School Shootings

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People think that students are safe in school. Students have been feeling like they are not safe since all of the school shootings in these last few years. I’m a student here and I do not feel safe going to school. This school needs to be safer and protected for when/if this ever happens. I know in these recent days people has been suggesting ways to help the school with safety issues. Some things I think the school should do is hire a veteran. In Oklahoma, there are 7,000 veterans in Oklahoma workforce that are unemployed. Those are just the ones in the workforce, all together there is over 150,000 unemployed veterans in Ok. . schools should have students wear passes to where they have to be checked when entering a building. Metal detectors

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