Recent events of school violence at high schools in the Midwest have caught the eyes of local school officials. It has been less than a month since a student at Oxford High School in Michigan killed four students and left six others and a teacher injured. Students in grades six through 12 in Green Bay were forced to end the calendar year in virtual learning after three threats were reported at Preble High School and a handgun was found in a locker at Green Bay East High School. Sturgeon Bay School District Superintendent Dan Tjernagel says the events certainly led to conversations with its other administrators and its school resource officer on how to be vigilant within reason.

Law enforcement personnel in Kewaunee County provided a presence at school buildings last week when districts across the country took extra precautions due to a school shooting trend that was fueled by the social media app TikTok.