President Donald Trump holds a card with questions during a listening session with high school students and teachers in the State Dining Room at the White House on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — The father of a Columbine shooting victim said he left a Wednesday meeting at the White House with hope that national policymakers were ready to do more about school violence — a change even from the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre.
“I feel something different with this last tragedy,” said in reference to last week’s shooting in Florida that left 17 dead. “I hear a different tone from politicians.”
“I have my own personal opinions but I don’t share them publicly because (the issues are) so volatile,” he said.
Instead, Scott emphasized his years-long work with , a group he founded after his daughter Rachel was shot and killed at Columbine High School in 1999.
“Our message is to change the climate and culture of a school,” he said, noting the importance of finding the “connectedness” between people. “We create service clubs.”
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Cyndi Swanwick views the inscriptions on the Wall of Healing at the Columbine Memorial Feb. 15, 2018. Twelve Columbine High School students and a teacher lost their lives in the shooting April 20, 1999. Swanwick placed flowers in remembrance of those who lost their lives that day, but was also there to honor the seventeen people that were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida February 14, 2018.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
The Never Forgotten ribbon at the Columbine Memorial in the middle of the Inner Ring of Remembrance Feb. 15, 2018. Twelve Columbine High School students and a teacher lost their lives in the shooting April 20, 1999. Seventeen people were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Wednesday February 14, 2018.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
A flower placed at the Columbine Memorial on the Inner Ring of Remembrance next to Columbine shooting victim Daniel Rohrbough's inscription February 15, 2018. Twelve Columbine High School students and a teacher lost their lives in the shooting April 20, 1999.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Barbara Reeser from Conifer Colorado, takes a moment to reflect at the Columbine Memorial Feb. 15, 2018. Twelve Columbine High School students and a teacher lost their lives in the shooting April 20, 1999. Reeser felt compelled to visit the memorial after yesterday's shooting in Florida that killed seventeen people at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida February 14, 2018.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Cyndi Swanwick places a flower at the Columbine Memorial Feb. 15, 2018. Twelve Columbine High School students and a teacher lost their lives in the shooting April 20, 1999. Swanwick placed flowers in remembrance of those who lost their lives that day, but was also there to honor the seventeen people that were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida February 14, 2018.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
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Cyndi Swanwick views the inscriptions on the Wall of Healing at the Columbine Memorial Feb. 15, 2018. Twelve Columbine High School students and a teacher lost their lives in the shooting April 20, 1999. Swanwick placed flowers in remembrance of those who lost their lives that day, but was also there to honor the seventeen people that were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida February 14, 2018.
