This is the second part in this series, featuring St. Peter’s history teacher Roy Shoulders and Richland Source editor Larry Phillips discussing a variety of topics. Episode I, detailing Shoulders history as St. Peter’s first Black teacher was published on July 22. Episode III, detailing the impact of COVID in schools, was published on Aug. 22. Episode IV, detailing the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade was published on Sept. 20.
MANSFIELD — One thing virtually everyone can agree on is we want our children to be safe in their schools.
How we reach that goal is where the difference of opinion comes into play — sometimes forcefully.
Those arguments became more pointed after the Uvalde, Texas school shooting on May 24. The incident drew worldwide attention after 21 people were killed, including 19 students and 2 teachers at Robb Elementary School.
According to the Uvalde Report, 376 law enforcement officers massed at the school. The overwhelming majority of those who responded were federal and state law enforcement. That included nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents and 91 state police officials.
Yet their stunning inaction for nearly an hour as the gunman rampaged inside has since been labeled as “egregiously poor decision making,” in the Uvalde Report which was compiled by an investigative committee from the Texas House of Representatives.
That topic, guns and school safety, is the focus of today’s episode of Beyond Black & White.
