Wood and led by students Haley Roberts, Ryan Queeny, and Payton Hamilton.Įvery year GSA plans activities to make Lockport a more accepting place. The meetings are supervised by club sponsors Mrs. Meetings start out with reviewing the club rules, an activity, 15 minutes of feels (a designated time to discuss struggles and triumphs and offer support), meeting wrap up, and the recitation of the GSA pledge. The maroon room during the time the meetings are held becomes a To many people in the club, GSA is a safe place where they can speak their minds about anything that they aren’t comfortable speaking about outside of school. With open minds and open hearts, current members of the club welcome newcomers to attend their meetings.

GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) is a student organization that meets in East campus’ maroon room after school every Thursday. Some students fell on top of each other and were injured. Julie Bailey Obradovic, a mother whose daughter was attending the dance, posted on Facebook that 'kids were falling and getting trampled' due to the rumors of an active shooter.Written by Abigail Ignasiak, Staff Writer Police recovered the gun from the location soon after.Īt approximately 8:45 p.m., a large group of students in a hallway outside the fieldhouse became startled and began rushing for the exit. He told police he had buried the gun in a yard nearby.

The student to whom the gun had been passed was also taken into police custody once he re-entered the cafeteria. While in custody, the student admitted he had brought a BB gun to the dance, but had passed it to another student when he saw police searching the fieldhouse. The first student provided a description of the alleged gunman, who was later detained by police.

Reports of a student with a gun at the dance forced other students to race out of the building.Īt approximately 7:45 p.m., a student notified a Lockport police officer present at the dance he had heard a student had brought a gun to the dance, according a statement released by the Lockport Township School District. CBS (CHICAGO) – High school students in the southwest suburbs returned to class today after a frightening homecoming Saturday.

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