Stem Academy in Highlands Ranch shooting

[hollohas]

...they likely could have made it through high school if they were in a different social setting amoung other people like them. Misfits..

That's the entire point of charter schools like this STEM school. They don't confirm to state standards in order to provide an alternative education for kids who just don't fit in or learn well at normal public schools.

Unfortunately, the state and liberal county school boards are incredibly hostile towards charter schools. They HATE the fact that charter schools don't follow the government education model. Don't count on seeing many more "alternative" schools in Colorado. The state board just shutdown an application for one in the Boulder area for no reason at all.

[def90]

That's the entire point of charter schools like this STEM school. They don't confirm to state standards in order to provide an alternative education for kids who just don't fit in or learn well at normal public schools.

Unfortunately, the state and liberal county school boards are incredibly hostile towards charter schools. They HATE the fact that charter schools don't follow the government education model. Don't count on seeing many more "alternative" schools in Colorado. The state board just shutdown an application for one in the Boulder area for no reason at all.

That is not at all what this STEM school is about. The STEM school in Highlands Ranch is a science based curriculum for kids that want to go the science / engineering route into high school and eventually college skipping the arts and other fluff that isn't needed. It is not a school for troubled kids.

The alternative high school is part of the Burnsville Mn school district and classes were held in an older district building. It was not a charter school.

https://www.isd191.org/schools/burns...ice/about-bahs

[hollohas]

That is not at all what this STEM school is about. The STEM school in Highlands Ranch is a science based curriculum for kids that want to go the science / engineering route into high school skipping the arts and other fluff that isn't needed. It is not a school for troubled kids.

The alternative high school is part of the Burnsville Mn school district and classes were held in an older district building. It was not a charter school.

https://www.isd191.org/schools/burns...ice/about-bahs

No, I know it wasn't for "troubled kids". But you mentioned schools with "different settings" for kids to be "amoung other people like them" where they can fit in better and that is what charter schools are.

Science and tech minded kids frequently don't fit in normal public school and can get picked on there. And some fail due to constantly getting unwanted attention. So, a STEM charter school gave their parents an option to send them to a school where they fit in better.

Charter schools that focus on other types of education exist as well.

All I'm saying, is I agree with you on the premise of your post. Alternative schools designed for different types of kids can and do help struggling kids fit in and graduate and should be more common. Should that be for "troubled" kids. Science kids. Art kids. Classical education. Or whatever.

[def90]

One issue with some of these charter schools though is that parents project their own wishes on their kids and put them in schools they don't belong in which can also lead to pressure on the kid and ultimate failure. I had some friends years ago that were stressing about what elementary school.was going to be best for their kid because some are more sciences based and others more arts based. They are both high level engineers. I told them any school in Boulder was going to be better than 95% of the schools in the country and then asked them what they were going to do if their kid grows up and decides he wants to join a circus.

[JohnnyDrama]

That's the entire point of charter schools like this STEM school. They don't confirm to state standards in order to provide an alternative education for kids who just don't fit in or learn well at normal public schools.

Unfortunately, the state and liberal county school boards are incredibly hostile towards charter schools. They HATE the fact that charter schools don't follow the government education model. Don't count on seeing many more "alternative" schools in Colorado. The state board just shutdown an application for one in the Boulder area for no reason at all.

That is a great point.

One issue with some of these charter schools though is that parents project their own wishes on their kids and put them in schools they don't belong in which can also lead to pressure on the kid and ultimate failure. I had some friends years ago that were stressing about what elementary school.was going to be best for their kid because some are more sciences based and others more arts based. They are both high level engineers. I told them any school in Boulder was going to be better than 95% of the schools in the country and then asked them what they were going to do if their kid grows up and decides he wants to join a circus.

Yep. It's everybody's fault (and the gun) except the parents'. I'll bet these kids would have been perfectly happy hanging out and playing video games but they were pushed into an environment where that wasn't acceptable (STEM vs. public school). Not by their parents, or their peers.

[Ramsker]

Hope they charge the other kid as an adult. Make adult decisions . . . reap adult consequences.

Who knows if their plan was to off themselves or not at some point, but if they thought their life was rough in suburbia . . . they should enjoy several decades in prison. Screw both of 'em.

[davsel]

In this day and age of teens spending at least half their day on social media, the names of the shooters who just shot up their school will be broadcast worldwide instantly. Never going to stop it.

Publicizing the 20th anniversary of Columbine through broadcast media, on the other hand, could easily have been avoided.

[Gman]

His attorney was likely whispering in his ear when the subject matter was going to cause issues when this goes to trial.

Wasn't too surprised that the libtard media couldn't fathom how this young man was smiling.

ETA: After hearing from someone that was there, it pisses me off how much credit DCSO and the school's private security company took credit for ending this quickly and preventing more deaths.

[Erni]

Oh this is interesting. Anyone know the details?

https://nypost.com/2019/05/09/studen...f-politicians/

[roberth]

Oh this is interesting. Anyone know the details?

https://nypost.com/2019/05/09/studen...f-politicians/

I was just reading about it on The Federalist - https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/09...rns-political/

More proof, as if we need more proof, that the (D) don't care about people, they only care about their agenda. The ends justify the means.