It's 10 o'clock

Do you know where your children are?

When is bed time too late?

The news release yesterday out of Pittsburgh advised that a 17 year old is dead. The person of interest is 15 years old. The weapon was a gun. The shooting happened well past bedtime in a household with rules and in a city with a curfew of sorts. 

Where these kids students in any of the high schools in the Pittsburgh area? 

In Texas, a mother is grieving ( some say grifting) because her son is now in prison. He stabbed a high school student to death in broad daylight at a track meet. He will be in his cell, I bet, sleeping at 10:00 pm. This mother will know where her child is now. Did she know where he was before and what he packed in his book bag on any given day? Information on this man, is that, he had trouble before. Mom wanted freedom for her son.  The jury gave him 35 years of routine and curfew. It will be a different vibe in this gated community compared to the one he lived in while a high school student. 

Here is another young man's story.  Listen to the link. This criminal act was as an adult but his priors as a juvenile are extensive. Not sure what high school this one attended.

The judge's take is true. Why do people plead for less time? It seems this criminal was never given time out. I wonder if his parents knew or cared where he was at 10:00 pm. Now they will know, but will they care?

https://youtu.be/elMylc1g9vk?is=G2jX2gJR_S3vxMz0

One question after you listen to the lawyer's bs and then to the judge. The judge starts off with chastisement, then he seems to ease up. Will he give in after a few months or is he advising hopium? Replacement parents, lawyers, judges and prison staff give in too. I worked with at risk youth. It is not easy to try to encourage adult youth when their parents didn't know or care about their well being at 10:00 pm. 

When the bars are set low for a child, iron bars can become a norm.

In what kind of gated community do you want your children to live? Gated communities, of any sort, identifies a criminal culture. 

Life is about choices. All of these criminals could have made other choices. Would a 10:00 pm enforced bedtime have helped?

I like 10:00 for bedtime, even now. 

Marian R. Carlino

June 15, 2026

Google search of Emails and Texts Prove School Shootings are Preventable Apalache School Shooting: Father of shooter on trial

 My experience from 1998 is documented in a book because I believed then, as I do now, that school shootings can be prevented.

The trial of the father, thankfully, is televised.

I believe the trial should be a must listen. I am not into mandates, so I ask you to share the many YouTubers and or share the many videos.

Lawyers like to get on board after a shooting, so many are covering the trial. Everyone has their reasons. My interest has been public since March 24, 1998.

I have attached a link to one video of the expert testimony about the text messsges and emails.

Unless you are HRC, do not think your emails or texts can be hidden. 

PS: HRC's weren't either. They are just not public.

The emails and texts are made public here of the shooter and seversl family members.

The father is on trial on very serious charges. Let this be a trial to be used as a lesson.

Google search of the emails and text messages There is an ad before the video starts.

https://youtu.be/JAxa9FwKG9s?si=thAgBRAZr4kwgnUS

Pray for opening eyes. It is too late for this family and the carnage brought to Apalachee High School. Don't let it be too late for your family, ftiends, community, school, or even the world.

Guns, illegal giving of Zoloft, and inaction or heads in ignorance...

Ignorance is not a defense

Maybe your voice, sharing info, or written word can be a piece of the puzzle in prevention.

Marian R. Carlino

February 28, 2026

How costly are missed warning signs?

 The 40-million-dollars? 

(Originally published on April 22, 2024, edited and updated November 7, 2025.)

A young teacher, who also suffered from depression before the shooting, filed a lawsuit against the school district after she was shot and seriously injured by her first-grade student, who was 6 years old. 

It was January 6, 2023.

She survived and sued for $40 million. The jury awarded the amount of  $10 million.

There are questions the lawsuit answered. Mainstream media covered this failure to protect.

A grand jury also has indicted the assistant principal, and the mother of the boy has received jail time.

The gun jammed; otherwise, per the Grand Jury report, the teacher may have been killed.  The children in the class could have suffered physical injuries in addition to the emotional trauma if the gun had not malfunctioned.

This is not a gun control issue. It is, though, about people not doing their jobs. The testimony revealed the missteps and failures.

The civil court case was decided by a jury on November 6, 2025, but not before the female defense attorney of the vice principal did her best to throw the young teacher under the proverbial bus.  Next up is the criminal trial against the vice principal.  I hope the defendant gets the "book thrown at her."

It was clear from the testimony that the teacher may not have understood she had the required permission to search the child. But per the chain of command, as many understand it in a school, the staff went to the vice principal. The rest is history.

In 2025, the defense lawyer said "unthinkable" and "unprecedented" in the questioning and closing arguments. She must still be living under a rock.  

November 6, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/abigail-zwerner-wins-10-million-lawsuit-shot-6-year-old-virginia-schoo-rcna240892

 Resources that I use to write.

How would you like your classroom remembered?  In a violent time, real questions deserve real answers.

40 million dollar failure...The jury thought it was worth 10 million for the teacher. I am happy she won.  Her life will never be the same.

Previous links: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ebony-parker-charged-child-neglect-shooting-richneck-elementary-school-virginia/

https://youtu.be/DHM4mgfw2_w?si=QjA_R4JogzPeC3R4

My book, Stopping School Violence One Teacher's Silent Scream, describes my concerns and actions in 1998. 

What would you have done?

Compare and contrast.  My principal was a Peter Principal also. It was a struggle to get my coworkers to understand that prevention is worth a pound of cure-- or at least $10 million dollars worth.

Marian R. Carlino

November 7, 2025

April 22, 2024