> One of the seniors is a member of our bike collective. We found that he has
> returned home and is okay, though I'll be he's a bit shaken up.
Ouch. It's been remarkably quiet this year, on the school shooting
front, but the threat is real. As a parent of two high-school
students, it's something that we tend to keep in mind and discuss with
our kids. It was a little close-to-home when I was still working in
Colorado. Had I moved my family out there, the high school that the
girls went to had a shooting itself, and was in the same district as
the most infamous one in recent decades. But where we live, the crime
level is already higher than average, and the threat level also above
average, so everybody takes it more seriously. The attitude of "it
can't happen here" is not our reality. It CAN happen here and we know
it.
A couple of you know our own story, which I'm not at liberty to openly
discuss, but I'll just say that I take this kind of thing VERY
seriously, and our family has been directly involved in getting a
high-risk individual arrested and removed from the campus. There are
reasons why our house is under 24/7 electronic and video monitoring
and has multiple layers of security.
When a student expresses fear or concern, DO take it seriously and
don't diminish his or her feelings. It's real.
AG
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