Since I work for an education association for elementary and middle school principals, yesterday was a busy day for us here as we heard about the 14-year-old who shot his principal then himself, as we later found out that principal died, and so on. It's so upsetting to hear of yet another school shooting. I understand that he actually told a fellow classmate the day before that he was going to shoot the principal. The association I work for has a flyer for parents, and reports for principals on how to ensure that students do tell them about threats like that and that there is a difference bewteen reporting and tattling. I think it is very important to make sure children know that no threat they hear is an idle one anymore, and that when they do hear something like that, it is important that they tell an adult and that the adult understands what to do with that information.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?