Denver High School Shooting Sparks School Safety Concerns and Policy Changes

The shooting of two administrators at a Denver high school has brought attention to student safety plans, which are commonly used by schools to monitor troubled students and prevent violence. The student who shot the administrators had a criminal history and was required to be searched before entering the school each day. Denver school officials have voted to bring armed police officers back into the city’s high schools for the remainder of the school year. Safety plans like the one put in place for the student are “very common” in schools nationwide and may call for students to be patted down or to check in with a school police officer or meet with a school mental health counselor.