Read Mark Agee's original story on this here We're rounding up what area school district leaders and law enforcement folks have to say on this, but you can weigh in now by posting a comment below.
UPDATE: The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is getting in on the debate and said this afternoon that the Harrold district gun policy may violate Texas law. Read the Brady release here.
The Houston Chronicle reports that the state's new student-athlete steroid testing has found much steroid use, but some suspect it might be a bit too early in the process to know. The story says a state contractor has tested more than 10,000 kids and found only two positives. Steroid testing became a big issue around here a few years back following reports out of Northeast Tarrant County that some kids were using.
Unsafe and inadequate roads are again spotlighted in the Keller school district after a student at Trinity Meadows Intermediate School was hit by a pickup this week while walking home from school.
He is the third student hit by a vehicle in the area in less than two years.
"It's a real tragedy the traffic issues still haven't been rectified," said Keller school Trustee Kevin Stevenson, whose daughter attends the same school. "We've been talking about the same issues for years."
The 11-year-old boy was crossing Keller-Hicks Road shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, about one-eighth mile west of the school, when a pickup hit him. School officials say the he was crossing outside a designated crosswalk.
The sixth-grader suffered several broken bones in his foot and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. He is expected to return to school today, district spokeswoman Shellie Johnson said.
Read more of Sarah Bahari's report here.
