Mind-Warped: After The Bell Rings
Violent videos: Inside some Arkansas public school districts
When was the last time you toured an Arkansas public school?
It seems that in the wake of COVID-19, public schools have not returned to pre-COVID access to parents and grandparents. School campuses by all accounts remain in lockdown.
That's not the only thing occurring in Arkansas public schools.
Education has been front and center since Gov. Sarah Sanders took office and especially since she signed the LEARNS Act.
Rightly so, the public education system has our children from the age of five until kids are 18 years old. Public schools influence and help shape our children into who they become as adults. Education is, and should be, a big deal. The hot-button topics are plentiful from both sides of the political spectrum.
What you are not being told is what happens after the bell rings.
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Violence in schools is a reality; the problems are real. The Sheridan School District recently encountered a student with a firearm. Thankfully, the situation was mitigated swiftly without incident.
Sheridan's incident was nearly a media blackout — except for South Arkansas Reckoning. We reported the incident in hopes of increasing awareness for the community.
The lack of public awareness about the increase in violence in public schools is an unprecedented cause for alarm. The unpredictability of these abusive and outright violent situations is a total failure to our children.
When you hear about a fight at school, you likely remember how it was when you were a student. A punch here, a bite there, some hair pulling. Most times ending in a hand shake and a little more respect for our peers.
That’s not what’s happening today.
[Warning: The videos in this story are violent and disturbing. Due to the violent nature of these videos we will not publish the names of the school districts.]