Statement from Sonoma County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Amie Carter on Georgia School Shooting
09/05/2024 -
Dear Sonoma County Families and School Communities,
Wednesday’s tragic shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, in which at least two teachers and two students have lost their lives, underscores yet again Congress’s failure to act to address gun violence.
At least nine other people were injured in the shooting near Atlanta, and a 14-year-old student is in custody and charged with murder.
We know that firearms kill more children and adolescents than any other cause, yet our leaders, repeatedly and collectively, fail to act to end this cycle of needless death.
Here in Sonoma County, our schools regularly review the measures they have in place to keep students and staff safe. National leaders often call for the hardening of school sites as a meaningful intervention to protect our students. But gun violence is an ever-present danger in America, and measures at individual schools are a poor substitute for comprehensive, far-reaching action that would protect our children wherever they are.
