There are 4 article(s) tagged school safety:

• November 2024

  • Germantown schools employees learn to recognize gunfire

    With students out of class and teachers participating in in-service training, police simulated gunfire to help workers understand the sounds of gunshots in buildings.

    By Abigail Warren November 11, 2024

• June 2023

  • Gov. Lee asks schools, law enforcement to apply for school safety grants

    Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday the rollout of $194 million in grants to fund armed guards in every public school and security upgrades at all schools.

    By Ian Round June 22, 2023

• April 2023

  • General Assembly kills red-flag bill days after Lee asked for one

    Two days after Gov. Bill Lee asked lawmakers to pass an “extreme risk protection order” bill, one such bill sponsored by Democrats died without receiving a committee hearing.

    By Ian Round April 16, 2023

• January 2023

  • How MSCS has school violence on downward trend

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools uses a variety of tactics to curb safety incidents at schools, including an established program that pays students cash for information and a new $1 million grant for violence prevention at five specific schools.

    By Aarron Fleming January 03, 2023