Seattle Police say they have stepped up their presence today on the Garfield High School campus in the Central District.

Interim Police Chief Sue Rahr told King 5 that Seattle Public Schools reached out to ask for the support – following the shooting of 17-year old Amarr Murphy-Paine on campus last week.

Parents, teachers, and students gathered at Garfield on Tuesday to talk about what safety and security needs to look like at the school.

There have been at least six shootings in and around Garfield over the past year, either on campus or within a few blocks of the school.  

And one Garfield parent says she’s tired of seeing the same response from the district, over and over.

Guests:

• Carol Rava is the parent of both a current and former Garfield student. She’s also a one-time Seattle Public Schools employee, and wrote an op-ed for the Seattle Times on school safety, published this week. 
  

Related Links:

• https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/stop-the-bleeding-sps-needs-to-do-better-to-keep-students-safe/ 
• https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-police-presence-garfield-high-school/281-2594b875-e5b1-4a30-af2d-1fd58618ed00
• https://www.kuow.org/stories/mapped-shootings-around-seattle-s-garfield-high-school-this-year