Omer Barnes

March 2020 was the first March without a school shooting in the U.S. since 2002

Active Shooter And Other Drills At School Are Giving Kids A Lifetime Of Anxiety

Brooklyn Jewish school installs bullet-resistant classroom doors

Local School District Buying Hundreds of Bullet-Resistant Doors

School Shooting Safe Room: A Simple Solution to Save Lives

Is it Real, or is it a Lockdown?

Bergen County Ups Game on Security

School Teachers Shot with Pellet Guns During Shooter Drill

Educators Fired and School Institutions Sued…Are You Serious?

The Secret Behind the Parent-Teacher Conference

Bergen County task force urges sweeping changes to school security

What Are Active-Shooter Drills Doing to Kids? The psychological effects of realistic simulations could be dangerous

In the year since Parkland shooting, a grieving mother and NJ native fights for school safety

School Lockdowns Could Have Psychological Effects on Children

‘What if someone was shooting?’

Please Excuse My Child From Class Today

Active Shooter Drills Are Traumatizing a Generation

‘This Is Not a Drill’: 11 Students on the Terror of Lockdowns

Do safe schools need armed guards or armed teachers?

Trump opposes ‘active shooter drills,’ references his own son

‘I Worry Every Day’: Lockdown Drills Prompt Fear, Self-Reflection After School Shooting

My school’s new emergency plan includes lockdown drills. How can we keep them from scaring the kids?

The Harsh Dilemma Of Preparing Kids For The Worst At School

What I learned when a lockdown drill at our school went wrong