Another school shooting...

[MOB Karen]

This is from Katy, Texas. Is that close to you, Kacie?
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Seven Lakes student shot in apparent suicide attempt

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:49 PM CDT


A 17-year-old male student at Seven Lakes High School has been lifeflighted to Memorial Hermann Hospital after apparently attempting to commit suicide with a self-inflicted gun wound on the campus at Seven Lakes High School Monday afternoon.

According to Katy ISD assistant director of communications Steve Stanford, the shooting occurred in the school courtyard at 12:05 p.m. during lunch.

Seven Lakes is currently on lockdown, with no one allowed in or out of the building without express consent of KISD police.

The district has not released the student's name, his current condition or any other information about the weapon. However, Stanford stressed that no other student is currently in danger.

[ladymelissa]

What a shame, school shootings seem to have become a bigger threat than terrorism. That is so unfortunate.

[countrygirl]

How terrible. What is going on w the kids these days? It really makes me fear for the safety of my kids.

[cowboysbride]

I watched Dawn Anna on Lifetime last night (movie about woman dealing with the death of her daughter at Columbine) and I cried my eyes out! This is horrible...

[SerendipityCrafts]

Oh goodness .... did he try to hurt anyone else or was he just trying to commit a public suicide?

BTW - a memorial fund has been set up in the name of the young lady that died in the Dawson shooting. Nothing will bring her back but I am warmed to hear that some good is happening.

The students are on a blitz selling bracelettes and they hope to raise $20,000 by this coming friday.

[MOB Karen]

Now there will be an epidemic on killling yourself at school. GEEZ!!! :bbrolleyes:

[septemberbride06]

That is weird...yesterday my little brother (12) was stabbed with a pencil on the bus. Luckily it was just a puncture wound, and not serious, but my parents did take him to the principal, and they suspended the kid forlike 2 days. My mom was going to file assault charges, but decided not to.

:calm:

[mariaandmanish]

And today, a fourth grader in the school I work with set something on fire in the boys bathroom. The 2nd and 3rd floors were filled with smoke and the fire alarm went off, the fire department had to come. Once we found out how the fire started, the police were called in and the boy and his mother had to be seen in front of him as well. It's very very scary what kids will do, and I don't understand it at all!

[Jenn060306]

OMG, how terrible!

I am seriously wondering what is coming to the world? Our children are out there killing eachother and doing terrible things. I always thought of school as a safe place for kids to go. They can escape the terrible things in the real world. But now it seems that it's more dangerous for them to go to school. purplex:

[LizabethDavis]

That is all so terrible! Makes me want to take my kids out of the school system!

[countrygirl]

My personal opinion, and it JUST my opinion, is alot has to do w the parents. Parents are more carefree these days, and the kids are going crazy. Granted, you can do your best, and do a wonderful job raising you kids, and now and then, that perfectly raised child goes crazy, but when you have so many parents out there who don't even try to control thier children, this is what happens. People think that I am too strick sometimes, or they are shocked when my children say please, thank you, no thank you. I am NOT a perfect parent by any means, I screw up as much as the next mom. But I tell you, my kids are pretty good (most of the time!!). It does scare me though that they may do something so far out there that they land in jail. It scares the **** out of me!!!

Did that all make sense?

[MOB Karen]

Yeah, that makes sense, Heather. I was reading about another kid that killed his parents and then went to the school and started shooting people there too. It turns out, the parents bought him a gun because he was having a fit to get one. They gave into him just to make him happy, and look what he did to them. You have to say no to your children once in a while, or it will come back and bite you on the ***. :bbconfused:

[SerendipityCrafts]

My personal opinion, and it JUST my opinion, is alot has to do w the parents. Parents are more carefree these days, and the kids are going crazy.

The kid (he was 24 years old!) that shot up Dawson college lived at home in his parents basement, he posted what he intended to do at vampirefreak.com, he owned several guns (registered I might add), and was a member of a gun club. His mother said publically ... he was a good boy.

Aren't they always good boys? Don't the neighbours always describe killers as law abiding citizens?

Another local kid was intercepted because he too posted intentions online (same website I believe). Reports tonight said that he had behavioural problems in school and happened to have an arsenal of guns.

Do the parents not see the signs? Are there not red flags???

We have also had a recent wave of murder suicides in the area.

What gives????

[rainbowtreat]

My personal opinion, and it JUST my opinion, is alot has to do w the parents. Parents are more carefree these days, and the kids are going crazy. Granted, you can do your best, and do a wonderful job raising you kids, and now and then, that perfectly raised child goes crazy, but when you have so many parents out there who don't even try to control thier children, this is what happens. People think that I am too strick sometimes, or they are shocked when my children say please, thank you, no thank you. I am NOT a perfect parent by any means, I screw up as much as the next mom. But I tell you, my kids are pretty good (most of the time!!). It does scare me though that they may do something so far out there that they land in jail. It scares the **** out of me!!!

Did that all make sense?


I am with you Heather. My kids say please and thank you and my son says yes mam and sir. They know what is right from wrong. I talk to my kids all the time and they are only 5 and 7 yrs old. Where are the parents of these kids? Yes I work full time but I take time for my kids, spend time with them ( tha tis why my house is not cleaned up half the time). I have learned that they will not always be this small and they wont always want to sit on my lap and have me read to them. When they want me I go. If more parents would just talk to their kids and teach them how to respect others and to talk out their problems most of this would not be happening.