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BOISE, Idaho (AP) Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female. The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot two other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher and held until…
Guns-in-schools bills wonât move this legislative session
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During a March 2020 hearing, Senate State Affairs Committee chairwoman Patti Anne Lodge eyes a line of activists against gun violence ready to testify against a guns-in-schools bill. | Sami Edge, Idaho EdNews
BOISE Two competing guns-in-schools bills will not get a hearing in the waning days of the 2021 legislative session.
âThis sessionâs over,â Senate State Affairs Committee Chair Patti Anne Lodge, R-Caldwell, told Idaho Education News. âI am not having another committee hearing.â
In an interview Friday â one day after a shooting at Rigby Middle School, which left two students and a school custodian injured â Lodge emphasized the need to train teachers and school staff so they know how to respond to a crisis. And on Thursday, Rigbyâs training worked, Lodge said; a teacher was able to disarm and detain the suspect, fem
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People embrace after a school shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Authorities say a shooting at the eastern Idaho middle school has injured two students and a custodian, and a male student has been taken into custody. (John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via AP) May 07, 2021 - 3:06 PM
BOISE, Idaho - Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female.
The shooting happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, when police say the girl pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot two other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher and held until police arrived. All three were shot in the extremities, and none had life-threatening injuries.
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Idaho school shooting is one of very few in which a girl is the suspect
Police are trying to determine why the 6th-grader pulled a handgun out of her backpack and shot 2 other students and an adult custodian before she was disarmed by a teacher.
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People embrace outside after a shooting at Rigby Middle School in Rigby, Idaho, on Thursday. John Roark /The Idaho Post-Register via Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho Authorities say they are trying to determine what prompted a young girl to open fire at a rural Idaho middle school, one of the few school shootings in which the suspect is female.
There is $6m from Donald Trump’s administration sitting on the table in Idaho, and trying to pick it up has caused an extraordinary uproar. In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under,.