The suspect, a 14-year-old boy, had been unhappy
             April 20, 1999 at Myers and dropped out in order to begin home
             Littleton, Colo. 14 students (including killers) schooling.
             and 1 teacher killed, 23 others wounded at Columbine
             High School in the nation's deadliest school shooting. May 20, 1999
             Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, had plotted for Conyers, Ga. 6 students injured at Heritage High
             a year to kill at least 500 and blow up their school. At School by 15-year-old T. J. Solomon, who was
             the end of their hour-long rampage, they turned their reportedly depressed after breaking up with his
             guns on themselves. girlfriend.
             Deming, N.M. 1 seventh-grader, Araceli Tena, Fort Gibson, Okla. 4 students wounded and 1 severely
             Fatally shot at Deming Middle School by Victor bruised in the chaos as a 13-year-old boy opened fire with
             Cordova Jr., age 13. The boy, a dual citizen a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at Fort Gibson Middle School.
             living in Mexico and commuting to the school,
             was struggling with depression after the death
             of his mother. His victim was apparently targeted
             Schools are charged with educating all who walk through their doors and everyday they must face the challenges brought by a diverse student body. Many children are poorly prepared to meet even the most fundamental demands of the school day, and struggle to have their basic needs met. Children bring into the classroom their family environments, their experiences in the neighborhood, their attitudes about how to handle frustration and respond to discipline, and their entire socialization and view of the world. The spillover of the social and economic conditions of neighborhoods and communities into schools is pervasive and broad ranging.
             In defining school violence, we need to consider "violence" along a continuous of behavior within a developmental framework. For example, violent behavior for y...