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    Superintendent Calls For 'Thoughtful' Discussion Over Proposal To Demolish Columbine

    Jason Glass of Jeffco Public Schools wants the community to consider tearing down the site of the 1999 shooting, saying it's become a magnet for disturbed individuals obsessed with school shootings.
    by Michel Martin Jul 07, 2019 2 minutes
    Police patrol outside Columbine High School in April in Littleton, Colo., when all Denver-area schools were evacuated after authorities launched a manhunt for Sol Pais, a Columbine-obsessed teen who they feared posed a threat.

    Twenty years after two gunmen attacked Columbine High School, the community of Littleton, Colo. remains divided over whether it's time to tear down the site of one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.

    Among those in the community calling for the school to be demolished is Jason Glass,

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