Boardman High School in northeast Ohio had a “legacy lockdown” including an active-shooter drill, a chime ringing once for each of the 17 victims from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, and an opportunity to applaud local emergency responders. Leaders of the nation’s largest teachers’ unions, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, issued statements remembering the Parkland victims, honouring survivors and urging legislation to reduce gun violence and improve school safety. In Parkland, the 14 students and three staff members who died were being honoured quietly through an interfaith service and service projects by students. A Facebook page set up for mobilizing Stoneman Douglas alumni urged people to participate in an online vigil by posting pictures of lit candles with the hashtag #17Eagles. ——Follow Franko on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/kantele10——Find all The Associated Press’ coverage marking one year since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, at: https://apnews.com/ParklandFloridaschoolshooting .

Source: National Post February 14, 2019 15:02 UTC