Outline For School Shootings

Christina Landis

Rebecca Krape

Jordon Hollinger

Jared Zeiders

Chris Wells

Outline

INTRODUCTION

I. In Pennsylvania- A gunman kills 6 people in a one room Amish school house. In Colorado, a drifter walks into a school and fatally shoots a student before taking his own life. Wisconsin authorities charge three boys with plotting a bomb attack on their high school. Two weeks later, a student shoots his principle. IN Vermont, a gunman burst into an elementary school and guns down a teacher.

II. All of this and _____ more in the past month alone.

III. There have been many "anti-bully", zero tolerance and other safety policies put into effect to help with school safety.

IV. School violence still affects the safety of over____ amount of students in the United States.

V. Today, we are going to discuss drugs, sexual assault and weapons problems affecting out schools.

MAIN BODY

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CONCLUSION

I. Violence, abuse, and drug-related problems are an unending cycle in schools and there is much room for improvement in the way schools handle these problems.

A. As stated by Kenneth Trump, a school safety consultant, "In the weeks and months after Columbine, school safety improved greatly, but that progress has actually stalled and is slipping backwards a great deal now."

II. School shootings have become so common that they are no longer a slap in the face to society, and are viewed only as tragic accidents