I knew parents would want to talk to me. For the four nights leading up to June 1, police patrolled the building all night. But absenteeism still hit about 50 percent that day. David J. Horine, the superintendent of the 4,000-student district, said he was relieved to be free of the constant worry that had plagued him before school got out for the summer. Officials in Jefferson County, Colo., allowed journalists access to Columbine High School last week for the first time since the April 20 shootings.
Tape still seals off the doors to the school's library.
Wide World James E. Fish, the principal of Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Md., spent two sleepless nights at the school this spring after receiving bomb threats. He says he's happy the school year is ending.