staff who cared and taught them were so brutally murdered. A tragedy of this magnitude is horrific, but knowing that so many helpless children were the victims takes the pain and horror to a whole new level. I am not a certified …
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Monday, December 17, 2012
“There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.” – The Dalai Lama When unthinkable tragedy strikes, we grapple for a way to come to terms with the how and the why. We search for ways to make sense of what happened, even when it doesn't make sense. The horrific shooting that took place at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT, on Friday, Dec. 14 stunned a nation as the news broke that not one child, but 20 six- and seven-year-old children and six of their teachers had been shot and killed by a gunman who then took his own life. Most communities can only begin to imagine the …
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11:08 am on Friday, January 11, 2013
People who want to do as much harm as possible look for "soft" targets..targets where there is no one on site to stop them....that is why most of these shootings happen at malls, movie theatres, schools, large office buildings....lots of people (targets) and no one to stop them unti the police show up...periodic patrols are just window dressing to make people feel better. more ›