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Officers began investigating immediately when the Houston Independent School District received a tip about a student allegedly planning a school attack during a previous school year.
HISD says seven credible school shooting-related threats were reported when the anonymous reporting program launched during the 2019-20 school year. During the 2021-22 school year, there were 34 credible threats, each one thoroughly investigated, sometimes in the middle of the night. "We show up all the time, one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning, and those are the scariest ones because school opens up between 6:30 and 8 o'clock, so we have to make sure is this threat credible or not credible," Lopez said.
"It makes me feel a little bit more safe that they're taking precaution and actually going out and trying to do something about it after hearing about a possible shooting," Porter said. Superintendent Phil Edwards told us evidence, in that case, shows the weapon was not intended for school. However, the district still notified the parents and properly disciplined the student.
"I know there have been several times school year our police officers have gone to homes to talk to parents about, 'does your child have access to a gun and can we come in and search your child's bedroom to see if there's access to guns.' They've always been met with a 'yes,'" Edwards said. "It's always in my mind. I just try not to think about it, but you always wake up and wonder, 'Am I going to be next?'"
"It calmed me. I was scared about the school shooting at first because I was scared that it might happen at our school." "We don't have enough officers, and I don't know if that's the solution, having officers on every campus because that's going to be a community discussion," Lopez said. "We all need resources. We need more teachers. We need more counselors. Everybody needs resources, but the community must decide what resources they want at their school."
It includes new cameras and doors, and security system upgrades. Edwards said the district also makes sure officers have the right equipment.Building community among students, admin Brantley said it's essential for him to make sure students feel safe at school. Whenever he took over as principal, he started meeting with student organizations biweekly to get a pulse of what students were saying they needed to have a better, safer experience at school.
Scott, who joined HISD 17 years ago as a teacher, said she would never have imagined the conversations she has now as she oversees students' social and emotional needs.
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