Worry and Fear Grips Schools and Parents in Wake of Newtown Shooting and Local Threats
Random and disturbing threats in the Chicago area followed the Newtown school killings, underscoring vulnerabilities and prompting discussions of gun control and guns for teachers.
The first day of school after the Sandy Hook school massacre brought a wave of fear, worry and outright threats to Chicago-area communities as educators and police sought to reassure people that efforts to protect their children would be redoubled. Parents and educators everywhere were talking about school security even as incidents locally in the last three days underscored potential vulnerability. Here's a glimpse of what's taken place in the past few days. Joliet police took a proactive approach, assigning extra patrols to monitor the scene around area schools and sending representatives to every school in the city to meet with principals and other administrators, ensure that safety procedures are in place and offer assistance if …
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John Roberts
9:12 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Where is the other guy they found in the woods,why is the story changing so much first the guy was let in the doors then he wasnt,,,,No witnesses alive...and to top it all off.....The father of the shooter is Peter Lanza, rumored to be scheduled to testify on the international LIBOR scandal. Guess who else is rumored to be scheduled to testify on the LIBOR scandal? Father of the BATMAN theater … more ›