Earlier this year, Guns & America analyzed shootings near D.C. schools, finding that “at least 84 school campuses … experienced one or more gunshots within 1,000 feet of their campus during the school day in the 2016-2017 school year.”
In response to concerns over student safety, the mayor’s office is adding new initiatives to the District’s Safe Passage program, an effort created in 2017 to help keep students safe on their commutes to and from school. Among them: a partnership with local businesses to create “safe spots” for students on their way to school, and an app to help coordinate carpools.
We hear the latest from DCist reporter Natalie Delgadillo.
Produced by Monna Kashfi
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