GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — The One in Five Foundation for Kids, founded after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is calling on Garfield Heights City School District to end violence inside schools.
The national student advocacy non-profit says it’s launching its own independent investigation into the district after staff continues to come forward with safety concerns.
One in Five is calling on the Ohio Department of Education to investigate, too. It also said it will deploy its STOPNOW citizen patrol teams in the Garfield Heights City Schools community.
Founder Daniel Chapin released this statement:
Garfield Heights City Schools said it received an invite from the One in Five Kids Foundation to meet and is working to schedule this meeting.
The Garfield Heights Teacher’s Association said it’s reporting 42 teachers and five administrator resignations since May. Seventeen of those resignations came in just the last few weeks.
“Seventy-two people did not leave here last …