Preventing A Mass School Shooting
Mention Uvalde, Texas, Sandy Hook, Connecticut or Columbine, Colorado to most people and they will probably think of a mass school shooting. These locations will go down in history as scenes of mass school shootings. If there was a mass school shooting in your city or state, how would that impact our region’s reputation, employment prospects, or attracting new companies and people who might want to move here?
The past 10 years were the most violent school years in history. Between 2010 and 2021, there were more mass school shootings nationally. Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies believe that the 2023 school year will be even worse. 2021 had the greatest number of incidents, with 249. The next highest year was 2019 with 119. Since 1970, 637 people have died in shootings at schools. Additionally, 1,734 were injured and 73 suffered minor injuries.
According to World Population Review, there have been 10 school shootings in New Mexico in 2022.
What can students, parents educators and families do to PREVENT school shootings?
On September 12th, Wings For LIFE International’s guest speaker will be Franklin P. Schargel, an Albuquerque resident, and a retired high school classroom teacher, high school Assistant Principal, and author of two books dealing with mass school violence; “Preventing School Violence: A User’s Guide” and “Creating Safe Schools: A Guide for School Leaders, Teachers, Counselors and Parents”. Franklin will discuss how to prevent mass school violence.
The session will be presented live and on Zoom at Second Presbyterian Church, 812 Edith Blvd NE, in Albuquerque. Park in the lot 1 block N. of Lomas off Page Rd.
The Zoom link is: https://zoom.us/j/2663343868
The session begins at 5 pm. Mr. Schargel begins speaking at 6:30pm.