But the relatively small number of school-site homicides is only the tip of an iceberg that could cost our children their futures and our communities their civic health.
Children deserve a safe setting to learn in.
Teachers and staff deserve a safe place to work in. Communities deserve safe schools that educate kids and help keep neighborhoods safer. Though the most extreme forms of violence are rare, the threat of all kinds of violence can keep students away from school, prevent them from going to after-school events, and leave them in fear every day. Each of us can do something to help solve the problem. And it's a problem we all must solve.