The lawsuit against the Appalachian School of Law may be
settled, but justice has not been served. The sad truth is that the charges
contained in the lawsuit—charges of a toxic mix of incompetence, negligence,
and bureaucratic bungling will never be heard in a court of law. The unsettling
and unexplainable behavior of school, law enforcement, and elected officials
will never be held up to scrutiny. The result is that the conditions and
factors that make schools in Virginia unsafe will never reach the public. The
mistakes committed by the Appalachian School of Law are doomed to be repeated
and other young people may lose their lives on Virginia school grounds. Many of
these mistakes were repeated at Virginia Tech. It would be so much easier for
us to find peace and move on if we knew the lessons had been heeded and the
mistakes corrected.
Questions need to be answered. Police and rescue workers
need to explain to our granddaughter why their mother was allowed to bleed to
death for 45 minutes after the shooter had been subdued. The hospital was less than
five minutes away traveling at a speed of 30 mph. School, county, and police
officials need to explain why there was no emergency evacuation plan.
Justice has not been served and the same mistakes made in
Grundy will be repeated elsewhere because they have not been analyzed and
exposed. (To be continued)
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