Recent headlines related to bullying and school violence

Bullies Kids in Crisis, February 27, 2006
When you send your children off to school.. it`s probably one of the last things on your mind. But it`s likely one of the first issues your children will face. School bullying first caught the public eye in 1999 -- after 15 students and a teacher were gunned down inside Columbine High School in Colorado. But the problem hasn`t gone away.. and some say it`s getting worse.. even at schools right here in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

THERE`S THE ONE LEG RIPPED OPEN THEY MADE IT LIKE A GIRL`S SKIRT. 10TH GRADER VINCE MARCARIO SHOWS US WHAT`S LEFT OF HIS SWEAT PANTS AFTER SCHOOL BULLIES NEARLY RIPPED HIM TO SHREADS. - More

Fla. Teen Shot by SWAT at School Brain Dead, January 14, 2006
The 15-year-old boy shot by police while brandishing a pellet gun in a middle school bathroom was clinically brain dead Saturday but was being kept alive to harvest his organs, his family's attorney said.

"Everybody in the whole neighborhood is really upset," Paul Cavallini, who lives across the street from the Penleys, said Saturday. "He was a quiet kid - polite and everything. He was just a normal teenager." However, friends and investigators say he was also bullied and emotionally distraught, and went to school that day expecting to die. - More

School shooting leads to rash of threats, April 11, 2005
Educators, Police Blame Copycat Kids for Incidents Across Country

"There is no reason to expect the fact that Jeff Weise, the 16-year-old blamed for the shootings in Minnesota, ended the rampage by shooting himself, would deter other youngsters who because of bullying at school, neglect or abuse at home, or other factors, feel pushed to the edge, she said."

Teen charged with threatening school shooting, April 2005
PADUCAH, Ky. -- A Paducah middle school student who allegedly threatened to take guns to school and shoot people was taken into custody, school officials said. - More

10 Dead In Red Lake School Shooting, March 2005
WCCO-TV 4 The Twin Cities News Station breaking news local news the twin cities news station Minneapolis St. Paul. - More

MSNBC reported that the teenager involved in the shooting had "a troubling profile — one of a Native American who allegedly described himself as a "NativeNazi" and who other students said was regularly picked on for his odd behavior.

CNN.com - School gunman stole police pistol, vest - Mar 23, 2005
The death toll made it the nation's worst school shooting since April 1999, when two students killed 12 classmates, a teacher and then themselves at ... - More

San Diego Shooting, March 2001
San Diego's District Attorney and two mental health experts discuss the circumstances surrounding a high school shooting that left two students dead. - More

"You start at early ages and you teach kids not to be bullies. You help kids relate to each other in a caring, considerate fashion. As kids move on to high school, it's critical that we challenge them; we challenge them academically; we challenge them spiritually; we challenge them socially; we challenge them to do their best in everything. We challenge them to help others. That will be useful."


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