BALTIMORE (AP) - Just weeks after a school shooting in Baltimore, the city's school board has reversed its initial rejection of legislation that would arm school police officers.
The Baltimore Sun reports debate surrounding the board's unanimous decision to reject the legislation last month was revived after the Feb. 8 shooting that wounded a high school special education assistant. Police have said a student's 25-year-old relative, Neil Davis, entered Frederick Douglass High School that day and shot Michael Marks, who survived.
Baltimore has a sworn school police force that can be armed during patrols outside school buildings and hours, but must store weapons during the school day. The legislation was proposed by state Del. Cheryl Glenn, who says the board's decision provides "a lot of the support the delegation needs to see."
Student Walkout
WASHINGTON (AP) - A student-led group in Montgomery County, Maryland, has announced plans for its second walkout for gun control.
WTOP-FM reported Tuesday that Moco Students for Change plans to host another walkout on March 14 that honors the 17 people killed last year during a school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
The group was founded after the February shooting and hosted its first walkout that March. Thousands of District-area students participated in the demonstration, which included a march near the U.S. Capitol.
The group says it hopes to raise support for gun control legislation, including a bill that would require background checks on all gun sales. It says walkout participants will leave class at 10 a.m., meet outside the White House and then march to the Capitol after 17 minutes of silence.
