Governor McDonnell Assembles School Safety Task Force
Members tasked with reviewing, making recommendations about safety in Virginia schools.
A state task force designed to review school safety procedures and make recommendations for any improvements at Virginia's schools -- created in the wake of the December shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. -- is set to begin next week, after Gov. Bob McDonnell named 45 people to the group Wednesday. Shortly after the shootings, which left 26 students and educators dead, Gov. Bob McDonnell issued Executive Order 56 establishing a multidisciplinary task force to review school and campus safety. In addition to several state legislators, law enforcement officials and mental health and safety experts, the task force also includes k through 12 and university-level educators and administrators, two students and the father of a …
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Frederick C. Cassiday
9:07 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Think the kids going to Anacostia don't get shot. Oh, that's right, that's them and this is us. Typical myopia to view the world in suburban terms until a Newtown Ct. happens right here. My view of the NRA leadership is that they do not represent me as a Life Member of the NRA, when they call for more guns in schools. Ever seen a firefight? Imagine one going on while screaming children are … more ›