This just makes me so heart-sick

The news reporters here are talking with other kids from the school -- "he (the one with the knife) was the 'weird' kid who always got teased"; "he (the one with the knife) had a knife 'collection' at home"; "he (the one with the knife) walked around in the woods with a machete". Where were the parents in all this??

No security at the school (not even metal detectors).

G-D. Again. How many warning signs do we need that someone that is fragile shouldn't be picked on and harassed and teased??

You're right -- we'll never know the whole story. But, how many times do we have to watch kids who are ticking time bombs being teased and harassed and embarrassed before we teach our kids that you don't treat another human being like that.

The "popular kid" says one, small insignificant thing to the kid who has trouble understanding subtle differences in phraseology ... If the school had paid attention to the warnings/messages from Columbine, there would not have been a knife in that school.

Even now, the District Attorney is saying that he won't recommend metal detectors in the school.

When are we going to learn So many lives destroyed because AGAIN no one paid any attention to messages from other tragedies and AGAIN no one paid any attention to warnings signs

Barb