FIRST
FIRST SERVE BASIS AND THAT'S A LOOK AT SOME OF TODAY'S
STORIES NOW WE WANT TO4@ SEND
THE THANK YOU RUSSELL WE
APPRECIATE IT OVER THE PAST
TWO4@ DAYS WE HAVE GONE IN
DEPTH ON THE ISSUE OF SCHOOL
SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE
IN TENNESSEE TODAY. WE FEEL
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
TOPIC THAT NEEDS TO BE4@
DISCUSSED. AND HERE'S WHY4@
THE DAY4@4@ OR. IT'S BEEN TWENY
YEARS SINCE COLUMBINE AND
ALMOST ONE YEAR SINCE
THE SCHOOL4@ SHOOTING IN
PARKLAND FLORIDA4@. IN FACT
TODAY WE ARE COMING OFF ONE
OF THE MOST DEADLY YEARS ON
4@ RECORD FOR SCHOOL VIOLENCE
TWENTY NINE4@ TOTAL PEOPLE WERE
KILLED IN MASS SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS IN TWENT4@Y EIGHTEEN
AFTER EACH SHOOTING LAST YEAR
WE WOULD SIT IN OUR4@ MORNING
NEWS MEETING TO TRY TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO BEST COVER THESE
TRAGEDIES BUT WE DETERMINED
WE'D DONE IT ALL SO WE APPEAL
TO YOU OUR VIEWERS ON IG TV
TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU WANT
THIS TO COVER AND ONE OF YOUR
COMMENTS SPARKED AN IDEA TO
PUT TOGETHER A PANEL OF4@
STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO GAIN
INSIGHT ON SCHOOL4@4@ SAFETY
TODAY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND4@4@
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT4@ WE DID
WELL FOR THIS DISCUSSION WE
WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT SOMETHING YOU
WANTED TO SEE TO GATHER4@
STUDENTS AND PARENTS TOGETHER
THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THIS
EVERY DAY TO EXAMINE4@
THE PROBLEM TALK ABOUT
THE ISSUES4@ THE STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES AND WHERE WE GO
FROM HERE. THIS IS WHO IS
PART OF OUR4@ PANEL DISCUSSION
THE DAMAGE IN HAMILTON HIGH
SCHOOL. I'M THE I'M A SENIOR
FROM WEST4@. THE OFFICE OUT
HERE INTO THE GENERAL
HOSPITAL. THE MOST OF ALI
SMITH AND I'M A SENIOR AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE4@
IN ON THE KIT AS A TEA4@M WITH
A DEADLY YEAR MARKED BY A
NUMBER OF HIGH4@ PROFILE MASS
SHOOTINGS SEVERAL WERE SOME
OF THE DEADLIEST SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS ON RECORD AND THIS
MORNING WE BROUGHT T4@OGETHER A
PANEL OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS
TO FIND OUT MORE4@ ABOUT
THE STATE OF SCHOOL SAFETY IN
OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN
WORK TO MAKE4@ OUR COMMUNITY
AND THE WORLD A SAFER BETTER
PLACE. THANKS FOR BEI4@NG WITH
4@ US AND WE CERTAINLY KNOW THIS
IS A TOUGH TOPIC TO DISCUSS4@
AND IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO LIVE
THROUGH. I THINK ALL OF US
SEE THE REPORTS ON TV OF
ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING ANOTHER
SCHOOL SHOOTING4@ AND
IMMEDIATELY JUST GIVES US A
PEN OR STOMACH. IT'S SCARY
YOU KNOW YOU WORRY FOR OUR
FUTURE. I WANT TO START AND
OPEN THE DIALOGUE ABOUT
THE STATE OF YOUR SCHOOLS
INDIVIDUALLY AND HOW YOU FEEL
EVERY DAY GOING TO4@ SCHOOL AND
KYLE LET YOU START AND I
THINK I'M REALLY FORTUNATE TO4@
GO TO SCHOOL HAS A LOT OF
PREPARED STAFF MEMBERS AND
VERY NICE AND SORROWS AND I
THINK AS FAR A4@S KNOX COUNTY
SCHOOLS GO YOU KNOW MY SCHOOL
IS ONE OF THE SAFEST AND MOST
PREPARED BUT THIS IS
THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN
REALLY BE PREPARED FOR AND SO
YOU KNOW I CAN FEEL UNSAFE IF
I SEE SOMETHING ON THE NEWS
ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING AND I
IMMEDIATELY HAVE TO GO TO
SCHOOL AGAIN AND IT'S4@ KIND OF
OUT OF THE HANDS OF SCHOOL
IN THE HANDS OF YOU KNOW
SOMEONE ELSE OUR COUNTRY OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHAT DO
YOU THINK ALLIE EVERY4@DAY WHEN
YOU GO TO SCHOOL4@ BUT ONLY
THE AYA AND I THINK THAT WE'D
ACTUALLY DO HAVE SOME GOOD
OFFICERS AND PREPARED STAFF
MEMBERS LIKE SHE'S SAYING AND
I TOTALLY FEEL SAFE AT SCHOOL
HONESTLY BECAUSE THE SIDES ON
WHAT'S GOING ON OUTSIDE
THE SCHOOL4@ WE HAVE OFFICERS
THAT MAKE IT FUN FOR US AND
THAT I LIKE TO SWITCH OUR
MINDS AND4@ TRY NOT TO LIKE YOU
KNOW HAVE US THINK ABOUT WHAT
REALLY GOES ON OUTSIDE SO I
FEEL SAFE. HONESTLY IT'S LIKE
A MORBID PREPARE DON'T SCARE
SITUATION THAT YOU'RE SENDING
A CHILD TO SCHOOL AND I'M IN4@
THE SAME BUT AS YOU ARE
SENDING A CHILD TO SCHOOL
EVERYDAY AND I THINK AT LEAST
AFTER SANDY HUG THAT WAS
REALLY HARD FOR4@ ME BECAUSE IT
WAS TARGETING ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL AND THAT'S WHAT GRADE
MY SON AS AN ELEMENTARY GRADE
SO WHAT DO YOU FEEL EVERYDAY
USE AND OR TOP SCHOOL YOU
KNOW YOU BRING THAT4@ CHILD
THAT THE NEW TRYING TO
PROTECT ON THE ISSUE CAN AND
YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO TURN
HIM OVER TO SOMEONE ELSE4@ TO
PROTECT AND FEEL LIKE
THE SCHOOL IS4@ VERY PREPARED
I FEEL LIKE THEY GO TO
THE DRILLS AND HAVE4@ THEIR
VERY PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
IF THEY NEED TO AND
THE SORROWS AND4@ ALSO IT MUCH
AT SCHOOL THERE'S A4@ CAKE DUTY
OFFICER THEY ARE EVERYDAY AND4@
YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE THEY
COULD CONTROL A SITUATION I
THINK THE SECURITY WITHIN4@
THE PAST FEW YEARS OF CERTAIN
BLOCK SOME OUTDOORS YOU KNOW
MAKING SURE4@4@ THE SCHOOL IS
LOCKED DOWN EVERY DAY WHEN
THE KIDS ARE IN THERE I THINK
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT4@ THAT
THEY HAVE TO PART PEOPLE
BASED IN THE SCHOOL CAN ONLY
GO THROUGH CERTAIN DOORS TO4@
GETTING A NAP TO BE BUZZED
AND HAVE THE BEST AND THE YES
THE MIDST OF YOUR COMING4@ FROM
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
DURING COLLEGE BUT STILL I
MEAN I THINK ABOUT VIRGINIA
TECH IN THE SHOOTING YEARS
AGO THERE ARE SO4@ IT'S THEY'RE
STILL THREATS ON EVERY4@ CAMPUS
I WOULD BELIEVE. WHAT DO YOU
THINK EVERY DAY YOU GO TO
SCHOOL FOR ME4@ BEING A UT4@
BUILDINGS ARE SPREAD4@ OUT WE
HAVE UT KNOXVILLE POLICE AND
SO4@ THIS S4@AFETY IS THERE BU
HAVE UT KNOXVILLE POLICE AND SO4@ THIS S4@AFETY IS THERE BUI
CAN'T HELP BUT THINK ABOUT
WHEN THOMPSON IN
THE CLASSROOM POLICE CAR
DIRECTLY IN THAT BUILDING
ITSELF IN THE CASE IF
SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN IT
CROSSES MY MIND HOW CAN I GET
OUT OF THE SITUATION WITH MY
EXIT STRATEGY4@ STUFF LIKE THAT
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT POLICE4@
ARE DIRECTLY IN THAT BUILDING
THERE AROUND4@ CAMPUS CAMPUS IS
SPREAD OUT SO THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT I HAVE TO RELY ON BUT
WHAT I LIKE THAT UT DOES IS
THAT NOT ONLY THEY4@ OFFER
POLICE BUT THEY HAVE ALERTS4@
TOO WILL BE SEND OUT YOUR
PHONE EMAIL AND4@ I MEAN THAT'S
WHAT THEY DO IN THE KIND OF
WAY SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE
HAPPENING TO KEEP STUDENTS
ALERT WHAT'S GOING ON ON
THE CAMPUS AND IN
THE COMMUNITY. YO4@U KNOW I WAS
READING A STORY THIS MORNING
AND THERE ARE AT LEAST
ACCORDING TO LAST YEAR
STATISTICS ARE SIXTEEN LOCK
DOWNS EVERYDAY AND OUR4@
NATION'S SCHOOLS AND NINE OF
THEM WERE4@ RELATED TO GUNS OR
THE THREAT OF GUN VIOLENCE
I'M WHAT I TELL YOU4@ THOSE
NUMBERS. HOW DOES THAT M4@AKE
YOU FEEL. KELLY MAKES ME4@
SCARED A LITTLE VACAY AS I
DON'T KNOW LIKE WEATHER IS
GOING HAPPEN SOON OR4@ I'M JUST
KIND OF4@ WANT AND I WAS LIKE
YES SIR I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS
AND THAT SORT OF4@ HOW IT IS
LIKE YOU CAN ONLY PREPARE TO
A CERTAIN POINT AND THEN
SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU'VE
JUST4@ GOT TO BE ABLE TO KNOW
WHAT TO DO WHERE TO FIND
SAFETY. DO YOU THINK THAT
THESE LOCKDOWN4@ DRILLS ARE
BENEFICIAL4@ THE DRILLS THAT
YOU GUYS GO THROUGH ON IT. IF
AN AC4@TIVE SHOOTER COMING TO
SCHOOL ONLY YOU GUYS DO THOSE
RIGHT AWAY AND I I DO THINK
THEY'RE HELPFUL. I THINK4@ I
4@ THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF
EMOTIONAL STABILITY TO
EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL
BUILDING LIKE JUST KNOWING4@
WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF
THE SHOOTER COMES BUT AT
THE SAME TIME AND I4@ WISH THAT
THERE IS MORE BEING DONE THAN
JUST WELL IF THAT HAPPENS WE
WILL BE4@ PREPARED I COMING
FROM A SAMPLING OF SOME WHO
CARES ABOUT4@ THE SALON I WISH
THAT I4@ LAWMAKERS ARE OTHER
PEOPLE WERE DOING MORE TO
HELP THE SCHOOL SYSTEM
SPECIFICALLY SAY WE HAVE TO
RUN ALL THE SKILLS BUT I DO
THINK THAT THEY ARE 4@HELPFUL
TO SOME EXTENT WELL WE'RE
JUST NOT TO TALK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT AFTER
THE PARKLAND SHOOTING SOME OF
THE STUDENTS4@ FROM PARKLAND
FLORIDA ORGANIZED THE MARCH
FOR OUR LIVES RALLIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY NEW ORGANIZER
WEST HIGH SCHOOLS ARE EIGHT
YES I I ALONGSIDE SOME OF MY
PEERS WE FORMED A CLUB AND WE
MET WEEKLY TO ORGANIZE THIS
WALK OUT4@ AND WE DID OF. WE
DIDN'T DO THE ALL DAY WALKOUT
WE DID A FORTY FIVE MINUTE
WALK OUT ONTO THE BASEBALL
FIELD AND WE HAD A4@ FEW
HUNDRED PEOPLE4@ ATTEND AND WE@
HAD SOME SPEAKERS FROM OUR
SCHOOL WHO HAD4@ BEEN THROUGH
GUN VIOLENCE TALK AND IT WAS
JUST A REALLY GOOD ALL GOOD I
SAY BUT IT WAS REALLY
INTIMATE AND POWERFUL MAN4@ IN
ONENESS UP LIKE THAT STUDENTS
LIKE YOU GUYS WHO ARE4@ TAKING
AN AC4@TIVE ROLE AND SCHOOL
SAFETY AND AND I GUESS I KNOW
THAT THE POLICE SAYING IS SEE
SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING BUT
THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU HAVE
TO DO ESPECIALLY AS A PARENT
HER CHILD. IF YOU SEE4@
SOMEBODY ACTING STRANGELY OR
THAT SEEMS TO BE HAVING
EMOTIONAL4@ TROUBLES IS THAT
WHAT YOU WOULD SAY TEN TO
YOUR4@ CHILDLIKE SAY SOMETHING@
TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ON
SOMEBODY YOU TRUST AN NGO TO
WHAT MOST OF IT COMING FROM A
COLLEGE STANDPOINT DO YOU
GUYS DO DRILLS TO GET A
PAMPHLET WHEN YOU START UT TO
CA TO GIVE YOU SOME OF4@
THE INSIDE METHODS ON SCHOOL
SECURITY4@. THERE ARE GENERAL
THINGS HAS BEEN SPE4@CIFICALLY
WORKING4@ WITH ADMISSIONS
OFFICES YOU HAVE TO GO TO A
CERTAIN TYPE OF TOURNEY BUT I
DEFINITEL4@Y THINK THEY COULD
DO MORE IN HIM YOU KNOW THOSE
DRILLS BECAUSE I4@ THINK HIGH
SCHOOLS DO A LOT MORE4@ THAN
WHAT COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES DO AND I THINK
IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAD THOSE4@
OFFICERS THERE4@ WITH YOU IN
THOSE HALLWAYS OMINOUS
DIFFERENT COLLEGE CAMPUS LIKE
IS EVERYTHING SPREAD OUT4@
THE INTERESTING OK AND COMING
UP AFTER THIS BREAK. WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR
QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ARISEN