Schools 'Scrutinizing People More' in Wake of CT Massacre
Gloucester Township and Black Horse Pike Regional schools take steps to prevent tragedy.
In the minutes, hours and days following the cold-blooded murders of 20 young students and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, communities across the nation pondered ways to prevent a similar school massacre in their town. Gloucester Township is no different. "Everybody had a very terrible, rude awakening again to how schools are soft targets," Gloucester Township Public Schools (GTPS) interim Superintendent John Bilodeau said on Tuesday. And that means you better have a legitimate, verifiable reason to go into a school. On Sunday, Mayor David Mayer sent out a letter via the township's Global Connect community alert system assuring residents of the police department and schools' "collective commitment to …
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5:17 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
... A collective commitment as it should be and as it is. Our Children, all children, should feel safe when they enter their schools. God bless those children in Sandy Hook who experienced this horrific tragedy as they return to school next week. more ›