Investigators say school authorities did everything right. That will surely comfort the bereaved and the maimed. Bringing the issue nearer home, I know a seventh grader with a broken arm suffered this month during classes at a San Angelo public school. The two boys who deliberately caused the injury have been identified and reported to authorities. It is as if school authorities don't want to find culprits, because they may incriminate themselves.
Some parents worry that schools are becoming hazardous to their children's health.
Most educators deny it, but a lot of kids think school is scarier than any jungle. Jake eventually straightened out and married, but he died way too young. Guts moved to San Angelo for a time and, I hear, made a good citizen. Worm left no tracks that I can find. I still ponder that football experience.