Schools, more and more, are beginning to resemble jails rather than academies. Large investments are being made in surveillance equipment, metal detectors, entry systems, I.D. badges and security guards. In some places, students are given detention before the benefit of the doubt. They are being suspended for bringing nail files to school, handcuffed for drawing pictures of weapons, arrested for pointing toy guns. But the fact is, kids are far safer at school than they are at home or in their free time.
School shootings are beyond rare.
And even if a school shooting was likely to happen, children cannot prepare for the horror of losing their classmates. And they shouldn't have to.