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The Latest Breaking News from Elementary School

Video showed Cecelia Benavides, a teaching assistant at Freedom Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia, striking one disabled student and pushing a rolling chair into another. A public health attendant at the school kept a journal detailing numerous incidents in which Benavides and teacher Cylmeera Gastav abused disabled children under their…

Reason

New pictures show armed police waiting in school as gunman shoots dead kids

Security footage does not show police trying to enter classrooms 111 or 112 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where Salvador Ramos shot dead 19 students and two teachers

Daily Mirror

Officers arrived with rifles, ballistic shield at Uvalde school 19 minutes after gunman

DALLAS — Police officers were in the hallway and armed with rifles and at least one ballistic shield within 19 minutes after a gunman arrived at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, a new development that raises more questions and criticism about law enforcement’s response to the massacre, according to a…

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Law officers testifying for committee on Uvalde shooting

A legislative committee investigating the deadly shooting at a Texas elementary school last month is set to hear more testimony from law enforcement officers

The Independent UK

Red flag law used in 6 recent Bay Area school gun threats

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The day after an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 young pupils and two teachers at an Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and reignited the nation’s firearms debate, Los Gatos police said a middle school boy claiming access to guns had threatened to “shoot up the school.”

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Uvalde officer with AR-15 hesitated and missed chance to shoot gunman before he entered school, say police

There were at least two missed opportunities where officers could have stopped Salvador Ramos before he entered Robb elementary school, killing 21 victims

The Independent UK

Texas committee still trying to question Uvalde police

A Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde elementary school massacre is signaling that local police have still not committed to speaking with it about the shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers

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Raiders’ Mark Davis Donating $1M to Uvalde School District

The donation will go toward protecting schools in the area following last month’s mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Sports Illustrated

Dogs trained to sniff out COVID in schools are getting a lot of love for their efforts

A school in southeastern Massachusetts latches onto a novel program that uses canines to sniff out COVID on surfaces. The idea is to help protect kids from the virus and keep the school open.

WEKU

Alaska elementary school apologises after serving floor sealant instead of milk to kids

The mix-up reportedly stemmed from the two milky substances being delivered on the same pallet, school officials said

The Independent UK

Alaska kids served sealant instead of milk at school program

A dozen students and two adults were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care summer program at an Alaska elementary school

The Independent UK

School clerk latest to face federal charges in CPS fraud investigation

Also facing charges in a related case are former Brennemann Elementary School Principal Sarah Jackson Abedelal, former business manager William Jackson and former Assistant Principal Jennifer McBride.

Chicago Sun-Times

When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music

The day after the May 24, 2022, mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson promptly blamed the violence on rap music and video games.

The Conversation

Funeral held in Uvalde honoring 10-year-old Tess Mata

DALLAS — A funeral service was held in Uvalde on Monday for 10-year-old Tess Marie Mata, nearly three weeks after she was fatally shot May 24 at Robb Elementary School.

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The Independent UK

Texas shooting records could be blocked by legal loophole

Some Texas lawmakers and advocates are concerned that law enforcement authorities will use a legal loophole to block the release of further information related to the mass shooting at an elementary school

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions, such as closing loopholes and increasing background checks for gun purchases by people between 18 and 21, in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre…

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce bipartisan framework for gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

Los Angeles Times

Senators announce bipartisan framework on gun legislation in wake of mass shootings

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced it had reached a framework for enacting modest gun restrictions while beefing up school security and enhancing mental health treatment in response to a recent spate of mass shootings that included a massacre at a Texas elementary school.

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Saturday’s funeral in Uvalde remembers 10-year-old Alexandria ‘Lexi’ Rubio

DALLAS — A service was held in Uvalde on Saturday for one of the students killed in the May 24 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Tribune News Service

Uvalde school police chief defends law enforcement response, says ‘not a single officer ever hesitated’ amid mass shooting

The Uvalde, Texas, school police chief claims he did not wait to act when gunfire erupted inside Robb Elementary School in his first extended interview since the mass school shooting last month.

The Independent UK

Man with knife hurts woman, child at school in Germany

Police say a man apparently attacked a woman and a 7-year-old girl with a knife at an elementary school in southwestern Germany and then fled

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A school reflects on a full year with mandatory masks: ‘We’re used to it’

First grader Khamoni Davis-Victor kept her face mask tucked under her chin as she munched on lunch Wednesday in the cafeteria at Yorkship Elementary School in Camden, New Jersey.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Uvalde School Police Chief Defends Texas Shooting Response

The Texas school police chief criticized for his actions during one of the deadliest classroom shootings in US history said in his first extensive comments, published Thursday, that he did not consider himself the person in charge as the massacre unfolded and assumed someone else had taken control of the…

The Independent UK

Report: Police knew of injured at Texas school while waiting

Police waited for protective equipment as they delayed entering the Texas elementary school where a gunman inside killed 19 children and two teachers

The Independent UK

Police shoot dead ‘potential intruder’ at Alabama elementary school

The individual was not armed, but allegedly was trying to take a police officer’s weapon during a fight

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