A petition to recognize teachers who have died protecting their students in school shootings.
We request that the President award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the educators who have been killed in school shootings protecting their students, Specifically:
Rachel D'Avino, teacher's aide
Dawn Hochsprung, principal
Anne Marie Murphy, teacher's aide
Lauren Rousseau, teacher
Mary Sherlach, school psychologist
Victoria Leigh Soto, teacher
- Sandy Hook Elementary, Newton CT (12/14/12)
Charles Albert Poland, Jr, bus driver
- Midland City, AL (1/29/13)
Michael Landsbury, Math Teacher
- Sparks Middle School, Sparks, NV (10/21/13)



