It is a simple statement with a powerful message.
Next to the desks, the school's sign displays a message: "It has to stop!" The victims’ names and ages are also listed. Three children and three employees did not make it home that day.
It is not the first time Superintendent Dave Palzet has placed empty desks outside the middle school. Last year, after a gunman took 21 lives at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a similar display sent a poignant message. "This is a powerful visual. I think if schools across the country were doing something like this, it would enhance the conversation. It would get people talking. We have a platform and we should use it," Palzet said. "Like all educators, when these types of events happen, they hit home, they hit hard.
The superintendent says they are constantly updating their own school safety plan, which includes keeping doors locked and providing every teacher with a panic button that calls 9-1-1 directly.that I have read and agree
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