the schoole school district wile to fulfill a project of $100,000. the district will also be able to regain the trust of studentses and parents with $100,000. please provide immediate funding to mlk to hire chinese bilingual teacher for august of 2019 so our children can continue their bilingual education in middle school as promised. perfor pai(speaking foreign language). >> good evening. i'm a parent of er taylor and we met on may 8th to discuss start of the bilingual programme this august. at this meeting, they stated this was possible with additional funding from the district to hire one chinese bilingual teacher so we are asking that district to provide immediate funding to mlk to make this possible. please do not use insufficient fund as an excuse. this amount should not be a problem for the district because the parents were informed of this expansion six years ago. so we believe that the district has able time to prepare for necessary funds. don't tell me that six years is not enough time to secure funding hired for one teacher. (speaking fore

, middle school and high school in san francisco and this year, we add additional five schools.chools do not have social workers or councillors who can meet mental health needs of chinese studentses who might have adjustments, school orle family probleorfamily problem ot disorder or other trauma-related conditions. so our team of 19 staff, as well as interns, most are bilingual and will go in a school to provide screening, consultation with parents and mental health service referrals. just this year we serve over 300 youth within the school district and up to 338 students, 160 do not have medicare. if we do not provide a seek and service services, they will not be able to receive any treatment and we'll only find them in crisis services. so i really, really urge all board members to stand behind it are healings in our hands campaign to support the recommendations of the campaign. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> good evening, superintendent, commissioners, my name is laura markman, the president of the association of chinese teacher. wellnessaat gal ga galileo was l ahead of

walking out of schools, organizing within their schools. there is another round of protests in 1968, coming on the heels of both the uprisings that happened after king's assassination and the summer of 1968 when the democratic national convention was in chicago, a major moment of conflict. that fall in october, black high school students walked out of schools organizing and rallying around this cry for community controlled schools. the idea of young people as leaders of the movement, students as leaders of the movement, was certainly prevalent in the city and nationally as well. steve: you live here and teach the subject at the university of illinois in chicago. is the black belt still there? can you still go to these neighborhoods and see what it was like in the 1960's? elizabeth: the neighborhoods have changed. chicago is still a segregated city. the ways it has been enforced has changed over time. the fact of segregation as a major organizing mechanism for all types of things in the city has not necessarily changed. today, many of the is

, school teachers, or public school students. something else, education freedom scholarships aren't only for students who want to attend private schools. in fact, some states may choose to design scholarships for public school options such as apprenticeships or transportation to a different public school. states have the opportunity to be really imaginative and to serve the unique needs of their students. our proposal of an annual $5 billion federal tax credit for students draws a bright contrast to what some have proposed. $100 billion for buildings versus $5 billion for students. this administration urges this body to invest in students. we believe student of all ages should be free to pursue the education that's right for them. that includes multiple pathways to higher education and successful careers. we propose to expand use of pell grants for quality, short-term programs. it's born from a recognition of reality. the vast majority of students today do not pursue a traditional four-year college degree. there are millions of o

>> the stem school does have a school resource officer. don't know if they were present. >> reporter: how did you learn about this? >> this started with in last hour. >> reporter: houde -- how did this initially come in? how did it originate? >> i don't know that. i apologize. i don't know exactly how it was called in. >> reporter: any description of the injuries? >> no, i don't have any description of the injuries. i do know there is multiple students. they have been injured. >> reporter: you are calling it an active shooter situation? >> it still is an active shooter situation. we still don't know that there's no shooters in the school. we are clearing the school right now. >> reporter: you have two in custody. >> we have two suspects in custody. we hope it's the last. >> reporter: you say it's fairly common in situations to look for people responsible. what are you doing? he said there's a possibility of a third suspect. do you have reason to believe there's a third suspect or is that just normal protocol? >> i do not know that. >> repo

have to go to high school. what you get i'm more motivated to learn at school it was always like now it's german they will look at this again if you really put your mind to it and said the laptop then it's amazing to say can actually be fun and i had never thought about school. apostle. that her home in a small village on the north german coast helen decides herself what she wants to learn and when that includes playing music with the rest of the family. nothing helen's mother has already paid fines for not making her go to school authorities have even threatened her with jail but she's not a lawyer and is determined to support her daughter's decision. obviously the want to rush to harm we have these basic rights and the freedom to develop our personality but then come the school laws they restrict those basic rights even if i think this is the best for her for her personal development i'm not allowed to decide as a mother i could go to prison that was upsetting i always saw myself as a normal respectable citiz

>> a the time we hadory school shooting walkout. it seems like he was listening me and not ready at the time. so the club started an online petigsz and we put that on the neighborhood website. >> like next door? >> next door. from there and then through that support we were able to meet withhe unified school district facility manage. the recycling center for walnut creek and public services for our area. >> so listen toin and jose talk about they are trying to get they school to take this seriously e what advice would you have for them? >> don't give up. we are doing other things kwlou you had to keep on going and fight for it. they didn't take us seriously. once weet with the district in the recycle sentx th, their are for it. er >> is somebody going to pick up the torch from you? >> so luckily this is the custodians take out themselves. so it's g stimng to be done yearf after year. but we doave some really cool jieniers and sophomores next ye. es for and students and faculty all love it. ril >>i >>ium are -- i feel like because yo

school.a derbyshire programme, my colleaguejoanna gosling spoke to child psychologist, sam wass, and david fisher, head teacher at kings langley school, with some of his students — that school is looking to cut breaks for pupils. when making a decision like this, we take into consideration the students, first and foremost, and then the staff. but also, our community. to put it into context, the school already has this day on a friday. speaking to all of those stakeholders, this day really works for them at our school. it allows them to go and do more clubs and enrichments after school, we have a number of children who walk home at the end of the school day. in the cold winter months when it's dark, our enrichment numbers drop. by shortening down a friday, which the school already has, allows them to do more enrichments during that time. what is really important, to put the school into context, the school has a large break time in the morning, it also has that lunchtime on a friday already, an

that's in the same school. i want to make sure across the district, southeast side, north side, they're getting culturally relevant in middle school. we focus $on high school, but middle school is not at that point. >> i just wanted to add that in their effort to increase diversity in curriculum, the team has planned a rollout of clr materials, classroom libraries, with the starting point being middle school starting with pitch, but the idea is that it will start with the pitch schools and be submitted to other schools in the district, time line to be determined. >> thank you. you answered my question. all right. thank you. >> okay many roll call on item 19. >> thank you. that translates to commissioner 19514b10 [ roll call ] >> section e, proposal for action tonight are 10 policies which have been moved and seconded at prior meetings and gone through committee. we'll have one vote on all of them. these were all at rules, the best committee, of course. 5131.2, bullying and 2 is bp5123, promotion, ac acceleratio

a girl who was sexually assaulted in the school bathroom after the school passed a transgender bathroom policy. again, with no consultation to parents. after she was sexually assaulted, the school did nothing to address her assault. she ended up being the one who had to transfer to a different school to be in a safe environment. we believe that the best way for communities to address this is for the smallest legislative the, the local communities, local school boards to figure out the solutions for their students, not for the federal government to impose a nationwide transgender bathroom policy. we see multiple lawsuits from students against their school districts, saying, we want safety and privacy in our locker rooms and bathrooms. host: does the heritage foundation get involved in any of these lawsuits? do you consult or are you a part of any lawsuits? guest: about this we will comment on the lawsuits, but we don't do litigation. host: what do you do at the devos center for those who are familiar? guest: we promote life, marriage, and religious liberty. we work on religion and societ

go to school or the teacher comes to the school. i walk out, we went from 502-5200 out take, dual credit, dual enrollment as college credit. it shows 95% of the kids who take dual c credit and up goingo college. the other thing, we now have large international programs for the u.s. which is called presentation. have a placement program in the u.s. of any major school system. high school years have to be rejuvenated and refigured toward job market for what comes next. the biggest piece we did was community colleges, it had the worst graduation rate in the u.s. t 7%. average in the country is 25%. that's what we are on target to me as i walk out. we did certain things different. we have the most diverse econo economy. every school then became a sector of the economy that will produced the most jobs. the medical district now does also. we've rebuilt the entire campus with the hospital inside. it does nursing, emt, home healthcare, pharmacy, all the sectors of the health industry. i then brought in the hospital, walgreens, home health i

the school is just about 15 h nutes from columbine h school. new video into the newsroom overnight of detectiars swng the home of one of the suspects. he's identified as 18-year-old devin eriksson. a white car is towed away. officials are expected to give another update on this situation this morning. >>> 5:34. you might want to forget about using uber or lyft. drivers of the ride share companies are going on strike. for more onow this could affect your commute, we want to go to news 4's darcy spencer. he is live at ragan national airport with the latest on this. darcy? >> reporter: ll, aaron, this is set to happen later today. the good news is you have time to prepare. if you rely on uber or perhaps you have a flight later today at one of the airports, you definitely want to plan ahead. you could be impacted. it could take you a lot longer to get a ride and it could cost you aov lot m money. let's look at what drivers are sh waiting for today. they also want paid timeoff. they plan to turn off their apps at noon and keep them off until midnigt

. >>> to the latest threat of a attack at a east bay high school, san ramon police tell us they will be stationed at california high tomorrow, that is were a student discovered the third threat of violence in the past week. janet is joining us live tonight with some of the precautions that are being taken. >> reporter: alex the school district says they are partnering with police and they have established a anonymous tip line, they say today there was a huge response from students with tips after this latest graffiti was discovered. >> it is concerning. >> reporter: parents at california high got the message wednesday morning a threat about a shooting written in graffiti. >> whether it is true or not, we do not know. >> we are planning to stay home. it is always better safe than sorry. >> reporter: the san ramon valley school district says a student discovered the graffiti wednesday inside a boys bathroom in the fine arts building. the gratuity said tomorrow the library will be then courtyardand myself. it included a racial slur against african-americans. >> there was a racial remark

my kids school is one of the first middle schools that got to have the 1:1 tablets. the investment that came not only for tablets them telephones buthemselves, butthe data made e as far as closing the homework app or home access. so that's just an example. again, where have we been? where do we want to go with that? i see -- i'm not quite sure under stem, computer science, i know we're funding it through some funding through i-lab and innovation. just from my perspective, i think you've heard me express wanting to see how that innovation and technology is hitting our school sites and actually into the classrooms. i think some of the case studies we've heard about what's happening at visitation valley middle school and the new maker space has been inspiring. that can also continue to understand that storytelling of what that looks like and, perhaps, that's going to be integrated into the middle grades redesign. >> did you want to respond to any of the comments? okay. all right. commissioner lopez. >> i had a question about the accountability piece and the work that yo

chance to go to school. but she wants to make sure princeton. the 8 year old studies at a prestigious private school in debbie. it costs more than a $1200.00 euros a year a huge financial burden for prima works as a. husband is a shelf you she's taken out loans to cover the school fees and she's determined to make it work that is a safety net a about how to win this in high school there's a good environment for prince he learns good values there the teachers are good the toilets are clean prince learns to read and write in english we want him to work in an office some day and have a better life he shouldn't end up doing what we do for a living. we most aspirations at a familiar theme in india many families like hers see private schools as the path to success and social mobility. but getting into these schools isn't easy. they dominated by children from wealthy families. private schools like these are highly coveted across india though they charge exorbitant fees the alternative government funded schools offe

and middle schools and high schools they now on a regular basis have to have these so called shooting drills to practice, god forbid, if something were to happen at their schools. the kids come home and say we had to do x, y and z. how does a community deal on a regular basis especially in colorado where you're from? >> yeah. that's it. the kids, every time one of these things happen, we sit in my living room. we have a conversation with our daughters about this. they do drill for it, regularly. you can see in the photos of the school today that there are kids who know how to line up. it's somebody happens. tonight is not the night to talk about what to do about it. it's saddening that children have to endure this in our country. other generations of american children haven't had to endure it. this is a burdens we have placed uniquely on the next generation of americans. it's deeply unfair. >> it certainly is. it's unfortunate sign of the times that these little kids have to go through a drill like that and come home and tell their moms and dads. they practicing in case a killer, a sh

school district for 40 years. we are in 14 middle schools and high schools across the city. we provide support to our peers through programs that include mentoring, tutoring, support groups and restorative conflict mediation. we also look at issues within our schools where there are inequities. we create projects that will transform our schools to build greater equity. >> at lowell we are focusing on the issue of how might we create an inclusive and supportive school culture at lowell for african-american, latin x., and pacific islander students. we know that although we are focusing on these populations of our project, we know that answering this question will benefit all students, and just a little bit on how we got into this question, we know that the focal group populations at lowell high school are consistently low in numbers, and for the past ten years, resources has explored why and has created solutions to raise these numbers. why is because we believe that all s.f. students, regardless of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, should be able to benefit from a lowell

that's according to school bus week magazine. the national school transportation association says the low pay and high stress level make it hard to retain bus drivers. >> they move onto other employment with the economy as strong as it is. >> reporter: the school says the student tardiness rate has now been cut in half. >> id mylasses. notime anymore. it's great. i love it. >> reporter: on our weather now. monday morning, the weekend went by like that. >> always. >> today it's going to be probably the best day out of the week. so enjoy it. yeah, a cooldown is coming, rain chances in the forecast. so today we are looking at mild temps with that afternoon sunshine and things will be changing. show you a live look with our salesforce tower camera. low clouds and patchy clouds this morning. cool in many locations. santa rosa, down to 47. 51 in livermore, 53 downtown san francisco. 54 san jose, 55 for concord as well as for oakland this morning. so your micro climate forecast, a cool day along the coast, breezy westerly winds, about 1

schools are closed in fort bend, lamar, huffman, and new caney school districts. more than 20 million people in southwest texas, louisiana, and mississippi are under a flood watch. >>> a startling revelation out of colorado months before the deadly school shooting in s.t.e.m. school highlands ranch near denver. an anonymous parent said she was afraid another columbine would happen there. the school board did ask for an investigation after the complaint. now the woman who says she's the anonymous parent is talking exclusively to cnn. here's what she told scott mcclain. >> when you mix a pressure cooker environment where students are stressed out and overworked and they don't get enough sleep and they feel suicidal or they feel aggressive towards one another and are not being disciplined for it, when you don't listen to parents' concerns, when you don't support teachers concerns, when you don't give teachers the kind of training that they need or the support that they need, those are the elements that we need for the perfect storm. >> the woman says she wants to sta

using the books is voluntary for schools, but from 2020 children in english primary schools will receive highgate primary school in sileby in leicester invited us into their classes so we could see for ourselves how the books are used. stop "no outsiders!" i felt that the parents that were protesting didn't actually really fully realise what the school was trying to achieve. shyla, what makes you different? i've got a different colour of skin. lovely. clearly, parents are up in arms. it did not have any support of the parents. there are lots of different families and lots of different types of set—ups at home, but whatever the case is, that doesn't matter. they can't tell you when and how they should be taught. you have a say in the matter. stop "no outsiders!" earlier this year, primary schools in birmingham were the focus of protesters who objected to a project called "no outsiders". it's a voluntary programme for schools based around a series of books. they aim to teach children as young as four about diversity. for example, about single—parent families, adoption, religion, disability

we come every year the school. our schools around the campus. what does your child think when they get so when he gets so close to the animals. they didn't want to touch everything. like your hand i've no no we won't let that happen come on down here. it is open and they will be open all the way through sunday, rain or shine they hope people show up it closes at 10 o'clock every night they have plenty of performances. nothing beats livestock by the way thank goodness for no smell, a vision and taking one for the team today. back to you. >>all right, if you plan on visiting the fair this weekend here are some of the details you need to know the fair runs right on through sunday tickets cost you $10 for adults and 7 for youth and seniors, you buy these tickets at the gate or online parking is an additional $7 that wrapped up properties at 5 can wayne and pam or they're here with kron 4 news at 6 catherine vicki, thanks to both coming up next on kron 4 news at 6 o'clock to disturbing discoveries. >>at a children's trampoline park just a month apart

school of highlands ranch in a suburb of denver. there's an elementary school there. appears to be k-12. initially there was some sort of struggle, but they were able to take two suspected shooters to custody. one mother says her daughter was side one of the classrooms with the shooter. >> numb. i'm glad they are both okay and it was a while before we knew my son is okay. > reporter: once again we learned that seven students were hurt. possibly an eighth victim. we're expecting another update from police shortly, and we'll update you on the latest numbers when we learn more. >> horrifying for the students and palnts. n, thank you. >>> a local man accused of threatening a terror attack could be freed from jail. >> yeah. today a judge ruled christopher hasan qualifies for home detention, but the coast guard officer would have to follow a slew of very strict conditions. hief ince george's bureau explains why the judge says the suspect can go home. >> reporter: this is all about the charges and how they are nonviolent. of cose, the government is appealing. they want to se

the 8 year old studies at a prestigious private school in dayton oh. it costs more than a $1200.00 euros a year a huge financial burden. husband is a shelf you should stick it out loans to cover the school fees. and she's determined to make it work. in the private school that is a good environment for pretty good values the teachers the good the toilets all the lessons are in english so the prince will learn to speak and write in english we want prince to work in an office somewhere and have a better life he shouldn't end up doing what we do. pre-vis fascination this is a familiar theme in india. many families like hers see private things as people specific and social mobility but getting into these schools isn't easy to. be dominated by children from wealthy families. private schools like these are highly coveted across india though they charge exorbitant food heat the alternative government funded schools offering of course but they suffer from peter absences for infrastructure and a lack of facilities the ruling party in delhi is for trying to bridg

schools are pulled at random. in the findings, lincoln was out of compliance for the three days, which were the conference days. in addition, it was short the minutes because you have the minute requirement and the 180-day requirement. if you will recall, just a few years ago, around this time is when i enacted the fact that schools had to hold graduation on the last day of school, which was the 180th day of school or they had to hold graduation on the 179th day of school and require seniors to come back on the 180th day of school to get their diploma. >> thank you. i'm sure the seniors were really happy about that when you started that practice. >> i'm not sure they are happy right now. >> i'm just -- my last question is, are we -- so are we pretty certain that that is not happening at any other school now? >> yes. we are. there are some corrective things we need to go back and clean up within policy and other things. we are working on that, and we have been working on that since this first came to light a few ye

i came from my own children school. creative arts program this evening and as an entire school we prayed for those at highland ranch and we prayed for those family especially the lost individual, the 18-year-old who lost his life because he was at school and i was talking with another mother friend of mine how despite the fact that we always had firearms in the united states and despite the fact we only continue to get more laws and more regulations and more this and that we still have this problem, still keeps occurring which signals there is something deeper and work here and i wish instead of immediately going out there and talking about this before we even know what has happened i like for the facts to come in. i don't want to speculate who the individuals are. i read multiple reports as i'm sure you have. weather was 2 juveniles or students, handguns were used and if they were under the age of 21 and walking around with handguns that is already a law that is in existence so i'm not sure how you make that illegal, t

or elementary school ages. guest: barbara, i could not agree more. what we know is that from study after study is that parents have children,act on their their motivation, on their dreams, and learning. what we have to do is intervene boost thesery to kids up from the outside, and have a continuous program of school improvement that makes up for poor family backgrounds. host: if you got to figure out where the dollars go that get spent on education in the united states, where would you put the money? guest: i think right now we are putting a chunk into headstart for preschool. the problem there is that we do not follow-up. whenever we study headstart, which is every five years when congress -- we are sitting in this shadow of congress -- when they reauthorize the headstart program, they call for another study. every five years we are told it is not working, then we put more money into exactly the same way of doing things. so, i think of we do as barbara suggested, we have to pay attention to kids early in life,

this is a class for kids as young as eight years old called school say. it's one hundred eighty eight tactical a private company in omaha nebraska. it's meant to supplement the lockdown drills which are now conducted in nine out of tempo schools across the country what are these representing to us six desks we have what you know what does. teacher tell you do stay close until the thank god we. leave i know what if the gun shooter comes in your classroom. if somebody came in that door right now and pointed a gun in this direction do we know that desk is going to help out. no so what would we what would we do if someone pointed a gun in this direction over the course of two and a half hours. the kids learn different self-defense strategies based on the run hide fight model we're going to run away from the bad guys are you guys ready you're going to do it for. the instructors retired researcher and believes the kids need more perforation to evade and even fight off an attacker when they're currently getting in most schools go go go go go go run. run. scarem

these schools isn't easy to. be dominated by children from wealthy families. private schools like these are highly coveted across india though they charge exorbitant fees the alternative government funded schools offering of course but they suffer from teacher absences for infrastructure and a lack of facilities the ruling party in delhi is trying to bridge that gap. the arm on the blog comments martin is holding a rally is that. education is a central campaign issue. it's been going to the party says its transponder public schools captain since it came to power in $2013.00 and has succeeded in creating a more level playing field. the reforms are spearheaded by the candidate here. she studied in oxford england and something of an education procedure she has no time for an interview in the frenzy of campaigning just a hurried statement was that there is nor the means for the using inequality about access to education if the government's work in education seems to have paid off at this public school admissions of f

. >> stay right here on the east side of the school.two in custody now. >> more buses in! >> reporter: with the two shooters in custody, students were bussed off campus as parents frantically searched for their children. >> i just want to get to m and hold him. he's terrified. >> the last two hours have been the worst two hours of my life. >> reporter: and less than two hours later, those reunions and the tearful embraces. >> dylan! love you, son. >> reporter: today, a suspect appearing in court, 18-year-old devon ericson, that stripe of fuchsia in his hair, nails painted black, saying a single word in his first appearance. >> no. >> reporter: nodding vigorously, when the judge addressed him, never looking up. he and a 16-year-old accomplice facing nearly 30 charges, including murder. this attack adding to the growing list of shootings across the nation from parkla, flida to santa fe, new mexico and yet another in the denver area. >> there's been a day of horror in littleton, colorado. >> a terrifying moment in littleton, colorado. >> a

these schools isn't easy. they dominated by children from wealthy families. private schools like these are highly coveted across india though they charge exorbitant fees the alternative government funded schools offering of coffee but they suffer from peter absences for infrastructure and a lack of facilities the ruling party in delhi is trying to bridge that gap with the arm on the blog comments martin is holding a rally yesterday. education is a central competition. in the party since its transformed public schools in the capital since it came to power in 2013 and a succeeded in creating a more level playing field. the government's work in education seems to have paid off at this public school admissions a for. the delhi government says it has new classrooms and is constructing another 12 policy. its trade policies more teachers and started special classes but children falling behind many of them 1st generation learners. lessons begin with happiness classes meditation exercises to beat stress and start the d

yet when schools are funded, they're funded a dollar per student equally. so, what we would want our legislators to understand is that maybe we need to fund education similarly to what we do to other services. medical services, childcare, state funding, they're all indexed by regional index. and so, perhaps education also needs to be--have that index applied so that counties like santa clara, san mateo, san francisco counties, we can take into account just how much it costs to live here, and so that a dollar in the bay area can buy as much or the same as a dollar in alpine, shasta county. damian: because you--very good point because you have people in silicon--you have teachers in silicon valley who are considered extremely low income. and they're teachers, they're in one of the most honorable professions this country has to offer, yet they're considered extremely low income because of our funding mechanism, i guess. bernie: that's correct, yeah. so, the cost of what it takes, the median income in the bay area has also risen dramatically. not salaries for p

valley unified school district spokesperson elizabeth grass which says 3 threats made against the school reference thursday as the day of the attack we are certainly hopeful that we'll be able to identify the people responsible certainly before anything horrific happens like it did near denver colorado tuesday, when 9 people were shot on a high school campus despite the threat the school district says cao high will remain open thursday, the campus will not be shut down. in san ramon fleet of all kron 4 news. an 18 year-old student who was just days away from graduating. >>it's being called a hero tonight witnesses say kendrick castillo died protecting his classmates from a school shooter. >>grant lotus joins us now with more on the moment of hair is amidst all that tragedy in colorado. there we saw this last week in that school shooting same basic scenario. one student. >>showing extreme bravery really charging. the shooter and being called rightfully so hero tonight the community as a whole in the greater denver area still in shock still mourning tonight. this is a place that's just 9 m

some of these schools, i think most schools now don‘t have afternoon breaks.ut as long as there are other breaks in the rest of the day? that's another thing coming out a lot, how everybody has their body rhythm and how they are different in children and how the school day is not necessarily structured around the natural body rhythms of a child. children have a dip, having problems staying awake and staying focused in the afternoon fostered a short break should help with that. let's go back to mandy‘s children. i hope we can hear from you properly. to mandy‘s children. i hope we can hearfrom you properly. kids, what do you do at break time? is it a good time to let some steam? yes! many activities to do and it's really fun at break time because most of us chat with our friends. inaudible gardening club. many different things. sounds good. i like the sound of some gardening. what you do in the middle, i‘m sorry, i don‘t know your names, tell me your name and what you do at break time? my name is maisie. i like to stand around and talk to my friends. but there i

in private schools and in public schools. pennsylvania's ninth district where i represent and i think in all districts, the education of our young people is an enormously important component for economic growth and quality of life. i know your department appreciates the importance of helping students explore the many pathways to success. whether that be four-year university, career, technical education, or vocational schools. we do need to assure that there is an effective plan in place so students can make choices, have options that best suit their skills and interests. your department has demonstrated a commitment to this goal by strengthening cte, which is very appreciated, and implementing short-term pell grants. i am certain that those initiatives have been benefitted many families throughout my district. i appreciate it. also, in my district, we have a school, conrad wiser school district, created the ben franklin science research institute, to foster stem education. secretary, i believe you are familiar with this progr

garfield elementary school. behind me you can see that they are towing a car that police say is connected to the victim. it was parked right in front of the elementary school. there are bullet holes in one of the classroom windows. i want to show you video. police were seen going onto the school property to search for evidence. 17th between 22nd and 23rd avenue is a crime scene. the entire block was taped off for most of the morning. police are searching for the shooter. we saw them with flashlights looking in car windows, looking down driveways and allies. it happened after 3:00 a.m.. >> ra police were called and they found a victim suffering from gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead on scene. there is that white vehicle parked up the block. the police say it is connected to the victim. we don't mow what led to the shooting or the identity of the person who was shot. >> they are clearing the crime scene. we have seen officers going into one of the homes here along 17th but, again we don't know the identity

the school after you. thank you to the school community. you have done an amazing, brilliant job. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, commissioner. and now we are going to invite a special guest to come up. that is supervisor safai for some remarks, please. welcome. >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon, everyone. all right. that is about the only times we want you to yell. my name is supervisor safai. i see a lot of families here today. many of whom went to school with my kids. it is good to see you. i'm so honored to be here in this historic day for the ribbon-cutting and the renaming of this school. her name signifies a hard-working, inspirational, and dedicated leader who not only helped to shape this state, but help shape this nation. and if ever there were a time that the work that she did in the sacrifice that she gave was more important, that is this time, now, in this era with the challenges that we are faced for everything that you fought for and dedicated your life tow

just seven miles from columbine high school. police say two students opened fire on their classmates at the s.t.e.m. school in highlands ranch killing one and wounding eight others while setting off a panic throughout the campus. >> abc's danya bch is athe sce thew details on th investigation and e suspects in custody. dany good morning. you, janai, and good morning to you,arst in serious condition this morning. one of those suspects is being evaluated at a hospital as this community grapples with this deadly school shooting. the barrage of bullets erupting just after lunchtime sending terror through the highlands the barrage of bullets erupting just after lunchtime sending terror through the highlands ranch colorado s.t.e.m. school. >> as we were exiting the building, there was a trail of blood. >> reporter: one student, an 18-year-old, was killed. eight others injured. fernando montoya's 17-year-old son is one of the wounded. >> a guy pulled i believe a pistol. i'm not sure. out of like a guitar case and started to shoot. >> r

school mass shooting. >> more than 1,000 people filled a gym at nearby highlands ranch high school last. many asked why no one has figured out a way to stop the violence. a number of s.t.e.m. students walked out of the gathering frustrated the event had become political. >> support also coming from nearby columbine high school, which just marked 20 years since it was forced into the school violence spotlight. >> we're hearing about the heroism of a young man who hoped to be an engineer, killed three days before his graduation. abc's matt gutman has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: that first glimpse of the young man accused of bringing murder to this denver area s.t.e.m. school. 18-year-old devin erickson, that stripe of fuchsia in his hair, nails painted black, saying a single word in his first appearance. >> no. >> reporter: nodding vigorously when the judge addressed him but never looking up. he and a 16-year-old accomplice facing nearly 30 charges, including murder. just after lunchtime tuesday, erickson allegedly calling out "nobody move" in his class before opening fi

a school.the bad folks to get into our schools. so we're doing everything we can at every level of government. we're not going to give up. we cannot. >> congressman correa, we wish you luck in that effort. we do, and we will keep asking about it because it's important. >> thank you very much. >> we will. >>> coming up next, and this is a reason to smile, i think we need that, a royal reveal. we finally get to see the face of prince harry and meghan's baby boy. still one big question the new parents haven't answered yet. you might guess what that is. >> the name. behr presents: a job well done. painting be done... and stay done. behr premium plus, a top-rated interior paint at a great price. that keeps all your doing, done. find it exclusively at the home depot. car vending machines and buying a car 100% online.vented now we've created a brand new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old, we want to buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate, answ