Will we ever forget the Columbine High School Massacre of Tuesday April 20, 1999? As a native Coloradan, I immediately called my brother Bob who lives in Littleton. I remember thinking, “this isn’t Washington, or New York, this is Colorado!”
Since then there have been many school shootings with the shooting at Evergreen High School on Sept. 10 outside of Denver being the most recent. The shooter, a boy believed to be a student at the school, opened fire, wounding two students before fatally shooting himself. One victim was released from the hospital to continue healing at home while another was in critical condition.
Despite new anti-bully policies and “zero tolerance” approaches to weapons and threatening behavior by students, violence is still happening. What is happening to our teens?