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After Columbine

Tim Leon, director of safety and security for Mesa County Valley School District 51 , works with school resource officers to secure external school doors during a lockdown drill at Broadway Elementary School in Grand Junction March 28, 2019. The district has nine full-time security officers and contracts with local law enforcement for another 15 officers. (William Woody, Special to The Colorado Sun)

Tim Leon, director of safety and security for Mesa County Valley School District 51 , works with school resource officers to secure external school doors during a lockdown drill at Broadway Elementary School in Grand Junction March 28, 2019. The district has nine full-time security officers and contracts with local law enforcement for another 15 officers. (William Woody, Special to The Colorado Sun)

As the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting approaches, the Colorado Sun investigates the world of school safety in a multi-part series, After Columbine. To read the latest, click here.

Day 1

From the Editor: Columbine memories bind us together 20 years later, as do the issues that grew out of tragedy.
Risk: Colorado schools are assessing an astonishing number of student threats
Ride-along: A fight on a school bus, a knife in a backpack, suicide tips from Safe2Tell: The post-Columbine world of school safety runs 24/7

Day 2

Safe2Tell: Inside the post-Columbine tipline.
Myth: How the media unwittingly helped fuel an unstoppable narrative.

Day 3

Spending: No Colorado school districts meet federal safety standards for behavioral health staffing, investigation shows

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