Florida lawmakers and education leaders from several states have taken what is likely to be the final tour of a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. That's where a former student shot 17 people to death and wounded 17 others on Valentine’s Day 2018. The school's 1200 Building is scheduled to be demolished next summer.
FILE - A security agent walks alongside a barrier surrounding Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, July 5, 2023, in Parkland, Fla. Florida lawmakers and others on Saturday, Oct. 14, toured the school’s 1200 Building, where a former student shot 17 people to death and wounded 17 others on Valentine’s Day in 2018. The local school district has announced the 1200 Building will be demolished during the summer of 2024. PARKLAND, Fla.
People from 25 states, including school board members, superintendents and national Parent Teacher Association members, went on the tour to see how they could make schools safer,Classes have long-since resumed at the Stoneman Douglas campus while the building with bullet-riddled and blood-splattered walls remained locked off. Community members have been calling for its demolition for years, but prosecutors said they needed to preserve it as evidence for the shooter’s murder trial.
Tony Montalto, whose 14-year-old daughter Gina Montalto was shot to death, has been president of Stand with Parkland, which represents most of the victims’ families. He said Saturday that the school should have had stronger doors with bullet-resistant glass.
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