One schools superintendent has a novel way to keep his students safe from school shooters: arming them with rocks. David Helsel, superintendent of a school district in northeast Pennsylvania, explained his plan to a legislative education committee last week, drawing a flurry of local media coverage. In at least one school district, in Redmond, Washington, ALICE training also involved guidance for children to distract an intruder. “School districts in Pennsylvania are so under-funded, then they joke about kids having to defend themselves,” she said. “We’ve been trying to be proactive, just in case,” Helsel told ABC.

Source: National Post March 24, 2018 20:26 UTC