SACRAMENTO —State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson released a statement Monday following a shooting at North Park Elementary School in San Bernardino that resulted in the deaths of two adults and one student:
“My thoughts and prayers go out to the students, teachers, staff, and the entire community at North Park Elementary School and the San Bernardino City Unified School District. This is a tragedy, especially for our young students, but school officials and law enforcement acted quickly to deal with the event.
“As we grieve for those who died or were injured, this is also a time to remind all California public schools to make sure they annually update their mandatory school safety plans. The California Department of Education (CDE) can also process a waiver and prevent schools from losing any Average Daily Attendance (ADA) state funding when schools are closed due to an emergency.”
Information on safe schools planning may be found here.

This is part of the April 7, 2017 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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