Do You Feel Your Kids Are Safe At School?

On the heels of what has been a violent year in the nation's schools, two incidents have hit close to home in the last week.

One in Yonkers involving a Saunders High School student making a threat against another student online and in Tuckahoe, where a 13 year-old student brought a knife to school to threaten another student according to .

Having allegedly purchased the knife from a High School student for $10, the  eighth-grader intended to confront the other student, the same age, who he said owed him $60 to $80, according to Detective Sgt. Matthew J. Kiernan Sr.

The confrontation was said to take place Wednesday in the , however the plan was thwarted when a schoolteacher spotted the boy purchasing the knife from a 15-year-old student, according to Tuckahoe PD.

With incidents such as these, it is only natural that parents are filled with anxiety and one parent who wished to remain anonymous stated that she can't wait for her daughter to finally, "graduate and get out of Tuckahoe High School."

Still however, other parents remain optimistic and think that the schools and police departments are doing an adequate job. Maureen Roberts has two boys at Tuckahoe HS and sated that, "incidents in the schools are very isolated in nature and should not be a reflection on the school as a whole."

So Patch wants to know what your feelings are regarding violence in schools and whether there is more anxiety about student safety now than in years past?

Be sure and participate in the poll below and also share your thoughts in the comment section as well.