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Santa Fe High School had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice. Ten people still died.

The southeast Texas school that was the site of Friday's mass shooting had won a statewide award for its safety plan and recently had to activate it during a false alarm about an active shooter. Its plan to arm teachers hadn't been implemented yet.

By TODD C. FRANKEL, BRITTNEY MARTIN, TIM CRAIG and CHRISTIAN DAVENPORT, The Washington Post via The Texas Tribune
Posted 5/24/18

They, like so many others, thought they had taken the steps to avoid this. The school district had an active-shooter plan, and two armed police officers walked the halls …

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