Emergency calls to 911 during Georgia’s Apalachee High School shooting rose so rapidly that some people had to wait on hold to speak to a dispatcher, newly released records show. Barrow County Emergency Communications struggled to keep up with the flow of calls around 10:20 a.

Georgia’s state school superintendent says he wants the state to spend more money to guarantee security officers and wearable panic alert buttons after a school shooting killed four at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta.

Bomb threats, copycats, and pranks—some from outside the United States—have disrupted schools across the nation.