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Submitted by Joyce Davis Official Minutes The Otis School District R-3 Board of Education held their regular meeting on December 12, 2023 in the North Computer Lab in Otis, Colorado and over Google Meet. President Chas Gross called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The following people were present at the meeting: Ryan Price, […]

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Shooter situations. >> how can we better respond to these events? what happened? was there anything that we did well? >> reporter: for one police dispatcher, school custodian rick thorn became eyes and ears, providing real-time intelligence. >> i keep hearing shooting. i keep hearing popping. >> okay. >> guys, we got a shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown. 911 is ringing off the hook. >> reporter: at one point the custodian still on the phone with the dis3567er is confronted by re...

It wasnt just from inside the school, brooke, but it was also from people who were being texted by those inside, saying that there was a gunman in the hallways. you hear how this all plays out. a female teacher called in. she had been shot in the foot. you could hear a little bit of the fear in her voice. she cant get to the door. there are two other adults with children sheltering in place, the dispatcher says, can you lock the door? she says, i cant, i cant. you hear some of the fear and some ...

Shooting at newtown sandy hook elementary school are now public. cnn has listened to them and here is what we have learned. the dispatchers were incredibly calm. a hero custodian gave the operators crucial information to help police. we heard one teacher trapped in a classroom with the students being told to lock to door. the release of these tapes, though, has been a huge debate. many newtown families have strongly opposed the release of these 911 calls. let me bring in two voices here. brian s...

Been shot in the foot and yet still works to calm the children inside of her classroom. and keep them safe. a custodian named rick thorn stayed on the phone with police for several minutes, reporting that he heard shooting and even acted as a liaison between the police on the scene and the dispatcher on the phone. now, due to the sensitivity of this issue, nbc news has decided not to play the audio from these recordings. a position advocated by some in the community, including victims families. ...