#parkrose high school

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This is six years old, but my gawd -- it's a gut-punch.

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The Destruction of Black Civilization and The Origin of African Civilization by Chancellor Williams were challenged at the Prince George County high school libraries in 1993 because the two volumes were said to promote “racism against white people.” In a complaint filed with the state, the works were called “racist pornography” written “to provoke emotions and actions of racial prejudice, bias, hatred, and hostility towards citizens and students in Maryland.”

A widely read history of Africans well researched analysis details the development of civilization in Africa. Now ask yourself, what information is contained in this they really did not want you to know? And do you know it?

Challenged and Banned Books by and about African Americans

Young and Black In America by Rae Pace Alexander

1983—After the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union sued the Elk River School Board, the Board reversed its decision to restrict the title to students who have written permission from their parents. (MN)

And the Walls Came Tumbling Down by Ralph D. Abernathy

1989—Burned protest in Denver because it alleges that Martin Luther King, Jr. was involved with three women. E. Napoleon Walton, the publisher of the Denver Cosmopolitan Advertiser, stated, “[Abernathy] has his freedom of speech, and we have our freedom to burn it.” (CO)

And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

1982—Challenged at the Northside High School in Lafayette, Louisiana. (LA)

1987—Challenged at the Longview school system in Washington because some “students could be harmed by its graphic language.” (WA)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

1983 – 2009—Over thirty-five challenges in twenty states since the book’s publication.

2009—Challenged in the Newman-Crows Landing School District on a required reading list presented by the Orestimba High English Department. A trustee questioned the qualifications of Orestimba staff to teach a novel depicting African American culture. (CA)

Another Country by James Baldwin

1963—Considered obscene, the book was banned from the New Orleans Public library. After a year of litigation, it was restored. (LA)

Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin

1980—Challenged in Sioux Falls, South Dakota because it’s “pornographic,” and it “tears down Christian principles.” (SD).

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

1994—Challenged as required reading in the Hudson Falls Schools because the books has recurring themes of rape, masturbation, violence, and degrading treatment of women. (NY)

1998—Challenged as a ninth-grade summer reading option in Prince William County because the book “was rife with profanity and explicit sex.” (VA)

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

1989—Removed from the St. Paul High School Library because the book contains obscene language and explicit descriptions of sexual activity. (OR)

Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone by James Baldwin

1983—Four members of the Alabama State Textbook Committee called for its rejection because Baldwin’s work preaches “bitterness and hatred against whites.” (AL)

The Toilet by Amiri Baraka

1969—Expurgated at Eastern High School to eliminate “four-letter words or vernacular.”

Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown

1974 – 1987—Challenged five times in four states. (WI, FL, LA, OH, OR)

1987—Challenged at the Parkrose High School because the content is “violent, the language offensive, and women are degraded.” The protestors also questioned its relevance, claiming that Parkrose students have no need to understand life in a black ghetto. (OR)

A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich by Alice Childress

1976 – 1994—Challenged five times in five states. (NY, GA, TX, MD, SC)

1976—Removed from Island Trees School Union Free District High School library along with nine other titles because they were considered “immoral, anti-American, anti-Christian, or just plain filthy.” (NY)

Rainbow Jordan by Alice Childress

1986—Challenged at the Gwinnett County public schools because of “foul language and sexual references.” (GA)

1986—Banned from Spokane middle schools because the book’s storyline about a prostitute’s daughter was “too mature.” (WA)

Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver

1969 -1979—Challenged five times in four states. (CA, CT, NY, WA)

1975—Challenged at the Greenwich High School library because the book is “crime provoking and anti-American as well as obscene and pornographic.” (CT)

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

1994—Retained in the Yakima schools after a five-month dispute over what advanced high school students should read in the classroom. Two parents raised concerns about profanity and images of violence and sexuality in the book and requested that it be removed from the reading list. (WA)

2013—North Carolina school board considers banning the book after the mother of an 11-grader complained, claiming Ellison’s work was inappropriate for 11th grade summer reading, citing both language and subject matter.

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines

2006—Challenged as an eighth-grade district-wide reading assignment in the Puyallup schools because “racial slurs and stereotyping are used throughout the book, as well as scenes of sex, rape, and implied incest.”

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

2004—Removed from the college bookstore at Louisiana College, Pineville by the college president “because a love scene described in the book clashes with the school’s Christian values.” (LA)

My House by Nikki Giovanni

1992—Challenged by the Duval County public school libraries because it contains the word “nigger” and was accused of containing excessive vulgarity, racism, and sex. (FL)

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

1979—Responding to criticism from an anti-pornography organization, the Ogden School District restricted circulation of Hansberry’s play. (UT)

Nappy Hair by Carolivia Herron

1998—Challenged in Brooklyn because it was considered racially insensitive. (NY)

The Best Short Stories By Negro Writers an Anthology From 1899 to the Presentedited by Langston Hughes

1976—Removed from Island Trees School Union Free District High School library along with nine other titles because they were considered “immoral, anti-American, anti-Christian, or just plain filthy.” (NY)

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

1997—Challenged for sexual explicitness, but retained on the Stonewall Jackson High School’s academically advanced reading list in Brentsville. A parent objected to the novel’s language and sexual explicitness.

Call Me Charley by Jesse Jackson

1979—Parents of a black fourth-grade student filed suit against Grand Blanc school officials after a teacher read this title to their son’s class. The work includes a black youth “Sambo,” “nigger,” and “coon.”

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcom X with Alex Haley

1993—Challenged in the Duval County Public School district because the slain Black Muslim leader advocated anti-white racism and violence. (FL)

Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack

1991—Challenged at the Glen Springs Elementary School in Gainesville, Florida, because of the book’s use of black dialect. (FL)

Daddy Was a Number Runner by Louise Meriweather

1977—Removed from all Oakland junior high school libraries and its use restricted in senior high schools, following a complaint about the book’s explicit depiction of ghetto life. (CA)

Beloved by Toni Morrison

1995 – 2007—Challenged seven times in six states since its publication. (FL, TX, ME, IL, ID, & KY)

2007—Challenged in the Coeur d’Alene School District. Some parents say the book along with five others should require parental permission for students to read them. (ID)

2013—Parent wants the book removed because she believes it depicts scenes of bestiality, gang rape and an infant’s gruesome murder, content she believes could be too intense for teenage readers.

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

1994 – 2007—Challenged eleven times in nine states since publication. (AK, PA, FL, MA, MD, NH, CA, CO, MI)

2005—Banned from the Littleton curriculum and library shelves after complaints about its explicit sex, including the rape of an eleven-year-old girl by her father. (CO)

2013– The board of education president in Ohio is criticizing the inclusion of the book on the Common Core Standard’s recommended reading list for 11th-graders, labeling the controversial work “pornographic,” and wishes to ban it from the classroom.

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

1993 – 2009—Challenged in five states due to its sexually explicitly language. (OH, GA, FL, MD, MI)

1998—Removed from the St. Mary’s County Schools’ approved text list by the school superintendent overruling a faculty committee recommendation. Complaints referred to the novel as “filth,” “trash,” and “repulsive.” (MD)

Sula by Toni Morrison

2000—Challenged on the Poolesville High School reading list because of the book’s sexual content and language. On October 5, 2000, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Paul McGuckian dismissed the bid to band the work from the curriculum. The school, however, decided to remove the book from the summer reading list. (MD)

Learning Tree by Gordon Parks

1976 – 2006—Challenged seven times in seven states since publication. (WY, MD, RI, WA, FL, MN, AL)

2006—Challenged on the summer reading list at LeFlore High School in Mobile becdause the author frequently used inappropriate words, such as “nigga,” “bitch,” “bastard,” and “ass.” (AL)

The Black Poets edited by Randall Dudley

1982—Banned for use in English classrooms at the Tinley Park High School because the book “extols murder, rape, theft, incest, sodomy, and other acts.” (IL)

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

1994—Challenged in the Spokane elementary school libraries because it stereotypes African Americans as eating fried chicken and watermelon and drinking beer at family picnics. The book is based on the memories of its author’s family rooftop picnics in 1930’s Harlem. The book won the 1992 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award for its portrayal of minorities. (WA)

Push by Sapphire

2005—Challenged, but retained at Fayetteville High School despite a parent’s complaint that it was sexually explicit. The complainant also submitted a list of more than fifty books, citing the books as too sexually explicit and promoting homosexuality. (AL)

The Friendship by Mildred Taylor

1997—Challenged, but retained in the Prince George’s County school system after a parent claimed that book has “no redeeming value.” (MD)

The Land by Mildred Taylor

2008—Removed from the Turner Elementary School media center shelves in New Tampa as age inappropriate. A parent challenged the book because the novel contains a racial epithet. The book was a 2002 Coretta Scott King Author Award recipient. (FL)

Mississippi Bridge by Mildred Taylor

2001—Challenged by retained at the Donahoe Elementary School library in Sandston despite objections of its “negative content and [that] it’s riddled with prejudice.” The novel by the Newberry Medal-winning author tells the story of a young black man who tries to save white passengers in a bus accident, despite being ordered earlier to give up his seat to “white folks.” (VA)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

1993 – 2004—Challenged four times in four states. (LA, CA, AL, FL).

Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History by Terry Wallace

1987—Banned from the West Hernando Middle School library in Spring Hill because of “harsh language and presents a moral danger to students.” The librarian filled a grievance and the book was returned to the shelves following a ruling by the American Arbitration Association. Forty minutes after the book was returned, the book was removed again, pending a review by an advisory committee. (FL)

Down These Mean Streets by Thomas Piri

1976—Removed from the Island Trees Union Free School District High School library along with nine other titles because they were considered “immoral, anti-American, anti-Christian, or just plain filthy.” Returned to the library after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 25, 1982 in Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 et. al. v. Pico et. al., 457 U.S. 853 (1982). (NY)

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

1984 – 2008—Challenged eighteen times since publication. (CA, VA, MI, TN, WY, NC, PA, CT, FL, OR, TX, WV, OH)

1985—Rejected for purchase by Hayward school trustees because of “rough language” and “explicit sex scenes”. (CA)

The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker

1997—Removed from the Jackson County school libraries along with sixteen other titles. (WV)

Jubilee by Margaret Walker

1977—Challenged in the Greenville County school libraries by the Titan of the Fourth Province of the Knights of the Klu Klux Klan because the novel produces “racial strife and hatred.” (SC)

The Destruction of Black Civilization and The Origin of African Civilization by Chancellor Williams

1993—Challenged at the Prince George County high school libraries because the two volumes promote “racism against white people.” In a complaint filed with the state, the works were called “racist pornography” written “to provoke emotions and actions of racial prejudice, bias, hatred, and hostility towards citizens and students in Maryland.” (MD)

Black Boy by Richard Wright

1972 – 2007—Challenged nine times in seven states since publication. (MI, LA, TN, NY, NE, TX, FL)

1987—Challenged in the Lincoln school libraries because of the novel’s “corruptive, obscene nature.” (NE)

Native Son by Richard Wright

1981—Challenged in North Adam’s due to the book’s “violence, sex, and profanity.” (MA)

1988—Challenged in the Hamilton High School curriculum in Fort Wayne because of the novel’s graphic language and sexual content. (IN)

[american-communism]

Communism The Beginning And The End

I could only see a state like Oregon or maybe Washington starting out what would fall under Free American Communism and learning as well! In Free American Communism the robot builders are the most apreciated because they reduce labor and work in the food serrvice industry and more which frees up hands to be available for other works! Example starting with a suburb like Parkrose. The reasoning is as it progresses and so forth and spreads and people like the suburbs expand and the work industry as well! Robots eliminating jobs is not horrible it only creates more free time and demand for environment work and more. Of course communism would have to make money and be supportive as well! It starts out accepting cash and ofering more at lower prices drawing in money that is only allowed on profit for communist expansion. Its a complex start but after five years should have spread half way across Oregon or Washington a quarter and Oregon a quarter! Working more the 20 hours a week is only required amongst medical which instead they get high perks as doctors but they work two years and get two years off! robots expand into this as well a well planned communism brings doctor traing through medical and military and requires them as military to fill in where needed. military works 24 hours a day and is required all citizens serve from the age of 18 and high school graduate or GED those who fail to comply serve in a military still designed for handicapped, disabled, and low education they all work also and do there part! The military get 4 years on 2 years off unless high rank which high rank gets 4 years off vacationing with required work of five hours a week rent, meals, vacations everything taken care of. People choose amongst lifestyles the gypsy farmer lifestyle of travel an dpich fruit, the apartment lifestyle first lifestyle they like is chosen schooling in military explained etc. Once a military graduate you would have two years leave all expenses paid with a military check in the military would be obligated to protecting its citizens! high rank expansion with high leaves offers more room into higher positions leaving many high ranks so there are to many to have to much control without voting. doctors jobs are more reliant on robot analysis that is free! Things progress in to a civilization that takes a 60 year growth to reach east coast to west coast! enough liked it could be reached in as little as 15-20 years. temporary agencies is where people check in for work and get scheduled with vacation plans and more and vacation traveling is the more popular compared instead of fast food! fast food and restaurants would be fully automated and established to scanners that scan food for disease and more! Could go on that enough to think about! Oh yes Military bases would be positioned and have railways, military bases would exist in triangle tips of even triangle approximately every 250 miles, for example. All freight moves through military railways fully automated and human and robot inspected if within the 250 mile proximity semi trucks deliver cost of delivery and inspection is free! this connects al mining operations to railways! Could explain alot more but thigs always change in republic and democrat discussions.

Im more sith for real if all joined the sith what do they get good meals, bed, and more.

if all joined the republic what do they get fights drunk screwing whatever drunk

democrats what do you get a bunch of poppy talk with no place to go and making enemies

sith are the heroes you asked me in star wars, its the jedi that are misleading volatile wild animal being that screw anything for a beer spreading chaos to refuse doing there part cause they are lazy drunks.

[protectblackchildren]

"I care about you," Keanon Lowe says he told the teen during the incident.

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Portland High School -Former Football Star, Coach, Tackles Gunman

Portland High School -Former Football Star, Coach, Tackles Gunman

On Friday, NBC reported that an 18 year old student carrying a shotgun was tackled to the ground by a former Oregon Ducks Football player and coach, Keanon Lowe. The coach also works security at the Portland High School (Parkrose). Hero, of that there is no doubt.

Cassy Feigum, 18, a senior at Parkrose HS says she was taking a test when she heard there was someone with a gun on campus at the…

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Teen who brought loaded shotgun to Oregon school gets probation

Teen who brought loaded shotgun to Oregon school gets probation

Back in May, Angel Granados-Diaz brought a shotgun loaded with only one shell to Parkrose High School in Portland, Oregon. Before he could do any damage in the school, Granados-Diaz was stopped by the school’s football coach and security guard Keanon Lowe. Lowe is a former player for the Oregon Ducks football team so one can assume he stopped the problem with authority.

Granados-Diaz was clad in…

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[lastsonlost]

This is what we should be doing more of.

A high school athletic coach in Oregon is being hailed a hero for disarming a teen with a shotgun and then embracing him as he cried in newly released surveillance video. 

Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed that the student was not planning to carry out a mass shooting but instead showed signs that he was planning to take his own life.

He was sentenced to 36 months of probation and will receive mental health and substance abuse treatment. 

The Footage

Surveillance footage released Friday shows a high school athletic coach in Oregon disarming a student carrying a loaded shotgun, then embracing the teen who broke down in tears.

The video, released by the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, shows the incident which took place on May 17 at Parkrose High School. In it, Coach Keanon Lowe is seen moving away from the 18-year-old student and holding the shotgun out of his reach in the hallway.

Lowe appears to be talking to the student and keeping him at a distance with one hand until a nearby teacher grabs the gun from Lowe and moves away with it.

Once the gun is out of the picture, Lowe wraps his arms around the student, who starts to cry. At times it looks like the student tries to break free of the hug, but Lowe continues his hold and the teen gives in.

Student’s Suicide Attempt 

The district attorney’s office said the student had been suicidal for months leading up to the incident. 

Both prosecutors and defense attorneys agree evidence suggested this was not a potential mass shooting case. Instead, the student’s attorney, Adam Thayne, explained to the judge that the teen planned to take his own life at the school so that his mother would not have to discover his body. Authorities say the gun was loaded with one round, marked with the words, “The last red pill 5-17-19 just for me.”

Another student who had noticed the teen’s troubled state of mind reported him to the administration for “suicidal statements.” Lowe was on his way to bring the teen into the school’s office when the incident happened.

The district attorney said the student was “visibly upset” as he headed for the classroom where Lowe had just arrived. The student then pulled out the firearm from beneath his coat, prompting students and staff to flee.

The district attorney said he turned the gun on himself and tried to fire, but the weapon did not discharge. That’s when Lowe took action. 

“I saw the look in his face, look in his eyes, looked at the gun, realized it was a real gun, and then my instincts just took over,” Lowe said at a press conference after the incident. “I lunged for the gun, put two hands on the gun.”

“I FELT COMPASSION FOR HIM.

A lot of times, especially when you’re young, you don’t realize what you’re doing until it’s over,” Lowe explained.

“Obviously, he broke down and I just wanted to let him know that I was there for him. I told him I was there to save him. I was there for a reason and that this is a life worth living.”

No shots were fired that day thanks to fate and Lowe’s quick action.

The coach, who was a former team captain and wide receiver at the University of Oregon, has earned widespread praise for his bravery and compassion towards the student.

The day after the incident he tweeted more about what happened, saying, “When confronted with the test the universe presented me with, I didn’t see any other choice but to act. Thank God, I passed. I’ve spent the last 24 hours being more appreciative of my family and realizing we have

Sentencing  

The student pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in a public building and one count of unlawful possession of a loaded firearm in public on Oct. 10.

He was ordered to serve 36 months of probation. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, he will also receive mental health and substance abuse treatment. 

“He is deeply remorseful for the pain that he has caused his family, his friends and the community,” his lawyer told the presiding judge, adding that he “has a lot of people who care about him, despite what he thought back in May.”

WE REALLY NEED MORE OF THIS.

For us to talk so much about the importance of saving young lives, why do we have such an aversion to empathy??

[underthemoonrp]

lydia simone tate. twenty-nine. parkrose hs librarian. eastleigh. 

super warm natured and sweet as pie, lydia is a st. mawes local who’s been in town for the last fifteen years. she’s the eldest of three sisters (one sister remains open!), she’s always been labeled the responsible one from her parents and well, anyone else thats known her. coming from a very devout family, lydia was pretty much the token easy child for her parents, and as one would expect of the oldest, was very type a. she’s organized to a t, is always the mom of every group, and is definitely the one to have extra snacks in per purse on a night out. while she originally planned to still be married be a published author by this point in her life, with maybe one or two kids running around, lifes given her a few twists and turns that she couldn’t pre-plan in her all american girl journal when she was 11. who woulda thunk it? 

at age 18 she married her high school sweetheart, wesley burke, after the two had been together for over 3 years. they felt destined to be together, until two years into their marriage, wesley applied to a school over 8 hours away, and lydia couldn’t imagine leaving the roots she’d planted in st. mawes. after days of fighting, they weren’t able to put their differences aside and decided to divorce. a little after moving back in with her family, her application to join a prestigious writing program was denied, and it set her on her path to be a librarian, sort of accidentally. through it all though, she’s had her two best girlfriends, one from high school, one from college, and they’ll go through anything together - i’ll be requesting them too! they’ve gotten her through all the rough times, and she’s been there through their’s as well!

right now in her life lydia feels like she’s doing fine. she’s recently been dating someone new (im thinkin adam driver for reasons but i’m super open if anyones interested), she has her little apartment, her cute ginger cat louie, her family she can’t stand, and her besties. everything’s going just swell, until someone comes back and confuses everything she feels like she’s been handling just fine. 

so for her we have one sister left (mimi is making the second sister with zendaya!!), who will probably be the youngest! i’m then requesting her two bffs, who are super open face wise, but should be similarly aged (one should have graduated with her in hs in 2008 at parkrose), and then we’ll be doubling up with another old high school bud for her and wesley. lastly, i need her current bo (possible fiance???), who is pretty open but should at least be decent on surface level, since lydia isn’t typically one to go after some bad boys. otherwise, she’s super open!!

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Vídeo de segurança mostra treinador de futebol desarmando um estudante numa escola de Portland e abraçando-o

Um vídeo de vigilância divulgado sexta-feira (18 de outubro) mostra o momento em que o técnico de futebol Keanon Lowe desarmou um estudante que havia trazido uma espingarda carregada para sua escola em Portland, Oregon, em 17 de maio de 2019.

O vídeo, obtido pela primeira vez pelo KOIN 6 News da Promotoria de Multnomah, mostra Lowe pegando a arma de Angel Granados-Diaz, de 18 anos, e abraçando-o enquanto outro professor rapidamente pega a espingarda. Ninguém ficou ferido.

Granados-Diaz se declarou culpado de duas acusações relacionadas ao transporte de uma arma carregada para um local público no dia 10 de outubro. De acordo com o KATU 2, tanto os promotores quanto os advogados de defesa concordaram que as evidências sugeriam que Granados-Diaz estava na escola para cometer suicídio e não ferir outros. A arma foi carregada com apenas uma bala.

Lowe contou a história do encontro em maio. Em uma entrevista coletiva, ele descreve ver Diaz com a espingarda tentando se decidir sobre o que fazer: “Eu vi o olhar em seu rosto, o olhar em seus olhos. Olhei para a arma e percebi que era uma arma de verdade, e então meus instintos assumiram o controle”, disse ele. “Eu me joguei na arma, coloquei as duas mãos nela e consegui derrubá-la.”

Ele também fez a seguinte publicação em seu Twitter (keanonlowe):  “Quando me inscrevi para ser um guarda de segurança e treinador de futebol na Parkrose High School, fiz isso para orientar e treinar jovens cujos eu já estive no lugar. Não fazia ideia de que um dia teria que colocar minha vida em risco, como fiz ontem, pelos meus alunos.”

“Senti compaixão pelo garoto, para ser honesto”, disse Lowe. “Eu tive uma conversa na vida real. Obviamente, ele não estava nada bem e eu só queria que ele soubesse que eu estava lá para apoiá-lo. Eu disse a ele que estava lá para salvá-lo - estava lá por uma razão e que essa é uma vida que vale a pena ser vivida.”

[your-greekblogger]

This story ended in astonishing fashion

Keanon Lowe should become the embodiment of compassion and courage all rolled up in one extraordinary human being.

The video I have included with this blog post was recorded at Parkrose High School, in Portland, Ore. I graduated from Parkrose High School in 1967, which gives this story a significant bit of special poignance for me.

[jkanelis]

This story ended in astonishing fashion

Keanon Lowe should become the embodiment of compassion and courage all rolled up in one extraordinary human being.

The video I have included with this blog post was recorded at Parkrose High School, in Portland, Ore. I graduated from Parkrose High School in 1967, which gives this story a significant bit of special poignance for me.

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Via Oregon Live:

A distraught student entered a classroom Friday at Parkrose High School wearing a black trench coat and carrying a shotgun but didn’t hurt anyone before he was tackled in the hallway by the football coach, police and witnesses said.

Parents and students reported Coach Keanon Lowe, one of Oregon’s most prominent high school and college football players of the past decade, took the armed male student to the ground.

Lowe, also Parkrose’s head track and field coach, works as a security guard at the school, several people said.

“I’m just happy everyone was OK,” Lowe said as he walked out of the school’s fine arts building into a school parking lot shortly after police had cleared the school and talked to witnesses. “I’m happy I was able to be there for the kids and for the community.”

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We need to take a harder look at public school environments and what’s pushing kids to these extremes.   I know that HS was shitty and abusive for me, and that teachers there were shit and didn’t fucking care.  In fact, they’d turn a blind eye to bullying and other shit.

Cause I don’t see this shit happening in private or religious High Schools.