Crisis in the Classroom: What's being done to keep Southern New England schools safe?

Amid the grieving following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, parents are wondering about safety at schools in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. ...

May 26, 2023
1:00 AM

Amid the grieving following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, parents are wondering about safety at schools in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. NBC 10 wanted to know: What's being done to keep school buildings secure? One community is already taking extra steps by installing gunshot detection systems in all of its schools: Attleboro. That includes the new state-of-the-art high school set to open this fall. "Shamefully, in our society, we need things like this now. It's unfortunate.' Attleboro Police Chief Kyle Heagney told NBC 10 News.

KATIE DAVIS