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Too Traumatic? School Lockdown Drills Would Be Reduced Under NY Bill Too Traumatic? School Lockdown Drills Would Be Reduced Under NY Bill
Too Traumatic? School Lockdown Drills Would Be Reduced Under NY Bill Some New York state lawmakers want to reduce the number of school lockdown drills that are held each year over concerns they could be harmful to students’ mental health. A bill sponsored by Democratic Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon would cut back the number of required lockdown drills from four per year to two. Schools would still have the option of conducting more drills if they chose to. The legislation would also mandate that school drills be conducted in a “trauma-informed, developmentally age-appropriate manner,” and would permit parents to opt their children ou…

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by Michael Mashburn
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‘Children Are Dying’: NY Rep Gets Into Shouting Match With Colleague Over Gun Control (Video) ‘Children Are Dying’: NY Rep Gets Into Shouting Match With Colleague Over Gun Control (Video)
‘Children Are Dying’: NY Rep Gets Into Shouting Match With Colleague Over Gun Control (Video) The heated debate over gun control in the US spilled into the halls of Congress during a shouting match involving New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman that has since gone viral online. Video of the incident shows Bowman, a Democrat whose 16th District covers southern Westchester County and parts of the Bronx, arguing with Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in a hallway outside the House chamber on Wednesday, March 29. In the clip, Bowman, a former teacher and middle school principal in the Bronx, is seen telling reporters that Republicans are “cowards” and “gutless” for not supporting legislat…

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by Michael Mashburn