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One Minnesota school district's approach to violence prevention

A woman embraces a younger person while crying
A woman cries and hugs a young girl while on the phone outside the Willie de Leon Civic Center where grief counseling will be offered in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022. - A teenage gunman killed 18 young children in a shooting at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, in the deadliest US school shooting in years. The attack in Uvalde, Texas -- a small community about an hour from the Mexican border -- is the latest in a spree of deadly shootings in America, where horror at the cycle of gun violence has failed to spur action to end it. (Photo by allison dinner / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON DINNER/AFP via Getty Images)
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We’re still reeling from news yesterday of another horrific mass shooting, this latest one at an elementary school in Texas.

In this moment’s grief and early processing, we wonder how Minnesota schools are helping students cope and preventing future violence on campus.

We turn to Renae Ouillette, the executive director of Special Education and Student Services at Lakeville Area Schools, who helps support socio-emotional education and violence prevention.

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