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Amber Rylak and Jackie Mendolia successfully fought off a stranger who was trying to get into a second grade classroom at Emma E. Booker Elementary.

Salvatore and Amy Emma designed TeacherLock to deter active shooter situations. They recently moved the company to Venice.

SARASOTA- Quick thinking from a 5th grader Safety Patrol member saved a Pre-K students from what could have been a horrible accident. “In the past we’ve recognized Officers that have gone

Originally published on December 17, 2020 3:59 pm Among the best predictors of whether a child will be taken for an involuntary psychiatric exam under the Baker Act in Florida, is a history of trauma. But school psychologists, who know most about how to treat early childhood trauma, are in short supply. So, often times, resource officers are called to intervene when children are struggling. Mental health experts say it doesn't have to be that way and some schools are changing their approach to student discipline. In the fourth part of this series on the Baker Act, we explore what one school ...

Originally published on December 16, 2020 9:16 pm The Baker Act wasn’t designed for kids, yet the number of children being sent for involuntary psychiatric evaluations has continued to go up. State data shows schools make up nearly a quarter of all origin points for Baker Act referrals. Fear of school shootings and increased pressure to regulate student behavior mean one bad joke can plunge a child, and their family, into the state's mental health system. Beth Carr and her son Chris, discovered this the hard way in December 2016. Chris Carr was in a physical education class. The teacher ...