Betsy DeVos angers shooting survivors at Parkland high school visit, walks out of press conference [View all]

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Source: NEW YORK DAILY NEWS






Jessica Schladebeck

Updated: Wednesday, March 7, 2018, 3:46 PM

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a contentious visit to the site of last month’s Florida school shooting Wednesday, in which she was criticized by survivors and abruptly walked out of her own press conference.
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"Secretary Betsy DeVos spoke to me and only a handful of students. She did not properly answer my only question," Kyra Parrow tweeted. "She did not sit down with any students and asked what we wanted. Douglas has 3,000 students. None of them were invited."

Members of the media received similar treatment from DeVos during a press conference later in the morning that lasted only 10 minutes or so. When pressed by reporters on the issue of arming school staff, with questions surrounding training standards and student opposition, DeVos suddenly walked away from her podium.

Taking only a handful of questions before she abruptly ended the brief press conference, DeVos did not discuss the specifics of her conversations with students nor the policies she believes need to be implemented to keep schools safe.......................



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What did she do there all morning??? The article said she spent the morning at the school. The article mainly focuses on the students responses.

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Aly Sheehy 🦅 @Aly_Sheehy

🦅 Retweeted Betsy DeVos

Do something unexpected: answer our questions. You came to our school just for publicity and avoided our questions for the 90 minutes you were actually here. How about you actually do your job? #neveragain #DoYourJob

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The Hummingbird 🐦 @SaysHummingbird

Let's honor the 17 #StonemanDouglas victims on each of the 17 days left till #MarchForOurLives

Today we honor Amazing Alyssa who was 14 years old when her life was taken — she was a star soccer player.

We miss you.

#NeverAgain

(Credit to @LeighHelberg for this inspiring idea)

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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos leaves a news conference following a visit to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the aftermath of a Feb. 14 mass shooting at the school. (Lynne Sladky/AP)