Going old school.
Via Fox News:
In this rural community, which has a population of roughly 1,400, school leaders say it’s not uncommon for kids to encounter guns at a young age with popular activities such as fishing and hunting.
It’s part of the reason why the school district’s superintendent, Joel Foster, is moving forward with implementing a hunter’s safety course in two middle schools this spring.
The week-long training program will train students on a variety of survival skills, including gun safety.
“Our job and what we do best is education and educating our kids is a lot better than having them learn about these things on the street,” he said.
The school district has debated the program for years, but after the recent death of a Clarksville High School student as a result of an accidental shooting while he was fishing with friends pushed the need further. Kain Allen Schild was 15 when he died last May.
“With the number of weapons in our area and the access to them in the homes, I think it’s important that we do these things,” Foster said.
The class will be mandatory under the district’s physical education curriculum but according to Foster, no parent in the district have opted out of the course.
If parents choose to remove their student from the training, they will go to a study hall instead.