14 Quotes by Kenneth Trump

The reality is that the behavior is inappropriate, especially for a school climate. Just as if we go in an airport, it's inappropriate to joke about bombs and weapons.

The only thing that is more dangerous than a gang member with a weapon is a parent or an educator in denial. There's no excuse for parental ignorance. Turning their head and looking the other way can lead the kids into gangs in the first place.

We have to teach kids to report, and teach adults to do something, when they hear about it. A matter of hours or days, depending on the facts of the case, can make a difference between life and death.

The real test of any governmental agency's priorities is reflected in what it budgets to address a particular issue, not rhetoric.

Why on Earth are Congress and the federal bureaucrats cutting school emergency planning and safety money, while spending millions on ad campaigns and Web sites?

We've had 18 school associated violent deaths this year (and) over 50 non-fatal shootings across the country.

The reasons change from kid to kid. We can't say that a child joined a gang for x, y and z. The one common thing is that gangs give their members something that is not being provided anywhere else. It can be camaraderie, money or drugs.

Even if the government had actual real-time data, it's two to three years old, ... School administrators need to know what is happening today and what to anticipate tomorrow, not outdated numbers from yesteryear.

Schools don't create gangs or promote them, but it is their problem. It's important that they don't try to negate their responsibility to manage the safety issues of their campus and to try to educate kids about the dangers of gangs.