2008, #2, School Shooting Seminar

I was sent to a seminar today on recent school shootings and the discovery of what can be done in schools to stop them. The speakers were actually pretty good and ultimately they gave some good paths to take when trying to implement programs for stopping these types of things from occurring in the schools. I actually made the mistake of sitting closest to the stage in the middle (EVERYONE was in the back of the place), which is probably why I was actually paying attention and I was the focus of at least three "scenarios" by the two speakers (hey, in one I had created a nuclear weapon in my basement).

Anyway, it was interesting how they had great evidence, from some 37 incidents from 1974 to 2007, and great ideas to stop programs, but they stopped short of the ultimate conclusion, "These things are impossible to predict."

Warning signs can be followed, acted on (within reason), but past that it just seems like spinning wheels. I got great information, and tomorrow I'll do my "lessons learned," distribute it to other admin types, and see how the powers that be want to pursue it. Ultimately however, the implementation of actual programs would seem to me a waste of time and money.

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