First hour: Recent school board winners on their goals for the role
Second hour: Threat experts on if the Buffalo mass shooting could have been prevented
School board meetings -- and the recent campaigns for school board positions -- have become some of the most heated places in American communities. Candidates in local races debated parental rights, classroom lessons about race, and more. We welcome some of the recent winners to discuss what they heard from voters, and how that might inform their work serving on boards of education. Our guests:
- Mark Buonauguario, elected to the Greece Central School Board
- Brian Moritz, elected to the Fairport School Board
- Courtney Shouse, elected to the West Irondequoit School Board
Then in our second hour, could the Buffalo mass shooting have been prevented? The accused shooter says he lied to his family and hid his intentions... but he was a regular poster on internet sites that share toxic ideologies. Our guests have experience in psychological assessment to answer one of the most difficult questions in free societies: Is there a danger associated with a threat? And if so, what is the appropriate and legal intervention? Free societies guard against arresting someone for crimes they have not yet committed. So, what can be done? Our guests discuss it:
- Mark Concordia, director of training and certified threat manager at AT-RISK International, Inc.
- Russell Palarea, founder and CEO of Operational Psychology Services, and past president of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
