Opinion: Arming teachers won’t make schools safer
A Memphis high school teacher argues that ‘schools are for learning’
A Memphis teacher says the Tennessee legislature is poised to make their jobs tougher by adding carrying a gun to their duties. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Kathryn McRitchie
Kat McRitchie teaches and leads in the social studies department at Crosstown High. She has worked in education for twenty years and is the mother of three children in Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
“In addition to being a teacher, all three of my own children attend public schools. Like everyone, I want to keep them safe. I want to keep my students safe. Putting more guns into schools is not the answer.”
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