All too often, schools are added to the list: Columbine High School, Sandy Hook Elementary, Marjory Stoneman Douglas Elementary, Robb Elementary and Oxford High School; a list that encompasses tragedy, evokes terror and generates wide-ranging responses from those who share the common goal of protecting our children. This is a list no community wishes to join and yet there is no end in sight.
History of mass violence in schools
Mass violence in schools dates as far back as May 18, 1927, when one of the deadliest school attacks in U.S. history took place in the rural community of Bath, Mich. Among the victims, 45 were killed and another 58 were injured, leaving a community grieving, rebuilding and healing for more than 94 years. Although there were several targeted attacks in schools after 1927, it was the 1999 Columbine High School mass shooting that was the turning point in our country’s awareness of mass violence in our schools. According to the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Security and Defense, since Columbine, there have been over 392 fatal school shootings and 1,119 persons injured in K-12 school buildings in the United States.
…
Learn more from The DO here.