18 safety staff, new door locks at Parkland students…

18 safety staff, new door locks at Parkland students return

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) – The Latest on developments in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting (all times local):

3:10 p.m.

When classes resume at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School next week, visitors will have only one way in to enter and will be screened through a video intercom before entering. Classroom doors will remain locked at all times and 18 security monitors will patrol the campus.

The Broward County School District has been under intense criticism for not doing more to protect students after a gunman opened fire at the Parkland, Florida, school on Valentine’s Day, killing 17 people.

During a tour Wednesday, officials said the school will have a dozen campus security monitors, three security specialists and three school resource officers who will patrol new fences and gates at the beginning and end of the day to ensure that only staff and students wearing ID badges are entering.

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1:30 p.m.

The sheriff leading the state commission investigating the Florida school massacre says the suspect’s behavior before the shooting was a “roller-coaster,” where he would have stretches of good conduct before it deteriorated.

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission that Nikolas Cruz’s fluctuating behavior made it difficult for school officials to determine how he should be handled. Cruz is charged with killing 17 people there Feb. 14.

A report released by school officials last week said he began showing behavioral issues that got him kicked out of pre-kindergarten. Gualtieri said there were times in middle school and at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that Cruz’s behavior “dive-bombed,” and he required an escort to monitor him.

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