You are, no doubt,\u00a0very much aware of the actions of a high school student in\u00a0Murrysville, Pennsylvania\u00a0at Franklin Regional\u00a0High School.\u00a0 The student brought knives to school and injured several students . This student was ultimately tackled by Sam King, the Assistant Principal and then handcuffed by a security guard.\u00a0 Thanks to a quick thinking and quick reacting school administrator, this terrible scenario came to an end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Your job as administrators involves many tasks, with student and staff safety as priority one. Thanks to Mr. King for demonstrating the highest level of service to the other students and the\u00a0staff at\u00a0Franklin High School.<\/p>\n
In an email sent to VASSP\/VFEL\u00a0on this day, Dr. Stephen Sroka,\u00a0blog author and staff member at the medical school at Case Western Reserve University, commented regarding assistant principals: “Thank you for all that you do every day.”\u00a0 That sentiment goes out to all school administrators who daily solve small issues and large problems with usually little recognition.<\/p>\n
Dr. Sroka is the author of a safety blog, “School Safety Lessons Learned: From Cleveland to Newtown” that offers 10 descriptions of issues \/causes related to violence in schools and offers thoughtful responses for solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n