College Rampage Renews School Safety Concerns
In the wake of a campus killing spree with echoes of Columbine, K-12 leaders reach out and schools tighten security.
Coming just four days before the anniversary of the Columbine school shootings, the mass slayings by a student gunman at Virginia Polytechnic Institute last week revived vexing questions and raised familiar fears for educators across the country who grapple daily with ensuring the safety of their students and staffs.
The April 16 killings provoked the same questions that arose for K-12 officials after the 1999 rampage at Columbine High School and a string of other such incidents in the past decade: Could this happen at my school? Are we prepared? What are the warning signs that students may harm themselves or others?
The Virginia Tech slayings also prompted school officials from suburban Washington to the West Coast to pledge heightened security measures and assure anxious parents and students that...
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