A year later, there are more security cameras in schools. What were once fire drills are now evacuation drills. Side doors that once popped open are now locked. Still, the nation's schools have not become the fortresses some feared. The copycat threats died down.
School shootings remain rare.
But now what passes for normal includes a sense of unease that wasn't there before. This changed the way educators look at kids. It changed the way kids look at each other. In Hernando and Pasco, public schools have been given the go-ahead to bring extra deputies on campus for the day. Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg sent a note home to parents about precautions taken at the private school.