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teach1st

(5,932 posts)
4. Good questions
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 04:18 PM
Jul 2019

Many districts aren't going along with armed teachers.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/09/florida-armed-teachers-school-districts

But after leaving Florida’s 67 counties to make their own decision about allowing teachers to participate, the scale of opposition quickly became apparent. Following the bill’s passage, the Guardian canvassed the 25 largest school districts by size, covering more than 2.3 million of the state’s 2.8 million school-age children, and established from interviews, a study of public statements and resolutions passed by school board members, that none were planning to allow their teachers to be armed.
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