Isabella DeJoseph, 15, center left, is embraced by her mother Alana as they leave East High School after a school shooting, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Two school administrators were shot at the high school Wednesday morning after a handgun was found on a student subjected to daily searches, authorities said. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via AP) 
Parents wait for students to be walked out after two administrators shot and wounded after a handgun was found during a daily search of a student at Denver East High School Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, center, walks across 17th Avenue to talk to parents as they wait for their children to be walked out of East High School after a school shooting Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
A student, right, hugs a man after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
A man holds hands with a student following their reunion after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Two school administrators were shot at the high school Wednesday morning after a handgun was found on a student subjected to daily searches, authorities said. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
A parent hugs a student as they are reunited after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Two school administrators were shot at the high school Wednesday morning after a handgun was found on a student subjected to daily searches, authorities said. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Two women hug after a school shooting at East High School Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Two school administrators were shot at the high school Wednesday morning after a handgun was found on a student subjected to daily searches, authorities said. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students are walked out of East High School following a shooting, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Authorities say two school administrators were shot and wounded after a handgun was found during a daily search of a student at a Denver high school. The suspect remained at large. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students are walked out of East High School following a shooting, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Authorities say two school administrators were shot and wounded after a handgun was found during a daily search of a student at a Denver high school. The suspect remained at large. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
A student, rear, hugs a woman as they reunite following a shooting at East High School, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. Authorities say two school administrators were shot and wounded after a handgun was found during a daily search of a student at the Denver high school. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
A student, right, hugs a parent as they are reunited following a shooting at East High School, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Sheriff deputies block a road in the town of Bailey, Colo., where authorities found an abandoned car that belonged to the suspect in a shooting of two administrators at a Denver high school, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) 
Sheriff deputies block a road in the town of Bailey, Colo., where authorities found an abandoned car that belonged to the suspect in a shooting of two administrators at a Denver high school Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) 
Students from West High School join forces with East High School students to call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students from East High School and West High School join forces to call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students from East High School and West High School enter the State Capitol to call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students from East High School and West High School call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
West High School students join with students from East High School to call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students from East High School and West High School call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
A student from East High School displays a sign to call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students from East High School and West High School call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students from East High School and West High School call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) 
Students from East High School and West High School call for gun control measures to be considered by state lawmakers Thursday, March 23, 2023, during a rally outside the State Capitol in Denver. A shooting left two administrators injured at East High School on Wednesday, one of a series of gun-related events at the school in the past six weeks. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
After East High School shooting, an outcry erupts over security
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Why would anyone send their children to DPS? I said it 4 years ago when I ran for HD41, “Schools are not safe.” #School Choice!
Instead of punishment for these crimes, spend resources on restorative justice, support for all families involved, compassion and inclusion in society for those who think violence is the answer. Look to Norway for information–and example– about a different approach.
That is all nice…but guns and teens are a lethal mix deserving of swift and decisive removal from school and legal action.
“We failed Austin,” said the DPS superintendent Alex Marrero.
And THAT is the problem: schools are prioritizing serving troubled/dangerous students over the security of the entire student body.
Dangerous or criminal or threatening or disruptive behavior in our schools deserve and require appropriate intervention. All this talk that police “disproportionately arrest students of color,” is just a distraction from the problematic behavior of the student in question.
Everyone is blasting the school for this tragedy. There has not been a single word about the parents of this 17 year old. The parents gave him a car, cell phone, and somehow access to a gun. Did the parents search him daily? Did they sweep his car and room daily? Did they monitor his movements and associations daily?
If you’re going to pat down a kid suspected of having a gun, why would you do it inside the school building?