Eh, depends.

I was damned near expelled after a series of terrorist threat allegations that were proven in a courtroom later to be falsified as a means to have me expelled. The reason for the accusations?

I was attempting to talk to a guidance counselor. Seriously.

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Yeah, I am fed up. Fuck the cops, they're a bunch of murdering bastards

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Well then, even better.

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I'm not angry, just calling out an obvious attempt at deflection. This post has literally nothing to do with what the comment I responded to was talking about.

And I would argue it's probably not just rumors and speculation when the MP in question quits the caucas. Where there's smoke, there's fire.

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The obvious solution to all of this is more restorative justice sessione between two soon to be murder victims, the murderer, and a random teacher who took a two hour online class on how to conduct restorative justice sessions. Absolutely no need for anything else, not social workers or psychologists or police, nope, those are all bad

They weren’t killed I don’t think

You said you have a mini fridge. Combined with dry ingredients, that's enough to hold a week's worth of unprocessed food that can be made into nutritious meals on the cheap. Many recipes are no cook, but rice cookers, crock pots, and a hot plate can go a loooooong way too. Look into getting groceries delivered, rather than take-out meals. It will be healthier and cheaper, but you'll have to put forth effort into meal planning and meal prep. I've walked this walk, and you can too. You could put $200-300 per month toward improving your situation: career training, transportation, job search, paying off debts, or any number of things that will improve your life more than delivery food.

Huh, really? As a non-American, I've read someone else talk about how Columbine changed everything. What's your thoughts on how and when things changed?

Precisely this. The US is unique in how deeply dystopian our society is compared to other "first-world" countries. We have a very inaccessible healthcare system, pervasive economic insecurity, a deeply atomized and divided society. All of this and other things add up to emotional stress that inevitably breaks some people. The idea that we can just get rid of guns and everything will be fine is ignoring the actual issues.

I'm a bit dubious about the website you have linked. In discussions about guns there are so many rabidly anti/pro gun groups. I try to stay away from these.

What I am referencing is that the guns bought over time don't go away. They stay in the population. We can make gun control laws but about half of Americans already own guns. Any new laws won't really affect this fact. . . . .irk . . . I'm no expert on laws not guns so maybe there is a gun control law that would cut down on our suicides and murders but I am a bit dubious. I would be happy to change my mind if you can argue for a way we can improve things.

I tend to agree with you on this in about every situation, but not this one. I would be curious if this student was on an IEP. That is typically the primary reason students with extreme behaviors are not expelled. Trust me when I tell you that a few thousand dollars in funding for one kid isn’t going to be the deciding factor in whether to expel or not.

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A safety plan like this can also be written for a student that has at one point discussed suicide. So, he may not have been perceived as a threat to others.

Schools are not adequately funded to have full time school nurses in many cases, let alone mental health professionals. And even if they do have those professionals, it is likely a case load that is beyond absurd.

Instead now Ukraine gets the honor of being the nation to break Russia over its knee

I know for a fact that there is an alternative high school in Fort Collins, so if there aren't any options in Denver, that would be pretty wild.