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Top Stories: Dallas ISD Students To Take Part In Active Shooter Training

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Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas on May 21, 2018. Ten people were killed in a shooting at the school on Friday.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News:

About 6,000 students in the Dallas school district will receive active shooter training Monday as part of an outreach program called "See, Say, Do Something." This was planned well before Friday's shooting at Santa Fe High School.

As some state lawmakers propose reevaluating school safety measures in the wake of the shooting, the governor's calling for roundtable discussions to discuss preventing gun violence.

Other stories this morning:

  • The Dallas County Republican Party has condemned the behavior of former criminal district judge Vic Cunningham, who is a candidate in the GOP runoff for the District 2 seat on the Dallas County Commissioner's Court. Cunningham acknowledged to The Dallas Morning News that he set up a living trust with a clause rewarding his children if they marry a white person. 
  • We know exercising is good for the body, but this edition of Vital Signs explores what it can do for your mental health.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM.

Former KERA staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and KERANews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.