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Kent State shootings

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Kent State shootings

"The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre) were the shootings of college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, by members of the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970. Twenty-nine guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis."

"Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, which President Richard Nixon announced during a television address on April 30. Other students who were shot had been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance."

"There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of 4 million students, and the event further affected public opinion, at an already socially contentious time, over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War."

2016 Proposed Tax Cap Override

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This map shows the 36 school districts that are proposing to override the tax cap in 2016. The list come Election Day may be somewhat smaller, as some schools that notified that Education Department that they would override the cap may choose not to do it based on public feedback, along with increased state aid.