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Sep 6, 2024 · The deadly shooting Wednesday at a high school in Georgia has drawn attention to the school's use of a panic button system to alert the threat. Two students and two teachers were killed when the ...
Sep 5, 2024 · Two teachers and two 14-year-old students were killed in the shooting. Nine others, eight students and a teacher, were taken to hospitals with injuries. A 14-year-old student is the suspected shooter.
- cpeetz@educationweek.org
- Staff Writer
1 day ago · Flowers lay on the stage steps before the start of a vigil for the lives lost in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.
3 days ago · The Clarke County School District already uses the same emergency alert system widely credited with saving lives during the Apalachee High School shooting earlier this month. Centegix is a badge worn by all school personnel with a button to press during emergencies. Press three times, and the local school safety team is alerted to an incident like a fight or a medical emergency. Press rapidly ...
2 days ago · Gun safety measures stall out in Georgia. While shots rang out at Apalachee High School on Wednesday, multiple teachers pressed the panic button on their badges. Once activated, they alert local ...
Sep 5, 2024 · A new panic alarm system that was triggered during Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a Georgia high school likely saved countless lives, authorities and advocates for the technology said.. Lockdown ...
Sep 8, 2024 · He also praised the “unbelievable” school resource officers who confronted the shooter and took him into custody. “A school resource officer, in most cases, don’t know that they’re going ...
