Over two years before Wednesday’s shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was urged to address security concerns at “nonpublic schools” in the state, the Daily Wire reported.
“We are writing on behalf of our respective organizations regarding the urgent and critical need in Minnesota to make sure our schools are secure and safe considering the most recent, and continuing attacks, on our schools in this country and in our state,” wrote Jason Adkin, executive director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference, and Tim Benz, president of Minndependent, in an April 2023 letter.
A month earlier, three students and three adults had been shot and killed at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, by Audrey Hale, a 28-year old who had attended the school as a child.
“The latest school shooting at a nonpublic Christian school in Tennessee sadly confirms what we already know — our schools are under attack. In Minnesota, nonpublic schools, particularly our Jewish and Muslim schools, have experienced increased levels of threats, all of which we must take very seriously,” they wrote.
“An attack on any school, whether it is a public, nonpublic, charter or another school site, cannot be tolerated or allowed to happen in Minnesota. We want to make sure Minnesota is doing everything it can to ensure that all our students are safe and secure. We ask you include $50 million in the final Education Finance bill and allow nonpublic schools to apply for funding,” they continued.
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