The Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center explored 67 cases in which either current or former students and others planned to carry out violence directed toward schools, staff or at least one other student between 2006 and 2018 but were stopped before they could harm anyone.
In every case of a thwarted attack, a member of the community — such as a fellow student, school staff member or a parent — contributed to stopping the attack.
The report highlighted a startling incident in which a mother discovered kitchen knives were missing and contacted her son’s school. When the child…
