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Officials have asked Gov. Maura Healey to send in the Massachusetts National Guard to stop violence and address security concerns at a troubled high school in a city south of Boston, some school committee members said Monday. Four of the seven members of the Brockton School Committee backed the National Guard request amid teacher shortages and budget deficits, but city officials weren't unanimous in their support. The governor's office acknowledged the concerns about Brockton High School, where teachers reported fighting and drug use in the hallways, and verbal abuse of staff. “Our administration is committed to ensuring that schools are...

SANTA FE, Texas (CBS) — An exchange student and two substitute teachers were among the 10 people killed during the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Galveston County, Texas. Ten people were also injured Friday in what Texas Governor Greg Abbott described as “one of the most heinous attacks that we’ve ever seen in the history of Texas schools.”CBS News reports the suspected shooter has been identified as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis. Pagourtzis has been booked into the Galveston County jail and is being held without bond on charges of capital murder and aggravated assault of a peace officer. Additional...

... I’ve had tiny first graders who stubbornly refused to work. I’ve had powerful high-school boys who stubbornly refused to work. In a phys-ed class, I discovered a girl was legally blind only when I tossed her an eraser and it bounced off her face. I’ve been locked out of a school building for 30 minutes with a class of crying third graders. Of course we rang the bell! No one answered because all the teachers were at an end-of-the-year luncheon. As much as I became frustrated by the lack of training and support, I was most angered by how...