Clear backpacks? More cops? Weigh in on Charlotte school safety here.
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Our Kids Need Us: Will we stop guns in schools?
Our series, “Our Kids Need Us,” covers growing concerns about safety and ideas for stopping violence and guns in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
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Parents, teachers, students and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools alumni expressed concern about safety in schools in an informal questionnaire by The Charlotte Observer last month.
Those perspectives helped shape our special report published Sunday called “Our Kids Need Us. Guns + School: Will we stop it?”
Now it’s your turn to weigh in.
Take our survey below. At the end, you’ll see how other participants answered.
Community response
With a record-high number of guns found in the first three months of the school year, many believe there are few issues in our community more pressing than security in schools.
In the survey from December by the Observer, parents and teachers especially say they’re worried.
One, a parent who sent kids to Myers Park and West Charlotte High and also volunteered as a tutor, said: “I am appalled at the violence in our schools. I would not be sending my children to CMS these days (I realize that is privileged). I believe parents should be held responsible for their children’s behavior. I know that’s not simple, but I believe it is the only way to make significant change.”
A teacher at Quail Hollow Middle wrote: “Students bring weapons to school and are sent home with out completing investigations until the next day.”
A parent from Hough High wrote: “It’s never talked about who is bringing guns to school or committing acts of violence. It’s always talked about how it’s a CMS problem. It’s not the school district’s fault. Who is causing the issues? Who are these students? Who are their parents? Let’s hear what they have to say. Why are they bringing guns to school and committing acts of violence?”
