UVALDE, Texas -- In a new twist in the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting, a source has confirmed to ABC News that as police waited for more than an hour in a hallway outside the classrooms where ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A new mandate in Palm Beach County public schools will require all classroom doors to be locked when school is in session. WPTV first reported in June that a handful of ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Locking classroom doors is common practice in Palm Beach County public schools, but WPTV has uncovered there are a handful of classroom doors that don't lock. Now the school ...

Each time news breaks of another violent incident at a school, communities are reminded of the vulnerability of students and teachers inside buildings, hiding behind classroom doors. With 2023 and ...

The moment she heard the first pops of gunfire, the teacher knew what she had to do: She needed to make sure that her classroom door was locked. But at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that ...

PHOENIX — It's one of the simplest lines of defense if an intruder gets into your child's school - a locked door. The easiest way to make sure it's in place is if a teacher can lock it from the inside ...

Meghan Bannister put on a dress for class, a choice befitting the warm weather in Tallahassee. Thursday stood out as her last day of class before graduation but by noon, the Florida State University ...

Conversations about “hardening” schools resurface after every mass school shooting. And so do questions about how the shooters manage to get into classrooms. There have been 27 school shootings in ...

When the school hallways start to buzz with excitement and the scent of crayons and construction paper fills the air, you know Thanksgiving is near! It’s the perfect time to get crafty and turn your ...