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Megan Martin: Students trapped in violent schools need an escape Megan Martin October 15, 2025 October 13, 2025

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Violence terrorized students at Carrick High School in Pittsburgh. A student armed with a knife stabbed three other students — two of them critically. As a parent, I can only imagine the panic and fear that these children and their families experienced.

What happened at Carrick is one of many examples of a frightening pattern of violence running rampant in countless public schools across the commonwealth and the nation—and far too many students remain trapped in these violent institutions.

Federal and state laws require states to identify “ persistently dangerous ” public schoo

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