School Safety

Highcroft Ridge Elementary school is the first school to use a new system of color coded arrows and numbers to help first responders navigate the building in an emergency situation

Education

St. Louis County uses new identification system for faster emergency responses to schools

Britny Cordera

Highcroft Ridge Elementary School is the first school to implement new school building codes that will help first responders.

With schools closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, students have had to adapt to trying to keep up with lessons remotely, from living rooms, kitchen tables and bedrooms.

Education

Rural Missouri school districts will be scanning their servers for signs of planned violence

Jonathan Ahl

A $2 million grant will provide software for 26 rural school districts around the state to use software to look for signs of trouble to help prevent school violence.

Education

ACLU Wants Police Officers Out Of Missouri's Schools

Ryan Delaney

The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri is calling on the state’s school districts to follow a national example and remove police officers from…

Education

Ferguson-Florissant Students Will Carry Clear Backpacks, See More Police

Ryan Delaney

Middle and high school students in the Ferguson-Florissant School District will have to shove books, binders and calculators into clear backpacks as part…

Illinois lawmakers passed a bill last year that requires all school staff and students to participate in an active shooter drill within the first 90 days of the school year.

Why Some Parents, Healthcare Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Do More Harm Than Good

Lee V. Gaines

Dianne Gordon, a mom who lives in Champaign, knew something was wrong with her daughter Rory the minute she stepped off the school bus one afternoon in...

Several Missouri school districts arm their employees to prevent mass shootings. More schools in the state are considering it following a school shooting last month.

Education

Task Force Says Every Missouri School Should Have An Armed Guard

Ryan Delaney

Every Missouri public school should employ armed protection to keep children safe from active shooters.That is the main takeaway from a report released…

Education

School district uses Missouri law to arm staff for first time

Ryan Delaney

A Missouri law adopted four years ago to arm school staff was used for the first time this summer. It’s a step one school district took to increase…

Belleville West High School is about 10 miles west of East St. Louis Senior High.

Education

Belleville high schools closed, arrest made over ‘credible threat’ to students

Ryan Delaney

Belleville police arrested a male student Wednesday morning they considered a threat to other Belleville East High School students.Belleville Township…

Natalie Heath, of Marquette High School, cheers as St. Louis-area high school students speak at a protest outside Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley's office in downtown St. Louis. April 20, 2019

Education

Students call for stronger gun control in latest school walkout

Ryan Delaney

High school students from across the St. Louis region took part in another day of action Friday to call for improved school safety and tighter gun control…

UMSL criminologists Lee Slocum (at left) and Finn Esbensen discussed a variety of safety issues that students and teachers deal with daily.

Education

Local research, upcoming conference seek to address many forms of school violence

Evie Hemphill

Mass shootings in U.S. schools continue to occur and make headlines. Other types of school violence, typically affecting one or two students at a time,…