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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 30946" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">has there ever been a shooting at an elementary building???</div></div></p><p></p><p>A mentally ill man came into an elementary school in my school district and buried a hatchet into the head of a little girl that was passing by. Voices told him to do it.</p><p></p><p>She thankfully survived albeit with brain damage. </p><p></p><p>The recent Amish school shootings took place in an elementary school, too.</p><p></p><p>Here are three more:</p><p></p><p>January 29, 1979 San Diego, California, USA Armed with a .22 rifle she had been given for Christmas, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire at Cleveland Elementary School. She wounded eight children and one police officer and killed two adults. When the six-hour incident ended, she was asked of her motive for the killing, to which she shrugged and replied "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day." Soon after, the Dublin punk band Boomtown Rats wrote the song "I Don't Like Mondays" which was based on the incident. </p><p></p><p>May 20, 1988 Winnetka, Illinois, USA 30-year-old Laurie Dann walked into a second grade classroom at Hubbard Woods Elementary School carrying three pistols and began shooting children, killing eight-year-old Nicholas Corwin and wounding five others before fleeing. She entered a nearby house where she shot and wounded a 20-year-old man before killing herself. </p><p></p><p>September 26, 1988 Greenwood, South Carolina, USA 19 year old James Wilson opened fire at Oakland Elementary School, killing two eight year old girls and wounding nine others, seven of whom were children. He had been taking several psychiatric drugs at the time, including Valium, Halcion, and Xanax. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, these things do happen and yes, the schools need to prepare for the possibility. It's a sad world that we live in.</p><p></p><p>by the way, we have lockdown drills at my school, too.</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 30946, member: 1967"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">has there ever been a shooting at an elementary building???</div></div> A mentally ill man came into an elementary school in my school district and buried a hatchet into the head of a little girl that was passing by. Voices told him to do it. She thankfully survived albeit with brain damage. The recent Amish school shootings took place in an elementary school, too. Here are three more: January 29, 1979 San Diego, California, USA Armed with a .22 rifle she had been given for Christmas, 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire at Cleveland Elementary School. She wounded eight children and one police officer and killed two adults. When the six-hour incident ended, she was asked of her motive for the killing, to which she shrugged and replied "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day." Soon after, the Dublin punk band Boomtown Rats wrote the song "I Don't Like Mondays" which was based on the incident. May 20, 1988 Winnetka, Illinois, USA 30-year-old Laurie Dann walked into a second grade classroom at Hubbard Woods Elementary School carrying three pistols and began shooting children, killing eight-year-old Nicholas Corwin and wounding five others before fleeing. She entered a nearby house where she shot and wounded a 20-year-old man before killing herself. September 26, 1988 Greenwood, South Carolina, USA 19 year old James Wilson opened fire at Oakland Elementary School, killing two eight year old girls and wounding nine others, seven of whom were children. He had been taking several psychiatric drugs at the time, including Valium, Halcion, and Xanax. Yes, these things do happen and yes, the schools need to prepare for the possibility. It's a sad world that we live in. by the way, we have lockdown drills at my school, too. ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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