TONIGHT: Community, School Officials Meet to Discuss Safety in North Canton Schools
North Canton City School District officials invite the community to attend a town hall-style meeting from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Jan. 15
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Newtown Shootings Spur Meeting to Discuss Safety in North Canton Schools
North Canton City School District officials invite the community to attend a town hall-style meeting from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Jan. 15
North Canton City School officials had planned to reevaluate safety procedures in the coming year, but the recent events in Newtown, CT, put those plans on the fast track. In light of the Dec. 14 shootings that left 27 people dead, North Canton City School District will host a town hall-style meeting to discuss safety and security within the walls of its schools. The meeting, led by Superintendent Michael Hartenstein and North Canton Police Chief Stephan Wilder, takes place from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Jan. 15 inside Hoover Hall at Hoover High School. "The intent of the meeting really is for us to get input from folks, to find out their ideas, their thoughts, their concerns, and we'll just sort of capture all of that," Hartenstein said. He said a …
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Holly Pierpont
9:27 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013
We already have the protections Plain installed in some of our buildings and I personally don't think any of those steps taken by Plain were protective enough to prevent another tragedy - they were what I refer to as a false sense of security. I appreciate the administration offering an open forum to hear ideas and parents concerns - we haven't had that in a long time. After hearing one persons … more ›