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A major active school shooter exercise drill played out Wednesday in Waterford, Connecticut. Over 200 regional law enforcement and first responders participated in the training to prepare for a gunman entering an elementary school — to be faster than Uvalde, Texas.
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Since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Connecticut school districts have been required to file annual two-page reports indicating they have conducted lockdown drills — but more than a dozen districts have failed to file the report even once.
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The School Building Projects Advisory Council will evaluate window design when it takes over responsibility for reviewing and updating the state's school safety criteria in July.
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In the wake of the Texas school shooting, Monsignor Robert Weiss of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown talks about faith in the face of tragedy. He presided over the funerals of eight first-graders killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
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The Newtown Action Alliance and the Newtown Interfaith Council hosted the Thursday vigil “to stand with the Uvalde community.”
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Across Connecticut, local superintendents are telling families that additional police officers have been dispatched to schools and that counseling is available.
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“We are devastated by yet another heart-wrenching school shooting incident in America," the chair of the Newtown Action Alliance wrote in a statement.
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Just after the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, NRA leaders agonized over what to do. NPR obtained recordings of the calls, which lay out how the NRA has handled mass shootings ever since.
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About 95% of American public schools have adopted some form of active shooter drills. But there's little proof they're effective — and there's growing concern they can traumatize children.
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A state audit requested by a leading Republican lawmaker revealed that funds meant to support workers present at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting…