We have joined forces statewide and regionally with human services, law enforcement, parents, and others because this is not a school problem but a whole community problem. District Superintendents have organized regional responses to repeated bomb threats. We have had PBS programs for parents and students, and professional development for the educators. And now there is the Governor's task force led by the Lt. Governor. But there is no certainty.
Most schools are far safer than the world outside.
And yet the violent world outside sometimes comes inside. Some students are so separate from the norms of civilized behavior that they see no value even in their own lives. Violent language has become so commonplace that we sometimes fail to take seriously a student's words. They almost always say something. More and more, we do listen.