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     With the recent shooting at a country bar, during college night, relatively close to where I live and a staff development on active shooter and emergency preparedness I participated in last week, I thought would research school shootings and how prepared school are in case they ever have to encounter such a horrific event. I happened to come across the article, School Shootings Spark Everyday Worries: Children and Parents Call for Safe Schools and Neighborhoods (2018), on the Children's Defense Fund website.  It stated that many children and their parents are worried that there will be such an attack at the school in which they attend. Fear of a school shooting is consistent across racial, ethnic and income groups, suggesting a recent wave of school shootings has cemented mass violence as an everyday concern among a broad cross-section of America’s children (Children's Defense Fund, 2018). The article also discussed that Black and Hispanic children do not feel safe in their own neighborhoods due to gun violence.
   This article was interesting to me because I work in a school and this seems to be a trend in our country at the moment.  It is a sad reality that all EC professionals, as well as children, need to be prepared for this type of situation. The article points out that gun violence can effect all cultures. However, Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to experience it than any other race.

Reference:
Children's Defense Fund. (2018). School shootings spark everyday worries: Children and parents call for safe schools and neighborhoods. Retrieved from https://www.childrensdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/YouGov-SafeSchools-Final-Sep-18-2018.pdf

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  1. Miguel's Education BlogDecember 20, 2018 at 6:09 PM


    Hi Trisha,

    I am sorry to hear that you have to experience a shooting so close to where you live. I have to agree with you that as I parent, I do worry to know that my son is at school and there could a shooting. The mass shootings across schools has everyone worried that it could also happen to one of our kids. It is truly sad to know that Black and Hispanic are more likely to experience it more than other races. Great blog.

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