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Fortress America: School safety gets spotlight at debate, conferences

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Fortress America: School safety gets spotlight at debate, conferences

October 2, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine — A few years ago, school safety might have seemed like a less important subject for candidates on the political trail, but as rising gun violence in the United States takes center stage, it’s become a topic of debate, including at an Oct. 1 vice-presidential debate.  In September, suspect 14-year-old Colt Gray allegedly shot 11 people at Apalachee High School near Winder, Ga. Two students and two teachers were killed, while nine others were injured.  “I,...

Apalachee High School, Assa Abloy, Brad Main, Centegix, J.D. Vance, school safety, security integrators, Tim Walz, VerkadaOne


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‘Tis the season

September 4, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor

With September breaking out onto the scene, fall is sure to become a reality soon, and that means all the lovely sights and sounds of the harvest, the turning of the leaves and, oh yeah, school shootings. That’s right if you thought this blog had been conspicuously quiet on that subject in recent months, you’d be correct, and for the least nefarious of reasons: school is out during the summer. So, imagine how disappointing it was to wake up to our first school shooting of the season...

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