back to stool but hardly back to normal
students at Stoneman Douglas returned to
class today the shooting last February
prompted security changes at every
public school in the state of Florida a
new memorial shows an eagle holding a
heart on campus there are 17 fallen
feathers one for every person who died
good morning everyone for many of these
students the summer was filled with
rallies TV appearances nationwide tours
as they returned to campus offense
though now surrounds the freshman
building where that shooting happened
Trent Kelly joins us live from outside
the school Trent classes start in about
35 minutes yeah many students are
already pouring in in fact we've seen
several buses here enter the Stoneman
Douglas high campus they're starting to
pull in before that first bell rings
here in a short time
as soon as students walk into the
building they're going to notice a whole
host of changes chief among them is a
new area in one of the school's back
fields there's about 32 portables out
there that area basically designed to
replace the building where this shooting
took place that building still cordoned
off it is surrounded by a security fence
that's because it's still considered to
be a crime scene by investigators so
these students are going to be going to
class with this crime scene basically
just yards away from them a very eerie
feeling another change that many will
notice out here is a new single point of
entry that means any visitors even
parents of students here will be
required to pass through the office
first that is the only way they will be
allowed to get on to the campus there's
a little box that's been installed by
the door there which will now remain
locked those visitors must now buzz in
before they're allowed to get inside one
thing though that these students will
not see today that is metal detectors
many parents in the wake of the shooting
we're calling for at least some metal
detectors to be added out here the
Broward County School Board suddenly
reversing that decision late last week
their reasoning was this security study
that was done which said that could
create some logistical issues out here
you're talking about a student body of
about 30
200 kids every single one of them would
have to be screamed going through a
single entrance and that the the fear
was that that could create sort of a
delay causing kids to be late for class
many parents of those shooting victims
not at all happy about that
some even calling for the superintendent
here to resign so far though no signs
that he will do that in fact he's going
to be arriving here at the school in
just about 30 minutes or so he's going
to be greeting students as they walk
into class reassuring them that they
will be safe as this new school year
gets underway so a lot of changes here
but according to some parents a lot left
that still needs to be done guys a trend
it must be very painful for students who
are returning obviously to the school
this year after what happened of course
in February and to walk by that freshman
building and be reminded basically every
single day of what happened has there
been any movement as to what's going to
happen with that when it would come down
if a memorial will be you know put in
its place no exact date has been set yet
guys there was a some discussion over
the summer about that entire building
being demolished possibly even building
either a memorial on top of it or some
sort of new facility there designed to
honor the victims but as of right now
that plan still in the works nothing has
been finalized all because what is there
right now that building there where this
all took place it is still considered to
be a crime scene so investigators of
course very careful they want to
preserve that in case they need to go
back there and get any more evidence as
this case against Nicholas Cruz begins
to move forward I turn Kelly joining us
live from Parkland Trent thank you one
survivor of the Stoneman Douglas
shooting won't be going back today
Anthony Borges on his parents say he is
no longer he no longer feels safe at the
school 15 year old was shot five times
and is still using crutches to get
around he saved the lives of several
other students by using his body to
block a classroom door
I'm not ready for foregoing because his
danger for everyone
nobody wants okay sure and maybe he's a
another Nicolas Cruz over there when you
wake up every morning
and just see your song
with so many injuring his neater body
river of emotions as you hear still runs
deep his family's been critical of how
Broward County responded to the school
shooting he says that the school system
really missed a lot of red flags about
Nicholas Cruz and he wants more steps to
be taken by lawmakers to prevent people
who show signs of mental illness from
acquiring guns