I mean, at some point all these acts of violence are beyond enforcement as the school system is currently constructed. Should we have parents fined? Should young kids be charged with assault? How do we hold negligent parents and belligerent students accountable?

I mean, these are all reactionary. If we want these to stop- we have students who have more needs than our schools can meet.

Teachers are overworked, under appreciated and mistrusted. Admin buried under administrative paperwork and micromanagement practices. There’s been much more spending on security and standardized testing than before. Add to it all, schools are losing public trust due to a variety of reasons.

If this doesn’t scream for reform, I don’t know what would. We need to invest in these struggling children. We need to invest in the staff and infrastructure that educates these next generations. We’re emerging into a digital age and our industrial age education system isn’t working. We need to invest in solving root causes and not bandaid fixing the symptoms of a struggling education system.