-Students of Marjory  Stoneman Douglas High School Returns to School 2 Weeks After Massive Shooting

By: Terry Renna

A massive shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on sweetheart’s day known as Valentine’s day, which wasn’t sweet at all. There were Seventeen people murdered and seventeen more were wounded the world's deadliest school massacre of the year.

Students and faculty returned to classes 2 weeks after the massive shooting that occurred on February 14,2018, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. "It’s just really hard to think about," David Hogg, a senior who has become one of the more outspoken survivors, told NBC News on Tuesday. "Imagine getting in a plane crash and having to get back on the same plane again and again and again and being expected to learn and act like nothing’s wrong." David Hogg and others are being strong enough for the lives that were taken that Wednesday. The shooting Left families with tears, emotions, pain and disbelief. The 17-year-old student Hogg, said “because of the lack of legislative action on the school safety and gun control, literally nothing’s changed except that 17 people are dead.”  How can they make students and Parents feel safe about attending Stoneman Douglas High School? On Tuesday February 21 Gov. Rick Scott announced that “they will be make a $500 investment in school safety and mental health as part of their plan of action.” Turning the school into a prison is a little too much for students to handle because they just witnessed a shooting.  It’s ok to enforce the rules and make the environment safer for students, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for the state police to be wondering around the campus with armed weapons despite the tragedy that happened. I still don’t agree with guns on any school campus. Because of safety, it’s ok to have campus police officers patrol outside of the school.  The football team at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High form a community walk together before a vigil to honor the victims of the mass shooting at their school in Parkland, Florida on Feb 15, 2018. The police department of the state, also paid their respects to support the students, parents of all the victims of the school shooting.