Students at West Texas school district feel safe with staff who carry concealed weapons

www.newschannel10.com ^ | Feb 15, 2018 | Kristy Gerlett

[Yosemitest]

West Texas school district allows concealed carry on campus
CLAUDE, TX (KFDA) - Claude Independent School District has several staff members that carry concealed weapons on school grounds.

A sign in front of Claude ISD campuses shows that the district has multiple staff members who carry concealed weapons.
Parents who have children at the school say they feel very safe and comfortable knowing their staff are armed and ready to protect them if they have to.

"It makes me feel really, really safe that we have staff on hand if anything happened," said mother of a Claude ISD student Sarah Hughes.
"It brings me peace of mind."

Since at least 2016, the district has had staff members who carry concealed weapons.

In case of an active shooter, Claude ISD Superintendent Brock Cartwright, says they feel they can keep the school safe.

"Mainly if we can locate the person and try to keep us safe at the same time," said Cartwright.
"When the DPS and officials get here, we back off."

Staff members who carry are required to practice at a shooting range once a month.
They also train with the Armstrong County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Public Safety.

Parents say they feel very safe sending their kids to school with this type of preparedness.

"I don't know who carries, but I do know that if they've taken that dedication, they're going to do everything in their power to keep our kids safe, even if they're in harm's way," said Hughes.
"So what can you ask for more than that?"

Students say they feel safer on campus knowing their staff is armed, and despite the tragedy in Florida, they have no nerves coming to school.

[Jane Long]

You’re not from Texas, are you?

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Are YOU????

Tell us exactly what part of ‘west’ Texas you hail from.

[AlaskaErik]

Number of school shooting in so-called gun free zones: Every one of them.

Number of school shooting in armed staff schools: Zero.

Yet the first thing libtards scream about after every school shooting is that armed staff are not the answer. What is that definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again....

[Dusty Road]

Just east of Big Spring, where I-20 and US-87 intersect.

[Dusty Road]

Yup! East of Amarillo. Not to be confused with Clyde which is east of Abilene.

[deport]

.....For those of us who live in West TX it starts where the oaks stop.....

An interesting comment. Here is a state map showing counties
and basically where the oaks are.

http://www.texasstandard.org/stories/we-wanna-know-where-does-west-texas-begin/

[Jane Long]

Oh, no where near WEST Texas :-)

[Jane Long]

You’re not familiar with West Texas, we see. Hint: Google hasn’t a clue :-)

[Dusty Road]

If a person want’s to be a little more specific it’s around Abilene where it changes to Mesquites.

[Dusty Road]

Gotcha! We’re quite a ways West of West.

[Jane Long]

LOL....yes, but still no where near west Texas. ;-)

[Dusty Road]

Old joke! How do you know when your in East Texas? When you start getting the urge to kiss your sister! No offense to East Texans they give us hell also.

[Jane Long]

You Central Texans are a hoot :-)

[burroak]

I lived in Post, Lubbock, Sweetwater and San Angelo and have a sister in Brownsville, an aunt and an uncle in McCallen so don’t tell me what I know or don’t know without knowing who I am. You just came in late to the conversation. As Anthony Hopkins said to Ray Leota in Hannibal, “You gotta keep up.”

[Jane Long]

Still no where near west Texas.

Canutillo is west Texas, FYI.

[burroak]

Canutillo is damn near out of Texas. Stop, you are be-clowning yourself.

[Jane Long]

So says the clown who claimed bgill isn’t from Texas.

You. Stop.

[Texas Mulerider]

For those of us who live in West TX it starts where the oaks stop.

For those of us who live in East TX it starts where the pines stop. ;)

[caww]

I wouldn’t go down the road of this shooters killing spree being Gods Judgement. Dangerous to assume that.

Lets recall Cain’s rising resentment, in Cain’s mind, against Abel eventually turned to murder. This pattern of behavior hasn’t changed.

[caww]

I wouldn’t go down the road of this shooters killing spree being Gods Judgement. Dangerous to assume that.

Lets recall Cain’s rising resentment, in Cain’s mind, against Abel eventually turned to murder. This pattern of behavior hasn’t changed.

[matt04]

Why do you think they want to igore the FBI not acting on this. Without dead kids they can’t try to advance their agenda.