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| Columbine High School Could Be Torn Down to Deter Copycats | |
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| Fearing that Columbine High School remains a target and an “inspiration” for potential gun violence, officials in Colorado have proposed razing the site of the massacre that left 15 people dead in what at the time was the deadliest school shooting in the nation’s history. | Fearing that Columbine High School remains a target and an “inspiration” for potential gun violence, officials in Colorado have proposed razing the site of the massacre that left 15 people dead in what at the time was the deadliest school shooting in the nation’s history. |
| “School shooters refer to and study the Columbine shooting as a macabre source of inspiration and motivation,” Jason Glass, the superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, wrote Thursday in an open letter to Columbine students, parents and staff members and local residents. | “School shooters refer to and study the Columbine shooting as a macabre source of inspiration and motivation,” Jason Glass, the superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, wrote Thursday in an open letter to Columbine students, parents and staff members and local residents. |
| The 20th anniversary of the attack, in April, was planned as a time for prayers and memorials, but instead hundreds of schools in Colorado were closed as the authorities frantically searched for Sol Pais, an armed 18-year-old woman who was infatuated with the massacre and who had traveled to the state from Florida. | The 20th anniversary of the attack, in April, was planned as a time for prayers and memorials, but instead hundreds of schools in Colorado were closed as the authorities frantically searched for Sol Pais, an armed 18-year-old woman who was infatuated with the massacre and who had traveled to the state from Florida. |
| John McDonald, the school safety executive director for Jefferson County Public Schools, which includes Columbine, at the time called it a “pilgrimage.” | John McDonald, the school safety executive director for Jefferson County Public Schools, which includes Columbine, at the time called it a “pilgrimage.” |
| Mr. Glass cited Ms. Pais as an example of the concerns at Columbine, and said that school safety officials stop hundreds of people each year who try to enter the school or are caught trespassing on campus. This year’s numbers were the highest on record. | Mr. Glass cited Ms. Pais as an example of the concerns at Columbine, and said that school safety officials stop hundreds of people each year who try to enter the school or are caught trespassing on campus. This year’s numbers were the highest on record. |
| “Most of them are there to satisfy curiosity or a macabre, but harmless, interest in the school,” he wrote. “For a small group of others, there is a potential intent to do harm.” | “Most of them are there to satisfy curiosity or a macabre, but harmless, interest in the school,” he wrote. “For a small group of others, there is a potential intent to do harm.” |
| A new school would be built nearby; one idea is to preserve the high school’s library — where 10 students were killed — and make it a cornerstone of the new campus. | A new school would be built nearby; one idea is to preserve the high school’s library — where 10 students were killed — and make it a cornerstone of the new campus. |
| The school district released an online survey for residents to consider a ballot measure to allocate up to $70 million for a construction project. There was no time period specified for a decision or possible new construction. | The school district released an online survey for residents to consider a ballot measure to allocate up to $70 million for a construction project. There was no time period specified for a decision or possible new construction. |
| In Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six staff members were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, the school district demolished the building, out of respect for the tragedy, and built a new school on a different part of the same property. | In Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six staff members were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, the school district demolished the building, out of respect for the tragedy, and built a new school on a different part of the same property. |
| The new building opened three and a half years after the attack. Security was a chief feature of the design. | The new building opened three and a half years after the attack. Security was a chief feature of the design. |