Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Wheaton school officials will review current safety protocols to ensure all schools are as secure as possible after the Friday shooting at a Newtown, CT elementary school. Police encourage parents to know school safety procedures.
After the Dec. 14 shooting that killed 20 children and six adults at an elementary school in Newtown, CT, Wheaton school officials plan to assess safety procedures at their schools to ensure they are following best practices. District 200 spokesman Erica Loiacono said Tuesday the district received a few calls from concerned parents this week, regarding safety procedures at their child’s schools. She said the district's safety committee, comprised of district staff, police and fire officials will meet for its next regular meeting after winter break to look at current safety procedures in the schools. “We have representation from almost all of the schools there, so we’re going to debrief and see if there are any additional concerns we need …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Patch likes to hear from you on questions that get families talking and certainly, nothing is weighing more heavily on our minds this week than last week's tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Here's how your neighbors discussed it with their kids.
Welcome to "Hey Mom and Dad"—a weekly feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on parenting. We're starting off with a question we posed recently on the Patch Facebook pages. Last week's tragic shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT left the entire country shocked and speechless. Nevertheless, many parents felt they needed to discuss what happened with their children. That brings us to this week's question: Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the comments section. Michele M Kilcoyne: We (are) talking to our son, but letting him ask us questions that he had concerns about. This way we did not say more then he needed or wanted to know. We were very honest and promised (…
Friday, December 14, 2012
District 200 Superintendent Dr. Brian Harris provides resource for parents to use as they talk to children about violence after a tragic shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, CT.
In the wake of Friday's shooting that killed 26 people at an elementary school and one other person at a secondary scene in Newtown, CT, District 200 Superintendent Dr. Brian Harris issued the following statement with a resource for parents and teachers to use when talking to children about violence: In light of the tragedy that took place in Connecticut today, we want to provide parents with a resource in the event they want to speak to their children about this difficult situation. We have made information available from the National Association of School Psychologists titled, “Talking to Children About Violence: Tips for Parents and Teachers” on our District website and each school’s website. We hope you will find this useful. If you …
Jim McMahon
9:57 am on Monday, December 17, 2012
All Americans mourn the loss of these innocent people but now is not the time to overreact because of one crazy person. Our schools are safe but you can't put police in every classroom. Reasonable care and security should always be followed and dist 200 schools do a good job policing our schools. Security can always be improved but you can't guard against every possible threat. The exchange of … more ›