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Parkland parents call for unity as Individual-1 doubles down on arming schools
Parkland parents call for unity as Trump doubles down on arming schools
President Donald Trump doubled down on recommendations to arm school personnel to stop mass shootings as students and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., site of a Valentine’s Day shooting, called for Americans to focus on steps they can agree on instead of political differences.
The recommendation — along with others that call for expanded mental health services and a campaign for less media coverage of shooters — came in a new federal report Trump presented at a White House meeting with surviving students and parents of school shootings Tuesday.
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The commission, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, discounted the role of guns in school violence, but recommends that school districts work with law enforcement to establish a method to have “highly-trained individuals” on campus with weapons. It also suggests ending Obama-era guidance not to punish minority students at higher rates. - McClatchy
President Donald Trump doubled down on recommendations to arm school personnel to stop mass shootings as students and parents from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., site of a Valentine’s Day shooting, called for Americans to focus on steps they can agree on instead of political differences.
The recommendation — along with others that call for expanded mental health services and a campaign for less media coverage of shooters — came in a new federal report Trump presented at a White House meeting with surviving students and parents of school shootings Tuesday.
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The commission, led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, discounted the role of guns in school violence, but recommends that school districts work with law enforcement to establish a method to have “highly-trained individuals” on campus with weapons. It also suggests ending Obama-era guidance not to punish minority students at higher rates. - McClatchy
