Days after a 14-year-old shot and killed two students and two teachers at a Georgia school, parents and teachers are pleading with Connecticut families to focus on gun safety.
A group of speakers gathered in New Haven for a press conference Friday that was planned weeks ago.
Officials said Wednesday’s shooting at Apalachee High School was a tragic reminder of why the event was needed.
“On Wednesday, two students and two teachers in Georgia went to school – a place that is supposed to be very safe – and they never came home,” Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz (D, Connecticut) said.
Parents and school officials pleaded for parents to lock up firearms to prevent children from bringing them to school.
“Students can’t learn and teachers can’t teach if they aren’t safe and don’t feel safe in our schools,” New Haven Superintendent of Schools Madeline Negron said.
Negron made a similar plea in a letter to parents last week.
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