When the fat lady sings...and another type of mothers' club

"It is not over 'til the fat lady sings". If you think this year will have some fat lady on stage, singing about the end of schools having to deal with these issues, wake up! And do not laugh at the messengers, as did the fat man at the NJEA meeting on April 24, 1999. WTAE is a Pittsburgh area station. The event in the link happened in South Carolina. The lady got her 15 minutes of fame and some charges filed against her.

https://www.wtae.com/article/south-carolina-school-bus-6-year-old-loaded-gun/73493490?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email%20-%20Morning%20Headlines&utm_source=6a883dc464eb9b64db64a50b19a11e2a&brzu=f41997e2aca7ba81ff08a8cdfa03daefa7d6d8fa616a822f4b3c135f7d9ec13d&lctg=67a78d549b5a3f007d24ec7e 

The husband said it looked like an air gun.https://youtu.be/zP5WYuPp5z0?is=85jGHG6CBtvvXUpI

A student reported it to an adult. How is this different from the Newport News school?

https://youtu.be/GkkvVgzcQqg?is=tnIapR1JelzgqfAx

The gun was loaded. A YouTuber talks about it. The words of my mother are coming out of his mouth, and she was talking about a toy gun.

https://youtu.be/E62afEF8Cag?is=c_58NOrELmFomnTj

This mother and the mother of JT, "the my mother did not secure her gun club" are new members.

Other incidences that went to far:

This student's mother explains why the disarming student's reasoning is common, but flawed. He may be bright, but not smart.

https://youtube.com/shorts/EJRdLi_VqRU?is=Ois0SRPIYqXKySbX

Sometimes the wheels on the bus are not the only things that go round and round.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WbiW3LylvzQ?is=UuPiG_nrjofv2aG7

Marian R. Carlino

August 21, 2026

Averted/Thwarted School Shootings

This is rinse and repeat for some. If you choose to read about some of these events that were thwarted, you may note common factors: anger, idolizing the Columbine killers, well planned, and someone spoke up.

Unlike the shooting by a six year old who injured his teacher in Newport News in 2023 (trials in early 2026) and even at Columbine in 1999, in the links highlighting thwarted attempts, you will read of the people who spoke up and were believed.

But first:

If you do not know even the most well known facts on Columbine, the young man who warned as the event was unfolding, lets just say, he was not treated very nicely and the early warning signs were missed. These two articles are from shortly after the tragedy in 1999. Yesterday's news but planners of massscres idolize the two killers today.

The violent web page reported to police over a year before the April 20, 1999 shooting. Newspaper articles to copy and paste:

Warning Signs Were There - CBS News https://share.google/OxtI9wuJuSHBxNNVB

The Denver Post Online - News - Reading Mode https://share.google/vel8DwUTTJ9dcuTsF

Averted/Thwarted events. This does not necessarily equate directly with prevention but definitely intervention. 

April 2026

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2026/04/15/attempted-school-shooting?cid

August 2026: copy and paste in browser:

NMSP: Shooting threat at Santa Rosa Middle School thwarted - KOB 4 https://share.google/5vugnJ1BliHatsDRm

May 23, 2026. A relative spoke up. Copy and paste.

Will County potential school shooting thwarted by relative – NBC Chicago https://share.google/XEty0SNABLNhiP6B4

The Wikepedia article posted here has active links. The list starts in 1965 with a twelve year old girl who wanted to kill her teacher:

List of unsuccessful attacks related to schools - Wikipedia https://share.google/3tI3lvorkAAJtmesp

This next video is not an averted event but the actions did stop the gunman from shooting others. Would you call the principal a rescuer, hero, extreme risk taker,  and or intuitive? Is he like Shannon Wright?

https://youtu.be/YBXcStAO5Do?is=M74hCt_vodf_W2Gn

Learn from the actions of people who reported and those who took concerns seriously.

What would you do? List successful strategies before an event. 

Marian R. Carlino

August 19, 2026