Success Tech Academy is a public school in the Cleveland City School District. It may be (not entirely sure) one of their alternative schools, which are attempts to educate kids who are clearly on the road to dropping out or being suspended. Some of these programs are incredibly successful, some less so.

Ironically, Success Tech had a metal detector screening program a couple of years ago, but it was removed and relocated during a round of budget cuts because of the low incidence of violence at Success Tech.

Incidents of violence and even of murder-suicide among teenagers is nothing new (go back and re-read Romeo and Juliet). What we may be seeing in the current media feeding-frenzy are attempts to make opportunistic use of these tragedies to fuel agendas such as gun control, school choice and the like.

Frank2135, who serves on a board of education, thankfully not in Cleveland