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School Safety and Security News
Below are school safety and security news articles gathered from various sources, please click the link below each topic to link to the full article. If you need more information about a particular news topic please contact the TxSSC staff or browse through some other recommended resources pertaining to the some of the same issues at the following link: News Resources.
September 25, 2008 - A Lifeline For College Students With Depression (npr.org)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94997857&ft=1&f=1001
September 23, 2008 - Finnish gunman kills 10 at college (cnn.com)
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/23/finland.school.shooting/index.html
September 10, 2008 - 100th Online Sex Predator Arrested by Attorney General's Cyber Crimes Unit Receives Jail Time (oag.state.tx.us)
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/oagNews/release.php?id=2621
September 10, 2008 - Midwest City teen arrested after threat of shooting (newsok.com)
http://newsok.com/midwest-city-teen-arrested-after-threat-of-shooting/article/3295320/?tm=1220997898
September 3, 2008 - Ohio teen fires gun in school hall; no one injured (ap.google.com)
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2GyotP16DSG-YdwuoaWAoTus6bwD92UUV880
September 3, 2008 - In Ohio Town, A School Tragedy Averted (npr.org)
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=94244012&m=94243962
September 3, 2008 - School resumes at Willoughby South High, extra counselors on hand (wkyc.com)
http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/news_article.aspx?storyid=95806&catid=3
School Safety and Security News Resources
Below are some other recommended resources related to school safety and security. To return to the news articles pertaining to these issues click the following link: School Safety News Articles. If you need more information about a particular resource site please visit the Resources section of our site or contact the TxSSC staff.
Managing Threats: Safety Lessons Learned from School Shootings
http://www.nctsnet.org/nctsn_assets/pdfs/UrbanED_Managing_Threats_MWongPhD.pdf
School Safety Notes from Sacramento, CA
http://www.scusd.edu/safe_schools/SchoolSafetyNewsNotes.htm
Indicators of School Crime and Safety
http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=49
Page address: http://www.cscs.txstate.edu/txssc/txssc-news.htm