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Friday, December 21, 2012

School Safety Examined in Response to CT Shooting

Board president demands action on security in Parsippany schools by end of January.

The Parsippany Board of Education held a moment of silence during its meeting Thursday night in memory of the 20 children and six adults gunned down last week at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Board President Dr. Frank Calabria said it was difficult for him to find the words to express his feelings about “this unspeakable horror.” “Today I was at an elementary school, and I saw these little sixth- and seventh-graders walking,” Calabria said. “It was all I could do to not hug every single one of them.” Calabria has also suggested the board perform a good day each day for 26 days in honor of the 26 victims. He also suggested expediting a district-wide study that will help the board make recommendations as to what the district…

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10:02 am on Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Well, Frank, we know we can always count on you and your vast experience with Police Squad to keep our children safe.   more ›

Newtown Shooting Spurs NJ School Security Reaction

School districts in the region respond to Connecticut massacre by reviewing safety procedures.

At 9:30 a.m. Friday, 26 bells were rung, one each for the lives taken in the hallways and classrooms of Sandy Hook Elementary School during the Dec. 14 shooting in Newtown, Conn. The Friday before Christmas, typically a day reserved for holiday parties and cheer, marked a week since what has been labeled the second deadliest school shooting in America.  Just days and even hours after the shooting, school districts in Morris and Somerset counties sprung into action, developing plans to communicate with parents and reaching out to police officers about how to make schools more safe. "Right now, the crucial thing for school boards to do is to look at the security procedures in place," said Frank Belluscio, communications director for the New …

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