In the Race
Now, here, you see, it takes all the blogging I can do to keep in the same place.
If I want to get somewhere else, I must blog twice as fast as that!
You see, I'm in
the Red Queen's Race...
Across The Nation, The New School Year Has Begun...
By Janet Evans
Wednesday, Sep 3 2008, 06:40 AM
And already the first incident of a gun being brought to school and fired has taken place.
It happened yesterday in Willoughby, Ohio…just north of Cleveland.
A student brought more that 30 rounds of ammunition to school and shot his handgun twice. Luckily no one was hurt…this time. The student wanted to kill himself, but was talked into giving up the gun.
"Principal Paul Lombardo and Assistant Principal Jeff Lyons caught up with the student, who told them he wanted to kill himself, Sevel said. While classrooms were being locked down, the two administrators persuaded the student to give up the gun.
"He did put the gun to his head numerous times," Lombardo said. "He never really said why he was doing it. He did say it wasn't like him to do this, and he was fearful that he had ruined his life.
"Police arrested the student, then searched the building and evacuated it room by room. The student was taken to a behavioral health center for evaluation."
Our indications are that he didn't have intentions other than maybe harming himself," Sevel said.
Investigators believe the student intended to kill himself in front of his girlfriend, Police Chief Conrad Straube said. Police did not identify him because he is a juvenile. No charges have been filed.
Lombardo said there were no warning signs that the boy was troubled. The school of about 1,450 students began the fall semester Aug. 26. Classes were scheduled to resume Wednesday. "
That's one week down for some schools...one day for others...
First semester ends mid January.
Harrold, Texas is looking pretty good to me. Read the full article HERE
