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Editorial: School safety needs multi-pronged approach
Stronger security, behavioral training among solutions to keeping campuses safe
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Sgt. Chris Jones, left, and Officer Griggs Wall, of the Gainesville Police Department, watch as Gainesville High School students make their way to buses parked out front Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. - photo by Scott Rogers
Those of previous generations remember the days when the school yard was a place of innocent fun, the constant chatter of children, maybe the sound of ball on bat or a basketball dribbling. The school itself was a public center where parents, kids and neighbors interacted freely and came and went at will.
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Opinion: Sacrifices must be made by all to keep Democracy
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President Donald Trump listens during an event Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. - photo by Associated Press
Donald Trump and the Republican Party are, in a helter-skelter fashion, converting American democracy into an autocracy with Trump as the autocrat.
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