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Students at West Texas school district feel safe with staff who carry concealed weapons
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| Feb 15, 2018
| Kristy Gerlett
Posted on 02/18/2018 1:18:23 PM PST by Yosemitest
West Texas school district allows concealed carry on campus
CLAUDE, TX (KFDA) - Claude Independent School District has several staff members that carry concealed weapons on school grounds.
A sign in front of Claude ISD campuses shows that the district has multiple staff members who carry concealed weapons.
Parents who have children at the school say they feel very safe and comfortable knowing their staff are armed and ready to protect them if they have to.
"It makes me feel really, really safe that we have staff on hand if anything happened," said mother of a Claude ISD student Sarah Hughes.
"It brings me peace of mind."
Since at least 2016, the district has had staff members who carry concealed weapons.
In case of an active shooter, Claude ISD Superintendent Brock Cartwright, says they feel they can keep the school safe.
"Mainly if we can locate the person and try to keep us safe at the same time," said Cartwright.
"When the DPS and officials get here, we back off."
Staff members who carry are required to practice at a shooting range once a month.
They also train with the Armstrong County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Public Safety.
Parents say they feel very safe sending their kids to school with this type of preparedness.
"I don't know who carries, but I do know that if they've taken that dedication, they're going to do everything in their power to keep our kids safe, even if they're in harm's way," said Hughes.
"So what can you ask for more than that?"
Students say they feel safer on campus knowing their staff is armed, and despite the tragedy in Florida, they have no nerves coming to school.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Philosophy; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; education; guncontrol; nra; secondamendment; selfdefense; shooting; texas
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To: burroak
Panhandle is NORTH Texas.
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posted on
02/19/2018 4:09:17 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: deport
I guess the Panhandle IS west of the centroid of the state.
North; too.
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posted on
02/19/2018 4:11:26 AM PST
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Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Elsie
My state of Indiana will fit mostly in the area of the Panhandle!
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posted on
02/19/2018 4:14:10 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Jane Long
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posted on
02/19/2018 9:28:46 AM PST
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bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Gamecock
God bless the people who post such a sign. It makes it so much safer of a place than the jack wagons who post a “Gun Free Zone” sign.
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posted on
02/19/2018 9:48:37 AM PST
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Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: deport
Basically, all you have to do is extend the eastern side of the panhandle all the way south to the Rio Grand. Not perfect, but pretty darn close.
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posted on
02/19/2018 9:52:35 AM PST
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Vigilanteman
(ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
To: bgill
So what the size of the school! The sign says it all and is making an example, thank God for patriots who are not afraid to announce their freedom.
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posted on
02/20/2018 2:37:28 PM PST
by
Toespi
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