n April 15, 2000, President Clinton granted the public school systems in the United States $41 million in grants, which went to twenty-three communities to make schools safer and to prevent violence occurring with in schools (Futrell 11).School violence has increased forty-three percent in the last three years (Volkoh 12). Sixty-two percent of students and thirty-eight percent of teachers are in fear of becoming victims to the new trend of school violence (Kipnis 106). Violent behavior taking place within the school systems does not just affect the victims; it affects all the students and staff. Acts of violence carried out during school affects the student’s ability to concentrate on their academics. Something needs to be done so students and teachers can get back to the real reasons for school; the academics. Violence in our schools—whether it involves threats, fistfights, knives, or firearms—is unjustifiable and unendurable....
