school safety

From fun to fear —how a simple summer toy prompted one New Jersey school to lockdown.

There is a new mandate in place in many New Jersey school systems, Middlesex County being the most recent to join the movement requiring students to use clear backpacks for back to school. Thank you for the effort, but there is a better way.

Threat assessment teams will have to be developed by each school district in the state, starting with the 2022-23 school year.

The legislation prohibits the use of fake blood, real or prop firearms, or simulations of gunshots or explosions in school security demonstrations.

Bills already approved by the Assembly getting hearings as session nears the end. They include meetings with psychologists for oft-suspended students.

Schools across New Jersey and the nation have already enhanced security measures with local police departments by adding in armed officers and protocols, but a pair of bills introduced and one more being worked on by Congressman Tom MacArthur will tighten things even further.

The New Egypt High School student who allegedly threatened to shoot students and staff at their commencement ceremony has another charge added to the offenses he's facing following his arrest.

A Cream Ridge man who is also a student at New Egypt High School in Plumsted Township is arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot students and staff at the graduation ceremony.

In light of the latest school shooting in Parkland Florida, many around the U.S., New Jersey and right here at the Jersey Shore are asking "how safe are our schools?"

Proposed legislation aims to protect students and teacher from a wide range of threats.