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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s time we start locking up these insane kids to protect the normal ones. [/quote]
they are "normal" until they start shooting up the school. How do you find such kids? We need real solutions, not a Minority Report.[/quote]

They are well known to school psychologists and admin. [/quote]

Not really. Quiet kids are not noticed. And even if there is a kid who is generally withdrawn and even if such kids are noticed the vast majority are never going to do something like this.

We don't know all the details about the online threats last year. The tips were anonymous and it is not clear what was available in terms of actual evidence of the threat. There was no probable cause (per media report). School was told to monitor the kid.

slightly OT-Several years ago I read about a school in WA I think where teachers are asked to identify kids who appear to not have friends. Teachers are then assigned to specific kids to find ways to establish a connection with them. (Relationship with an adult other than parent is a known factor in resilience). They had been doing this for awhile and saw positive changes in those kids. Might just first start with saying hello in the hallway.

(Yes, this could backfire in case of a predator but is not going to turn teachers into predators). [/quote]

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