Justice System
Grade 6

School-to-Prison Pipeline

You just had the best day of school, ready to go home and tell your parents about it, but instead, you are getting tackled by two police officers, stuffed in the back of a police car, and locked in a cell overnight. What caused this situation to happen? You broke a zero-tolerance rule even though […]

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School Safety
Grade 6

Going Too Far with School Safety

Imagine walking into a school. As you walk in you see a security guard. Now imagine that the security guard is holding a military rifle. This has been happening in some schools across the country. If this were happening in my school, I would feel extremely uncomfortable and scared. If for some reason a security […]

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School Safety
Grade 8

School Security: Officers Make an Effective Change

The Sandy Hook Elementary shooting occurred on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, a tragedy that many still remember to this day. It affected people across the country mentally and emotionally. From my whole life as a student, personally I believe, the presence of officers and school guards is important for the school’s environment to […]

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