OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (AP) — The Parkland High School massacre upended school life in Florida.
In the year since a gunman fatally shot 14 students and three teachers, the state's districts have reshaped the K-12 experience. They have adopted new rules for entering campus, hired more police and conducted frequent safety drills. Some schools have created teams of armed employees to confront attackers.
Allen White is a senior at the lone high school in the central Florida farming town of Okeechobee. He says after the Parkland attack, his school's atmosphere changed. Now students have difficulty trusting classmates.
Meanwhile, teachers worry that the added security detracts from learning. And in Miami, parents complain that schools have lost a sense of community.
