About the Series

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs and Student Television Network investigate how schools across the country are rethinking what it means to feel safe and be safe at school.

A FORCE OF THEIR OWN

Imagine a school district so expansive it requires its own police force. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest school district in the nation, has an officer assigned to every school and its own K-9 unit.

Camera: Mariana Lombello, Ryan Otero and Mauro Villalobos
Narrators: Thomas Purdy
Producer/Reporter/Editor: Mikaela Ronnkvist
Reporter: Thomas Purdy, Sky Tayon
Sound: Ryan Otero
Student Interviews/Camera: Evan Scolnick
Writer: Elizabeth Quintero

SRL Adviser: Victor Fernandez

BEHIND THE SCENES

Students from Alonzo Mourning High School interview Alberto Carvalho, the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida.

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Students from Alonzo Mourning High School interview Alberto Carvalho, the Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida.