But it's often not passed on to an adult because there's a conspiracy of silence. On the other hand, it's important not to overreact. He was suspended for 10 days. That's an overreaction. Our model is to prevent, not to punish.
Kids have to think in terms of safety as being more important than confidentiality.
In this case, the principal can make a judgment about calling the police. But if we find out in the process of the risk assessment that there is a high risk and the kid has a plan and it's pretty specific, then certainly we'll call the police. They were out rabbit hunting during the weekend. Then the administrator would in turn call the police. Because when you have weapons on school grounds, that raises the level of threat significantly.