Justice
The Sad and Telling Reaction of School Districts Everywhere to Sandy Hook
Monday brings an awkward mix of grief and preparation.
It says something particularly depressing about gun violence in America that, on the occasion of yet another mass school shooting, we reflexively turn to the epidemic’s previous most infamous victims for some kind of perspective. And, in fact, the Jeffco Public School District in Colorado, where the Columbine shooting took place 13 years ago, did have something to say on Friday.
From a statement released by the district to local families (thanks to the Washington Post for first reprinting):