UPDATE: Local Schools React To Newtown Killing
School districts in Niles, Morton Grove, Des Plaines and Park Ridge are communicating with parents and reviewing safety plans.
UPDATED with information from additional schools. The mass shooting at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn. is reverberating around the nation, and schools in Chicago's suburbs are as shaken as any. In Connecticut, 27 people, including 20 children, are reported dead after a gunman burst into the school. Ongoing Coverage: Police investigating two sites after tragedy unfolds at Connecticut school shooting Niles Police Sergeant Ron Brandt said the department has not received any threats but is keeping an eye on schools. Like Niles-Morton Grove Patch or Park Ridge Patch, or both, on Facebook "We're doing our normal vigilant patrols around schools," he said. Following are reactions from local school districts. Patch asked them if they have a …
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Harry Gio
2:41 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
This tragedy would have NOT happened if ALL doors were locked, metal detectors were at the entrance and armed guards were at the school... The world is becoming more and more dangerous, so maybe the federal government shouldn't keep sending billions of dollars overseas (to countries that hate us) and start spending it on the safety of the tax payers.............. more ›