School Violence

SCHOOL VIOLENCE

Every year teachers, parents and students prepare for another school session, hopefully the thought of destructive violence such as the Columbine shootings won’t be in their mind. It’s sad to think that violence is a concern at all. It’s certainly a proven fact that violence of one sort or another is part of most schools today. School violence is a problem for everyone. It is a problem that everyone must deal with and work together to solve. The community, administrators, teacher, parents, and students must come together to focus on effective prevention and punishments.

The majority of schools have a low security system in place. This means that they do not have any guards, metal detectors, or other advanced forms of protection. Since prevention is the key to keeping everyone safe, modifications on security must be the topic for discussion. Some schools are