MAPLEWOOD / SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Head on over to the Maplewood Middle School Auditorium, 7 Burnet St. in Maplewood, on Monday, June 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. for a town hall meeting on school safety.
Recent incidents at Columbia High School and Maplewood Middle School — incidents that concluded in students being arrested for having weapons on campus — have understandably raised concerns about how to keep children in the South Orange-Maplewood School District, both in the schools and in the larger community.
Therefore, parents and other community members are invited to join administrators, Board of Education members and municipal officials to discuss: ensuring a safe and positive climate in the schools; ways to protect children from guns and other threats of violence; and supporting students in times of crisis.