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>> The Uvalde school massacre
is fresh on the minds of
families as students head back
to class. Many leaders have
now proposed plans to protect children on campuses and those
children on campuses and those
measures often include spending
thousands of dollars on safety
features.
>> But a group of local
students share their ideas with
us. The changes that they’re suggesting cost little to
suggesting cost little to
nothing. Health reporter Haley
Hernandez has much more on the
safety features of students say they would like to see.
they would like to see.
>> When it comes to school
safety.
There’s a lot of blame and
opinions. This is a new politician to point a finger.
politician to point a finger.
Parents want to be heard
>> But
>> 6 high school students all from across the Houston, Fort
from across the Houston, Fort
Bend area are now sharing their
ideas, answering the question.
They say no adult has ever
asked them. Has your school
administration ever said like? >> What do you guys think we
>> What do you guys think we
can
>> I know. I know
like neighbor. Nothing to fill
shot is saved and so adults. Here’s your chance to hear them
Here’s your chance to hear them
out. And the 4 suggestions they
believe would help. I think
schools you just love to some
extent, students can prop open
the door and literally anyone can come in. They tell us
can come in. They tell us
report things that are
suspicious like how are we
supposed to know what does
consider suspicious person
coming in a school that looks
exactly our age or is it an old man coming in that looks
old man coming in that looks
like by teach for number one.
They want to know what are red
flags prior to a school
shooting.
>> Jamie Freeney is the
director of the Center for
School, Behavioral Health at
Mental Health America. She says
to understand warning signs,
more research needs to be done
on patterns of previous
shooters. We know 2 to 3 days
leading up to that. They often
voice, but they’re going to
do. I can’t tell you what makes
the
difference between a threat
that somebody is going to go through with and one that they
through with and one that they
are just joking around but it
I think that we can come up
with that answer by really
looking at the data and the
information that we have.
>> Putting money into programs to public health programs, to
to public health programs, to
education research programs.
Number 2, the students want
Transparency Administration
really just sent out a mass
e-mail tells like them. We’ve handled it like, but how would
handled it like, but how would
we want to see like how this
has been handled?
>> Number 3, take that
transparency and reduce the
number of fake threats. It’s
not enough now to just say, oh, well, take care of it. Don’t
well, take care of it. Don’t
worry you. You go and learn.
It’s not enough. They’re too
into to what’s happening.
Just listen to how disruptive
fake threats are.
>> Even if it is think it’s still scary. Schools turn into
still scary. Schools turn into
a place where instead of
learning you have to be
constantly honor tells for
shooter comes where my camera,
you’re really distracted from what you’re actually learning
what you’re actually learning
and thinking about what’s going
to happen. Nothing never really
has enough impactful change
that it never stops the cycle
for recurring number 4. They
want truly anonymous reporting current methods make them
current methods make them
skittish.
>> Everyone knows this point
that they are not in August
because like my teacher, I do
remember what it mail anything on our IPads. They know to some
on our IPads. They know to some
200 and instead they suggest
making students anonymous
reporters.
>> Allowing a line of
communication for school
administrators to hear about even the rumors and peers not
even the rumors and peers not
knowing who reports in. You
tell your restaurant everything
usually ends up like it there
the present and you still don’t
know the person. You’re telling
them everything in their
reporting. And that’s not like mom, you times. It is like a
mom, you times. It is like a
lot of things here like because
they understand Yeah, I’ve seen
something like that happen.
The more like grass teachers
are like, oh, I’ve never known
that this would happen at our
school. Freeney says the
hesitancy to speak with
administrators over students
shows adults have diminished
their concerns. What’s normal now is that there’s a threat
now is that there’s a threat
made and then is dismissed.
It’s more as a parent as a
educator, a teacher, it’s more
comfortable to say, OK, well,
they took care of it and going
about my day Morse, that’s what we adults to those students.
we adults to those students.
They don’t have that skill.
It’s their lives at stake.
>> So this may not be the perfect plan, but it shows
perfect plan, but it shows
students have good ideas.
They are worried about
themselves siblings, teacher,
some had parents who work at
the school. Dylan even printed this waiver asking parents to
this waiver asking parents to
please pledge to lock up guns
inside your home. He hopes it