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I definitely think it’s a job that should have an expiry date or some kind of rotation. I did child welfare investigations, intakes, guardianship, mostly high risk youth/young adults. All of it is hard in different ways, and the lifers are….challenging to be around.
goddamn,  sounds absolutely premeditated.  
"Two days before the shooting, the boy allegedly “slammed” Zwerner’s cellphone and broke it, according to the claim notice. He was given a one-day suspension, but when he returned to Zwerner’s class the following day, he pulled a 9mm handgun out of his pocket and shot her while she sat at a reading table, the notice says." >

Well, yeah, he brought a gun. 
I wonder if there were any risk assessments done for concerning behaviour? 
That’s what would happen in a Canadian school. >

So here's what we learned from other articles:
- another student warned the front office about it because he had shown bullets to other students before he shot her
-the teacher warned the office about issues after the phone was taken, the front office said "it's end of day so nothing we can do"
-the parents claimed the child was in a program and was supposed to be in the class with him, but wasn't that day. 
-parents claim the gun was locked up...(qustionable). 
So basically there was a lot that wasn't done, but there was a lot of warning. >

That part about the front office doing nothing checks out. In my brief time working at public schools several kids engaged in violently disruptive behavior and the general response was - handle it yourself. >

That must be a US-specific thing.
I know Canadian parents may claim the front office does nothing, but provided everyone does their job, this is not a thing. >

The front office staff knew me better than anyone in my high school. My home life wasn’t awesome (but I was self sufficient from like 15) and they didn’t really ask a lot of questions, but sometimes would hand me a bus pass, bag of groceries, a yearbook in grade 12 (only year I got one), stuff like that. Never made a big deal of it, trusted me when I said I was fine, just kind of knew what I needed. I ended up dating one of their sons for 7 years lol. They notice what’s going on, even when it isn’t necessarily behaviour! >

Those are the relationships that are so important for kids, especially vulnerable ones.
I hope you’re able to pay that forward or somehow educate people on the importance of that sort of kindness. >

Im actually a social worker; I worked for several years with youth transitioning out of the child welfare system, helping them get established, build life skills, go to post-secondary, upgrading, or getting on disability, etc. Unfortunately I burned out after a few serious incidents too many and have transitioned to a cushier office job, but in general I think I’ll always be in a position of supporting people who don’t always feel heard (I work in medical complaint resolution now).
ETA TL;DR - I try to pay it forward, didn’t mean to ramble >

Oh thank you for your answer; not rambling at all. You obviously put yourself out there. Thank you.
I don’t know how people don’t burn out in that job, and wonder how people manage. Do you think there should be “tours of duty” or something to rotate people in and out of the field?