school shootings

A group of people in vigil outside the Cobb County School District offices

Education September 20, 2024

Safety not on Cobb school board agenda despite parent requests

Community members held a moment of silence for the victims at Apalachee High School — Photo by Rebecca Gaunt By Rebecca Gaunt Requests that safety be added to Thursday’s Cobb…

Opinion September 9, 2024

Georgia children may have vicarious trauma from school tragedy

By Melanie Dallas, LPC I wrote most of the article below just over two years ago, following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. At the time I wrote that many…

A schoolhouse with books superimposed on the front

Education February 19, 2024

“Failure in communication’ caused Cobb student to go missing for 8 hours, mom says

by Rebecca Gaunt Lola Adesanya and her son were supposed to celebrate his 16th birthday after school on Feb. 1. Instead, she spent the night in a desperate search with…

Cobb Police Chief VanHoozer and Cobb school board member Tre' Hutchins

Powder Springs February 17, 2024

Tre’ Hutchins reveals school safety plan at McEachern town hall

Cobb County Police Chief Stuart VanHoozer joined Tre’ Hutchins to address the audience. Photo by Rebecca Gaunt by Rebecca Gaunt Post 3 Cobb County school board member Leroy Tre’ Hutchins…

Gun violence February 8, 2024

Michigan mother convicted of manslaughter for school shootings by her son – after buying him a gun and letting him keep it unsecured

by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, University of Dayton, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In a decision expected to have far-reaching implications for the criminal responsibility of parents…

Gun violence February 9, 2023

Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven’t stopped, and kill more people

by David Riedman, University of Central Florida; James Densley, Metropolitan State University; and Jillian Peterson, Hamline University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the aftermath…

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Cobb County November 21, 2024

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