Brockton is attracting national attention to bring to the National Guard to help prevent high school violence in Massachusetts.
After the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, a non -profit organization reached the officials to propose another solution for the situation at Brockton High School. The Uwal Foundation wants to help Brockton establish a civil patrol teams to monitor the neighborhood around the school.
The Foundation has not yet received response from the district, but he said it is ready to recruit and organize it.
“This is a tragic status of matters in this nation when a school has to call from the National Guard for the safety of its students. We have a better solution and begins with a community that decides to take action to protect its own sons and daughters, ”the founder of the foundation Daniel Chapin said in a release.
Some Brockton School Committee members are asking the Massachusetts National Guard to help restore the order in a high school suffering from violence.
Teachers are also proposing options. Broke the fight at Brockton High School in 2022, the injured Cliff Canavan said that it needs to be replaced, this is the state’s school discipline law. He said that the law, known as chapter 222, severely limit the school’s ability to suspend students.
“They are not cared if it is a national guard uniform or if it is a teacher. Cainavan said that he will continue working in the same way until he is effectively accountable.
He said that bringing in military support would not make much difference without the power of discipline, he said.
About half of the Brockton School Committee has signed a petition for the National Guard to assist in the supervision of local high school students after a recent increase in violence in the campus.
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“What they are about to do? Canavan said that they do not allow children to discipline in any different way.” If children do not feel that they are actually being punished, it enables to continue behavior. “
Brockton Mayor Robert Sulivan said that he also supports changing the rules that obstruct teachers’ efforts. In a statement, he said that he does not think military measures are appropriate.