A Christian school in Iowa will arm and train its staff following a deadly shooting at a high school in the Hawkeye State.
Starting this month, Siouxland Christian School (SCS) in Sioux City, near the state’s western border with Nebraska, will arm selected staff members to be prepared in the event of an active shooter on campus, according to an official memo sent out to families.
In her Jan. 5 letter, SCS Superintendent Lindsay Laurich cited the “unfortunate reality” of school shootings like the one at Perry High School in central Iowa, which left the school’s principal, Dan Marburger, dead after he heroically intervened during the shooting.
In addition to Marburger, an 11-year-old student at Perry High also died.