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<blockquote data-quote="Traxion" data-source="post: 334305" data-attributes="member: 983"><p>The schools are there to educate our kids, not be a mental health screening service for parents.&nbsp; I see too many parents who just dump their kids off at school to be the schools' problem, rather than taking responsibility for their kid &amp; behavior or even being aware of issues they are having.&nbsp; I don't know many good parents who would be shown his notes/sketches that wouldn't have said, OK, we will get him our of here and into counseling NOW.&nbsp; Even more so knowing he had access to a handgun.&nbsp; Now, maybe there were other circumstances (financial, etc) made it hard for them to remove him or get counseling.&nbsp; But, keep in mind the school may have not wanted him there, but since the parents wouldn't take him they had to keep him in the building.&nbsp; Schools can't just kick a kid out and lock the door saying &quot;don't come back&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; They bear the responsibility of that student's whereabouts during the school day.&nbsp; Let's say they did kick this kid out on the street and he then takes the gun and hurts himself.&nbsp; Now, the narrative is flipped and it is the schools fault for kicking him out.&nbsp; I am biased, but the school was in an absolute no-win situation here since the parents wouldn't take him out.&nbsp; Now, why nobody checked him over or asked more questions (maybe they did, we don't know) needs to be understood.&nbsp; I'm not saying the parents should be guilty of the charges, but they sure as heck should not be just waiting for the school to get worked up about their kids mental health.&nbsp; Being called to a meeting and shown what he had written was plenty alarming IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Traxion, post: 334305, member: 983"] The schools are there to educate our kids, not be a mental health screening service for parents. I see too many parents who just dump their kids off at school to be the schools' problem, rather than taking responsibility for their kid & behavior or even being aware of issues they are having. I don't know many good parents who would be shown his notes/sketches that wouldn't have said, OK, we will get him our of here and into counseling NOW. Even more so knowing he had access to a handgun. Now, maybe there were other circumstances (financial, etc) made it hard for them to remove him or get counseling. But, keep in mind the school may have not wanted him there, but since the parents wouldn't take him they had to keep him in the building. Schools can't just kick a kid out and lock the door saying "don't come back". They bear the responsibility of that student's whereabouts during the school day. Let's say they did kick this kid out on the street and he then takes the gun and hurts himself. Now, the narrative is flipped and it is the schools fault for kicking him out. I am biased, but the school was in an absolute no-win situation here since the parents wouldn't take him out. Now, why nobody checked him over or asked more questions (maybe they did, we don't know) needs to be understood. I'm not saying the parents should be guilty of the charges, but they sure as heck should not be just waiting for the school to get worked up about their kids mental health. Being called to a meeting and shown what he had written was plenty alarming IMO. [/QUOTE]

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