Michael Walker says his group - Partnership for a Safer Cleveland - six years ago recommended installing metal detectors and cameras that can be monitored from a separate location in all city high and middle schools. Now, Walker says Cleveland officials should look to a city like Boston, which makes evening home visits to children who are known to be struggling.
Michael Walker: Sometimes it's ministers, sometimes it's probation, you get to learn a lot about how troubled a child may have been if they got suspended.
Last week, 14-year-old Asa Coon shot and wounded two students and two teachers, then took his own life. In hindsight, Walker says he understands why SuccessTech wasn't at the top of the list for heavy security. Although Coon had a history of anger and mental problems the school itself had no history of gun-related violence.
Kymberli Hagelberg, 90.3.