Friday, January 25, 2013
A Maryland company started making bulletproof school supplies in response to the shootings at Newtown, Conn. Company owner tells Capital News Service the supplies are a last line of defense.
Since the shootings in Newtown, Conn., much of the discussion has swirled around gun control and school security, whether there should be armed police officers or guards in America’s schools. But what about bulletproof school supplies? Several Montgomery County Patch sites picked up a Capital News Service story about Hardwire LLC. The Eastern Shore military armor company started making bulletproof whiteboards and clipboards in response to the tragic school shootings. The company’s CEO George Tunis told CNS that the bulletproof school supplies could be effective if incorporated into a broader security strategy. He donated 90 of the white boards to a school in Worcester County, according to the report. "Inside every classroom, with every …
Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Montgomery County Council of PTAs will host a school safety forum later this month.
The shock of December’s tragic shootings in Newtown, CT, has caused some parents in Montgomery County to speak out about school safety in their elementary schools. Parents and family members of students at Bradley Hills Elementary in Bethesda have written to county leaders, including county council members, the Montgomery County school board and Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr asking for security improvements at the elementary school’s temporary location, according to a Wednesday Gazette report. Students and teachers at Bradley Hills are currently housed at the Radnor Center, while the school undergoes modernization, scheduled for completion in August. “Our school has no security system in place and our …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The angels will be on display in the Children's Chapel of the Washington National Cathedral through Jan. 6, 2013.
The 20 children who were killed earlier this month at Sandy Hook Elementary School are represented by angels on display at the Washington National Cathedral. The "childlike angels made of paper doilies" are on the altar of the cathedral's Children's Chapel. Each angel is between 8 and 10 inches tall, with white-feather wings and gold-wire halos. They sit on clouds made of fluffy white cotton, according to a cathedral news statement. "These angels are spontaneous presentations made in loving memory of the children lost in Newtown," CT, said Linda Roeckelein, head of the Washington National Cathedral’s Altar Guild, which is made up of more than 100 volunteers. "They all sit in a row on the altar, as if on clouds in [heaven], representing the…
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The company says it has "suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chainwide."
"Modern sporting rifles" are off the shelves at Dick's Sporting Goods stores across the country only a few days after the tragic events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. The recently opened Dick's Sporting Goods in Wheaton did not carry the rifles even before what happened last week in Connecticut, according to a customer service representative at the store. Dick's Sporting Goods announced this statement to media Tuesday morning, according to The Huffington Post: "Out of respect for the victims and their families, during this time of national mourning we have removed all guns from sale and from display in our store nearest to Newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chainwide." CNN …
Monday, December 17, 2012
Police say they will discuss plans with school officials for police presence at schools during the rest of the week.
The Montgomery County Police Department released a statement Monday explaining its presence at elementary schools during arrival and dismissal times, in the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on Friday. Here is the full statement: The Montgomery County Police Department wishes to express its deepest sympathy to the families of the victims and to the residents of Newtown, Connecticut. The Montgomery County Police Department has no indication of a threat to any of the schools in the county. Police Chief Manger and School Superintendent Starr continue to communicate and coordinate efforts. To provide a presence and reassurance to the community, officers were at county elementary schools during the time of …
Jay Levy
8:47 am on Sunday, January 27, 2013
What a great idea. Of course, kids only wear their backpacks to and from school so why not also put as little derringer in the backpack. Oh, wait a minute, maybe dleivering the kids to school in tanks would be better, then they would be hustled into a totally fortified school building for their complete protection. more ›