SCHOOL SAFETY

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The Osceola County Sheriff and Osceola Superintendent held a news conference on Wednesday to show parents how they plan to keep students, faculty and staff safe this school year.

Orange County Public Schools hosted a full-scale training exercise for active shooters on a school campus Thursday ahead of a new school year.

The Flagler County school board will vote Tuesday on whether it should arm school staff members. The district said the guardian program would supplement school resource officers if an active shooter came to campus.

The city of Orlando voted Monday on what city leaders call a comprise following St. James Cathedral School’s request to close off a sidewalk near their campus.

Armed law enforcement officers could be at every school in the U.S. with new legislation.

While students at the University of Central Florida are on spring break, first responders used the campus for active threat training.

A new bill has been submitted to the Florida House of Representatives that would allow school districts to put cameras in classrooms.

The Marion County School board has rejected the sheriff’s office proposal “as-is” after a work session with public comment but is set to continue discussions about the SAFE Schools program.

There will be an enhanced law enforcement presence at Deltona High School this week, after false reports of gunshots, according to district officials.

Marion County School Board members are calling on the community for input after a proposal from the sheriff’s office to take over school security.

Armoured One builds special glass to slow down an attacker and provide more time for students and teachers to get to safety.

School leaders in Volusia County want to put more safety measures in place throughout the district, including metal detectors for high school events.

A high school in Orange County received its second threat in two days Thursday, but the sheriff’s office says a suspect has been identified.

The superintendent for Orange County Public Schools is expected to meet next week with Florida Dept. of Education officials over concerns from a statewide grand jury that the district may have underreported incidents to the state.

A quarter of Nightlock annual sales were shipped just in June, and the owners believe the tragic shootings in Uvalde and Oxford and school districts wanting to prepare for the upcoming school year contributed to the dramatic increase in sales.

We'll answer questions about school safety.

Our Solutionaries team tracks down solutions to one of the scariest, most terrifying problems plaguing parents—school safety.

The debate over school safety has reignited talks on everything from bulletproof shields to more funding for mental health services.

Ahead of the school year, the Brevard County sheriff announced in a Facebook video that school resource deputies will be carrying rifles in an effort to increase safety on campuses.

Annual retraining this summer for Osceola County Sheriff’s Office SROs was longer and more intensive than ever before, according to Sheriff Marcos Lopez.

As students throughout Central Florida return to class, school administrators are working to improve campus security with the use of technology including mobile panic alert buttons and gun detection systems powered by artificial intelligence.