School Safety

The year 2018 is almost over, and Florida Matters is looking back at the stories that made headlines in our region this year.Much has happened in our…

It’s been almost 10 months since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. In addition to the wave of student activism, there’s been an...

Security companies spent years pushing schools to buy more products — from "ballistic attack-resistant" doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from...

Tampa Bay school districts are working to implement new safety measures based on assessment feedback.The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Act was passed by…

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg’s College of Education received a $2.2 million grant for a new statewide training program for K-12…

The organization Parkland Cares , founded in the wake of the February mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, awarded its first three...

Florida will soon launch a new app that will allow people to anonymously report suspicious activity in the state's schools.

Six months to the day after the shooting that left 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — and coming shortly after the Broward County...

By law, all schools in Florida are required to employ a sworn officer or trained guard by the first day. With not enough guards hired, the Jacksonville...

Democrat Jeff Greene’s campaign bus pulled up to Jacksonville’s Northwestern Middle School a few weeks ahead of the start of school. The Palm Beach...

Metal detectors will not be installed for the start of classes at a Florida high school where 17 students and faculty were slain on Valentine's Day.

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will no longer have to use see-through backpacks, but they will have to pass through metal detectors...