Students in Kansas City, Kansas, are hoping to create change and keep their fellow students from dying.
GUN VIOLENCE, SUICIDES,AND OVERDOSES, ARESOME OF THE REASONSWHY ONE LOCAL SCHOOLDISTRICT IS SAYINGENOUGH IS ENOUGH.ALL NEW THIS MORNING -RAE DANIEL TALKS WITH ASTUDENT, WHO'S USINGHER VOICE TO SPEAK FORHER PEERS WHO NOLONGER CAN.WE ALL KNOW THISSCHOOL YEAR ISDIFFERENT.... SEEINGCLASSMATES VIA ZOOMRATHER THAN INPERSON....FOR 17 YEAR OLD seniorJAILYNPOLK...UNFORTUNATELYTHERE ARE SOMECLASSMATES SHE WILLNEVER SEE AGAIN.....jailyn13:36It's an unexplainable feeling.21 STUDENTS IN THEKANSAS CITY KANSASSCHOOL DISTRICT LOSTTHEIR LIVES.
Four diedbecause of overdose.
11 diedDUE TO GUN VIOLENCE.jailyn26:16There's no reason these ratesshould be that bad...I shouldnot have to hear about mypeers being killed....it'sunacceptableteacher8:01One of the things that is sohurtful, is to see one of mykids I had in elementaryschool lose their life tosomething senseless...IT'S A STAGGERINGNUMBER THE DISTRICTSHEDDING LIGHT ON.kckps8:56This is a Wyandotte Countyissue, it's not just happeningin small pockets - it impactsthe entire community.2:12We don't want to have torespond to these homicidecalls or deceased kids -- wewant to be able to say , lookthis year, 2021 is a new start-- and let's see what we cando as a community to stop thisviolence.THE KCK SCHOOL BOARDDECLARED ENOUGH ISENOUGH....ASKING THECOMMUNITY TO TAKE APLEDGE FOR CHANGE....KCKPS12:27We share the grief, the lossand we too agree that this isone too many deaths that 'shappened in the last year, andthat we continue to take thispledge...it's not a one anddone.YOU'VE PROBABLY SEENTHE BLUE RIBBONS.... AREMINDER OF THECOMMITTMENT OF THEPLEDGE....FORJAILYN...SHE'S SPEAKINGUP IN HOPES FOR A NEWOUTCOME ....Jailyn26:2I'm 17 years old...I've beenhearing about this since I was15...and 14...I've been doingthis... it's a problem...we haveto change it.WITH THIS ENOUGH ISENOUGH INITIATIVE --THERE IS A STUDENTADVISORY BOARD.
JAILYNIS ON THAT BOARD -- SHEWANTS TO SHARE HERSTORY WITH THEYOUNGER STUDENTS...ANDLOOKING AT WAYS TO BE AMENTOR SO THIS DOESN'THAPPEN.AND RAE THERE'S AFORUM ON THIS TONIGHT,CORRECT?THAT'S RIGHT, THERE IS AVIRTUAL FORUM -- THEREWILL BE BREAKOUTSESSIONS FOR PARENTS,STUDENTS, THECOMMUNITY....ANDRESOURCES AVAILABLE TOHELP STOP WHAT'S GOINGON.
IT'S AT 5:30 TO 7 P-IT'LL BE IN BOTH ENGLISHAND SPANISH.
WE HAVEALL THE INFORMATION ONOUR
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