Apalachee shooting: Barrow County to install weapons detection systems in all high schools
Barrow County schools will install weapons detection systems in all high schools following a deadly shooting at Apalachee High School, with implementation expected to begin next week at a cost of around $700,000.
Weapon detectors coming to Apalachee High School after student found with gun
The vote happened at an emergency meeting Thursday night. The board called the meeting after Barrow County School System said a student brought a gun into Apalachee High School Wednesday. That crime happened four months after the deadly shooting rampage at that school Sept. 4, 2024.
Another 14-year-old arrested with a gun at Georgia’s Apalachee High School after deadly September shooting
A 14-year-old student has been arrested after bringing a gun on Wednesday to Apalachee High School, the same Georgia high school where a shooting in September killed two teachers and two students and wounded others.
Apalachee student brings gun to school after deadly mass shooting, BOE safety meeting: sheriff
An Apalachee High School student was arrested Wednesday afternoon for bringing a gun to school, according to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office. This comes just months after a deadly mass shooting was carried out at the same school in September.
Apalachee High School student arrested for allegedly bringing gun to campus months after deadly mass shooting
Just four months after a devastating mass shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School, another 14-year-old student brought a gun to campus, police said.
Classes canceled Thursday at Apalachee High after 14-year-old student arrested for bringing gun to school
Following the incident, Barrow County Schools announced that school was canceled at Apalachee High School on Thursday, Jan. 9. 11Alive obtained a copy of an email sent to parents that said students and staff should not report and that Open House is postponed. All on-campus extracurricular activities are also canceled.
Student brought gun to GA high school where 4 were killed in September
Colt Gray, 14, killed four people at a Apalachee High in September, cops said. Another 14-year-old brought a gun to the school Wednesday.
After Apalachee school shooting, Georgia lawmakers may seek to share more information on students
That's where spending more on school counselors, school social workers and mental health workers could become a factor. Education advocates have long pushed Georgia to hire more counselors. The American School Counselor Association recommends one counselor for every 250 students, while the ratio in Georgia was 378 students per counselor last year.
Students, teachers and parents call for action by Barrow County Schools following Apalachee High shooting
Students, teachers and parents are asking the Barrow County school board to do more to protect campuses following the shooting at Apalachee High School.
14-year-old brings gun to school where 4 were killed in mass shooting, Georgia cops say
A 14-year-old is accused of bringing a gun to Apalachee High School, months after a mass shooting left four people dead, Georgia authorities said. The student was arrested just after 2 p.m. Wednesday,
Georgia lawmakers agree on some school safety measures, divided on others
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns penned a letter with tangible suggestions to bolster school safety after a school shooting at Apalachee High School.
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