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I’ve been making a deliberate effort to limit my time on social media, and it has been quite a while since the news has been a regular part of my routine. However, as I was returning home yesterday I had the radio tuned to a local news station and heard the following two headlines – both irritating for different reasons: Lawmaker accused of bringing box cutter to Maryvale High School to ‘test’ security system Two people from out of state plead guilty to defrauding Arizona school voucher program Tragically, last week, a student at Maryvale High School in Phoenix was stabbed to death at the school. We can all agree that this should never happen. I do not know the details of this specific event. Having served as a junior high school principal for fourteen years, school violence has become an emotional trigger for me. During my career, I invested an untold number of hours planning and preparing in an effort to prevent this type of incident on campus, but I also worried because I knew that ...
