% >> THANK YOU.
% WHEN IT COMES TO HIGH SCHOOL
% STUDENTS IN WISCONSIN.
% WHAT KINDS OF ISSUES ARE THEY
% THINKING ABOUT HEADING INTO
% THE MILLION DOLLAR TERM
% ELECTIONS?%WE SPANNED OUT ACR
OSS THE
% STATE IN LATE SEPTEMBER TO
% FINDS OUT.
% AS CAMPAIGNS ARE PUTTING FOCUS%
ON CRIME AND GUN CONTROL, WE%FOUN
D THE SPECTER OF SCHOOL
% SHOOTINGS WEIGHS ON STUDENTS'%
MINDS AS THEY GO ABOUT THEIR%DAY.
% >> IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE
% THINGS WHERE I THINK NOW JUST
% IS.
% AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER ONE OF
% THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU GO TO
% SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S%
A POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING%HAPPEN
ING.
% >> EVERY SINGLE DAY WE WALK IN
% THE SCHOOL, THERE'S ALWAYS
% THAT LITTLE PART IN YOUR MIND
% THAT'S LIKE, IS TODAY GOING TO%
BE THE DAY?
% AM I GOING TO BE ON THE NEWS?
% >> I HAVE, LIKE, SIBLINGS IN A%
DIFFERENT SCHOOL.
% AND IT'S NERVE-RACKING KNOWING
% THAT PEOPLE WOULD PUT KIDS
% THAT YOUNG IN HARM'S WAY.
% AND IT COULD HAPPEN AT ANY
% MOMENT.
% >> I THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT,
% ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW
% SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING
% ON.
% I MEAN, IT'S BEEN GOING ON%FO
REVER.
% BUT, LIKE, IT'S -- I FEEL LIKE%
IT'S BEEN MORE BROADCASTED,%ESPE
CIALLY THESE DAYS.
% I'M LIKE ALWAYS THINKING LIKE,
% OKAY, WHERE'S THE CLOSEST%EX
IT?
% >> THERE'S ALWAYS THAT LITTLE
% THOUGHT IN THE BACK OF MY MIND
% THAT WHAT IF SOMETHING
% HAPPENED AND WE HAD A SCARE
% LIKE THAT LAST YEAR HERE, AND
% MOST OF THE KIDS STAYED AWAY
% FROM SCHOOL IN FEAR OF THE
% FACT THAT THAT IGHT HAPPEN TO%
US.
% >> I KNOW HERE AND THERE WE'VE
% TALKED -- SCHOOLS HAVE TALKED
% ABOUT LIKE BIGGER SCHOOL
% SHOOTINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
% BUT I THINK IT WAS ABOUT TWO
% WEEKS AGO OR LAST WEEK THERE
% WAS A THREAT ON THE SCHOOL AND
% I ENDED UP STAYING HOME
% BECAUSE I HONESTLY FEARED THAT
% I -- IT COULD HAVE BEEN REAL.
% >> SCHOOL SAFETY IS ESSENTIAL
% TO THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
% YOU SHOULDN'T GO TO CLASS
% FEARING FOR YOUR LIFE.
% YOU SHOULDN'T.
% THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
% UNACCEPTABLE.
% >> OUR THANKS TO THE PBS
% WISCONSIN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
% FOR THEIR HELP GATHERING THOSE
% STUDENT INTERVIEWS.%THEY WER
E CONDUCTED AT SCHOOLS
% ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING AT
% TWO PBS NEWSHOUR STUDENT