Parkland parents who lost their children running for district's school board

Published May 16, 2018 11:37 AM EDT

Two parents who lost children in the Parkland school shooting are now running for the district's school board.

Ryan Petty and Lori Alhadeff announced their candidacies yesterday. The Sun Sentinel reports that they both want to improve safety and increase accountability.

Petty's daughter, Alaina, and Alhadeff's daughter, Alyssa, were two of the seventeen people killed in the Valentine's day shooting.