The shooting near Denver’s East High School last month claimed the life of 16-year-old Luis Garcia and left many worried about school safety
Amy Golden’s children are young, but she says gun violence is something every parent should be concerned about.
“We've been seeing increased community violence across the city and county of Denver,” said Denver school board vice-president Auon’tai Anderson. “This was an opportunity for the board of education to engage with our community members.”Anderson says the district has been working on multiple fronts to improve safety.
“If DPD would like to increase the patrol around our school communities, by all means, do so,” said Anderson. “Interact with our kids. Interact with our kids in a humane way. Don’t use this as an opportunity to criminalize our students.”
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