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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll just say again, this is someone's  child. Knowing the identity and worrying about punishment is not prevention.

And turning this into a debate about OOB students is disgusting.

This is a school.climate issue and I hope my fellow parents get into a real discussion to make sure Wilson has what it needs so this never happens again.[/quote]

Sure, it's someone's child and I feel bad for the parents, unless they were negligent in letting the gun criminal have access to the weapon.  But the school needs to remove the threat from the school, through permanent expulsion.  Let the kid learn in a  "juvenile" detention center.  Second, deterrence is part of prevention.  The criminal should be treated harshly as an example for others.  The school needs to re-think how it handles safety and security.  The metal detectors and security staff were ineffective to stop the gun getting in, and clearly aren't stopping certain students from bringing knives to school.  Finally, the school needs to focus on the relatively small group of students are are the offenders -- sometimes repeat offenders in intimidation of other students, fights inside and outside the school, mayhem in the Metro station.  This is the Israeli approach to security, not just to focus on the weapon but to target the people who are the problem.  [/quote]

+1.[/quote]

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