US School Violence Fast Facts
Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, their death is not included in the fatality totals.
Because there is no central database tracking school violence incidents, this list is based primarily on media reports and may not be complete or representative of all incidents.
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March 1, 2021 – Watson Chapel Junior High – Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A student is fatally shot, and a 15-year-old male suspect is arrested.
The third annual event will be held at Discovery Middle School Wednesday, March 10 6:00 pm, Mar. 3, 2021 ×
More than 200 Alexandria students and staff members jumped into a trailer full of cold water during the Cool School Plunge at Discovery Middle School last year. Lukas Gotto, middle school coach and technology integration specialist, said there will be an even larger turnout for the school s third annual plunge March 10. (Echo Press file photo)
The middle school has broken the Cool School Plunge record twice, beat its own record last year, and is on track to do so again this year.
Similar to fundraising, the highest number of students and staff will be participating in this year’s jump.
May 18, 2018 – Santa Fe High School – Santa Fe, Texas. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, allegedly opens fire killing 10 and injuring 13. Pagourtzis is arrested and charged with capital murder and aggravated assault of a public servant. In November 2019, he is declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
January 23, 2018 – Marshall County High School – Benton, Kentucky. Gabriel R. Parker, 15, allegedly opens fire killing two and injuring 18 others. The suspect is arrested at the scene and later charged with two counts of murder and 14 counts of first degree assault.
December 7, 2017 – Aztec High School – Aztec, New Mexico. William Atchison shoots and kills students Casey Jordan Marquez and Francisco Fernandez. Atchison, a former student at the high school, dies of what police believe to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Final version of Fargo schools boundary change offers no grandfather clause
Although the boundary change plan will not include a grandfathering clause, no two or more students from the same dwelling will be forced to attend two different high schools at the same time, said Assistant Superintendent Robert Grosz. Written By: C.S. Hagen | ×
Fargo Public School board meeting Tuesday, Feb. 9 at the district office. C.S. Hagen / The Forum
FARGO New boundary changes to be phased in over three years at Fargo Public Schools will begin at the start of the 2022 -23 school year, but no overall grandfathering clause will be allowed for family units, with a few exceptions.
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