Stories Related to School Lockdowns Now Routine Part Of Student Life In Georgia

ATLANTA — School lockdowns, and preparing for a possible intruder, have become a fact of life for many metro Atlanta schools. School safety has changed in recent years with mass shootings such as the 2012 incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 students and six staff members were killed by a gunman, still fresh in the minds of many Americans, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported . read more

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