Columbine High School Shootings
In 1995 the term "school violence" associated with frightening images of terrified children running a school building where his classmates had been shot. Highly publicized shootings at schools drew nationwide attention to little known places like Pearl, Mississippi; Paducah, Kentucky; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Springfield, Oregon. In 1999, the Columbine High School became the most famous high school in the United States because two boys were in a shootout, killing 12 students and a teacher before he committed suicide. School administrators eager increased security measures, hired a new type of police officer known as "school resource officer," and applied strict zero tolerance policies.
Killings by students at the school are very rare events
Killings by students at the school are very rare events