Delaware is trying to rebound after the shooting at William Penn High School earlier this week. Today The News Journal ran an article about the place of violence in our schools and in our society. So let’s go to the Superintendent George Meney. William Penn H.S. is in the Colonial School District which is run by Meney.
Mr. Meney what do you have to say about this incident?
It speaks to what’s going on in society. I don’t think any of us adults realize the world our kids live in today. They don’t have any respect for life.
Really? That’s your statement to the press about your students? You might be in the wrong job.
Let’s journey a little further north to the Brandywine School District, who just had a senior shot in the head (outside of school). Brandywine Superintendent James Scanlon what do you have to say?
I think kids are making some bad decisions. And I think it’s bigger than a school or police. I think it’s at a point where an entire community needs to come together to try to address all this and help kids make better decisions.
After reading these two statements about violence in our society and how children deal with them, I don’t think I could be happier about our move five years ago from the Colonial School District to the Brandywine School District.