It could have been anywhere. Another school shooting. Their school will never be quite the same to them. The lesson they will remember most is that no place is safe. Monday's shooting reinforced that lesson for a generation that will be marked forever by the 1999 Columbine school massacre.
Spring is nigh.
Keep the cell phone charged. Be ready to run. And be willing to tell. Students have once again been reminded in the worst way that speaking up can be so important. Schools need to offer them reasurance that they can do so in confidence, and reminders that intervention before the fact is about getting a friend some help, not getting anyone in trouble.