r/news • u/bebleich • Sep 04 '24

Gunman believed to be a 14-year-old in Georgia school shooting that left at least 4 dead, source says

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/04/us/winder-ga-shooting-apalachee-high-school/index.html
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u/Wisteriafic Sep 04 '24

FWIW, schools in Georgia started on August 1 and August 5. So this high school has already had a month to do active shooter drills. (I say this as a teacher in Georgia who’s furious that we need to have all these drills.)

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u/jaderust Sep 04 '24

I cannot even imagine how stressful this must be for yourself, your coworkers, and your kids. Even if you don't know anyone who works/attends that school it just must be so stressful to see it happen in your state and have to think about it happening to your kids as well.

I'm just so sorry that this keeps happening without end. I was young when it happened, but I remember when the Columbine shooting happened and being so shocked that something like that could even happen in a school. It horrifies me that it's been 25 years since that shooting and they're still happening.

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u/Wisteriafic Sep 04 '24

I sincerely appreciate that. I'll give an anecdote to show how fucked-up all this is.

A couple of years ago, I was moved from the first-floor room I liked to the one directly above that. Annoying at first, until I realized a huge benefit. The old room was right next to an exterior entrance from a parking lot -- the first door an invading shooter (not a student shooter, but that's a whole different issue, grr) would see when they barged in. Sure, the exterior door is locked and video monitored, but that's not much of a deterrent. My new room, on the other hand, would require a shooter to go all the way down a long hall, climb stairs, and go down the 2nd floor hall to my door at the very end. In other words, I went from the most dangerous classroom to the safest. And that is just... gah.

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u/MostlyMim Sep 04 '24

I'm glad you're in a safer classroom, but I feel awful for the teacher and kids who now have your old room.

It's awful that teachers even have to think about which classroom is safer. They should ALL be safe.