school shootings
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Evergreen High School had a police officer — she was on medical leave during Wednesday’s shooting
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When a 16-year-old student began shooting and kept reloading his gun at Evergreen High School around noon on Wednesday, the police officer assigned to the campus was not on duty. That full-time school resource officer (SRO) was on medical leave. Meanwhile, a deputy who assumed those policing duties on a part-time basis was working on…
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Students across Denver, state to walkout of school Wednesday to protest gun violence
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Thoughts and prayers after a school shooting are not enough, student activists are saying. Students Demand Action officials are calling for a national walkout at noon to protest school shootings. A number of high schools across the metro Denver area will be participating. But not East High School, where students staged two walks last month…
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East High School students urge Denver City Council to act on gun violence issue
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After a shooting injured one student outside of East High School last week, a teacher and two students addressed the Denver City Council Tuesday, sharing their fears of gun violence in and around schools and asking for school resource officers to be re-instated in Denver Public Schools. They spoke during the public hearing portion of…
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Gov. Polis pledges to improve school safety at state summit
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Gov. Jared Polis vowed to improve students’ mental and physical safety in classrooms while speaking at Colorado’s annual School Safety Summit on Thursday. Colorado is no stranger to school tragedies, from the Columbine High School massacre in 1999, to the STEM School Highlands Ranch mass shooting in 2019, to the string of shootings outside of Aurora…
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Colorado school safety agency launches statewide plan for dealing with school shootings
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Colorado’s top school-safety agency has launched a plan designed to help schools prepare for and respond to large-scale emergencies, particularly shooting threats. In a Thursday news conference, the Colorado School Safety Resource Center announced the release of its Crisis Response Guidelines for K-12 Schools and Institutions of Higher Education, a 38-page document compiled by a…
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Guns for self-defense by 10-year-olds?
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Update: 11 a.m. June 8: Board member Debora Scheffel, who proposed the amendment, told Colorado Politics she’s withdrawing the amendment because it’s “misunderstood.” The Colorado State Board of Education next week will decide on whether to add amendments to the state’s comprehensive standards for Colorado public education – including one proposed amendment that would promote…
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TRAIL MIX: Colorado candidates take aim at gun issues
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As Colorado’s primary-election campaign hits the home stretch (ballots get mailed in early June) and the general election lies within sight, some of the sharpest jabs thrown by candidates and their supporters lately have involved guns and legislation aimed at curbing gun violence. With news of the May 18 shooting that left 10 dead at…
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FEEDBACK | Fair workplaces; violent campuses
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Businesses can do well while also doing good Good Business Colorado members know that it’s just good business to promote a productive workforce and a healthy economic environment – they produce a strong economy and thriving communities. A strong economy is one that allows everyone to succeed, with jobs that provide fair workplaces, livable wages…
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Colorado Senate passes bill to speed response to school shootings
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Colorado, the state who made school shootings a national concern at Columbine High School two decades ago, hopes to lead the way in making them safer, evidenced by Senate Bill 158. The legislation would provide money for technology, equipment and training to connect schools quickly to to first-responders when seconds mean lives. School radios, for…
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Out West Roundup: Native American artists slam proposed jewelry sale rules
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New Mexico Native American artists slam proposed jewelry sale rules SANTA FE – Native American artists have criticized a plan that would impose more regulations on sales of their jewelry at New Mexico’s historic Palace of the Governors museum in Santa Fe. The Native American artists said the proposed changes are burdensome and disruptive to…
