After a 9-year-old boy was crushed to death by a motorized room partition in his Northern Virginia school, a local lawmaker and multiple school districts are taking action to prevent another tragedy.

Last month, Minneapolis-based Versare released a new line of patent-pending classroom dividers that also act as a ballistic shield for teachers and students.

When school starts in the fall some classrooms will look wildly different all for the sake of safety, and a Sherwood business is helping with that.

The threat of gun violence in the classroom is real for many children and families across the country.