Thursday, January 10, 2013
Braintree schools remain on heightened alert nearly a month out from the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.
As students and teachers from Sandy Hook Elementary have begun to settle into their new school, a few miles south of the site of the Dec. 14 shooting that claimed the lives of 20 first-graders and six educators, districts across the country continue to look at how they can improve school safety. In Braintree, one immediate action was to shift police resources already available so that each elementary school began receiving unannounced visits from officers, who instead of driving through the property or stopping in the driveway now park and walk through the schools. That shift, along with the locked doors and buzz-in system at every Braintree school put in place after Columbine, gives Mayor Joseph Sullivan confidence that the perimeters of …
Friday, December 21, 2012
Cities and towns across the country are holding moments of silence today on the week anniversary of the Newtown shooting.
Braintree officials and employees gathered outside Town Hall Friday morning for a moment of silence, marking a week since 26 children and staff were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. They also rang a silver bell, set up below the flags waving at half-mast, and rang it 26 times for the victims at the school. Today is not a day for big speeches, Mayor Joseph Sullivan said, standing with Superintendent Dr. Peter Kurzberg, Police Chief Russell Jenkins, town councilors Henry Joyce and John Mullaney and others. Rather, it is a day to offer support and condolence for the children and educators who lost their lives. Braintree schools will not participate in the moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. taking place throughout the …
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Does the massacre at Newtown, CT, signal the need for a political debate on gun regulations?
Before officials had even held their first press conference Friday, Facebook was abuzz with status updates about the Newtown, CT, massacre. The statuses were split between those sending their condolences and those asking if the country would finally deal with the issue of gun control. Some fought back, asking for respect and mourning before political debate began. Others remained fierce in their belief that stricter gun control regulations would have prevented such a mass killing, saying the victims were shot multiple times and with semi-automatic weapons, according to Fox News. The guns were not illegal and were, in fact, owned by the shooter's mother. Among them were a semi-automatic .223 caliber bushmaster rifle and two handguns. Those …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Experts advise when talking about the shootings to take your lead from your child.
Today is the first day back to school, since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. on Friday, Dec. 14, where 20 children and six adults were killed by a gunman. Experts advise that parents follow the lead of their children—feel them out, find out what their concerns are—when talking about the incident. Dr. Joshua Weiner during an interview on msn.com said he had not told his school-aged children about the massacre in Connecticut until Sunday. "With elementary school children, you want to be brief and simple and not go into detail," advised Weiner. "Young children don't understand probablilites. ... You want to assure them that they will be safe." Weiner also said to assure your child that school is a safe place and …
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Superintendent Dr. Peter Kurzberg released a statement about the Connecticut shooting on Sunday.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Below is a letter that was sent from Superintendent Dr. Peter Kurzberg to Braintree Public Schools parents on the Newtown shootings that left 27 people dead on Friday, including 20 schoolchildren. December 16, 2012 Dear Parents/Guardians, We are all shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic and heart wrenching incident in Newtown, CT. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and all who have any association with Sandy Hook Elementary School. The school committee and administration continue to work closely with the mayor and police department to keep our students safe, both at school and in the community. We will begin the day on Monday with a moment of silence in all schools and will reassure students that they are …
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“There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.” – The Dalai Lama When unthinkable tragedy strikes, we grapple for a way to come to terms with the how and the why. We search for ways to make sense of what happened, even when it doesn't make sense. The horrific shooting that took place at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT on Friday, Dec. 14, stunned a nation as the news broke that not one child, but 20, six- and seven-year-old children and six of their teachers had been shot and killed by a gunman who then took his own life. Most communities can only begin to imagine sorrow …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Local and state police in Newtown, Conn., were called to an elementary school at about 9:30 a.m. Friday morning after a gunman allegedly opened fire at the school.
UPDATED at 8:40 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15... NEWTOWN, CT -- Connecticut police said Friday afternoon that 26 people, including 20 children, were killed at an elementary school after a gunman opened fire. Another adult was killed at a second location. The Scene Police in Newtown were called to the Sandy Hook School at about 9:30 a.m. after receiving a 911 call Friday morning. Authorities said the gunman was found dead inside the school. He was reportedly armed with four guns and a high-powered assault rifle. Authorities said during a press conference that they have retrieved three weapons from the scene. A parent interviewed on CBS News told the network on Friday that his 8-year-old daughter said she heard an argument and cursing over the …
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8:21 am on Thursday, January 3, 2013
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