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Summit generates ideas to make schools safer

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Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters after meeting Tuesday with school administrators, teachers and law enforcement officials on ways to make Illinois schools safer.

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More than 50 people gathered Tuesday at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in response to a call from Gov. Pat Quinn, right, following last month's Connecticut school shooting.

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Gov. Pat Quinn, school administrators and mental health and public safety experts said Tuesday that they left a school safety summit with pages of ideas, including improving resources for mental health and encouraging students to speak up if they hear about potential threats. “We want to educate all of those who come through the school building, including the students, that being silent about potential violence is a very dangerous thing,” Quinn said at a news conference after the summit.