<p>Both the girl and her boyrfriend are from my area and my youngest DD has mutual friends of this girl. My oldest daughter actually has worked at the school in a student teaching capacity. That said, I can offer no details other than the fact that this community is numb over the whole situation. The community and school district these two young people are from is considered to be one of the most affluent and academically rigorous in the area. A good portion of students from this high school go on to top colleges. As we have learned from the UVA crimes, no one is immune to this kind of violence. As our general area of NYS is still reeling from the murder of Jenni-Lyn Watson at the hands of her estranged boyfriend almost 2 years ago (another college student who tragically died at the hands of her hometown boyfriend) it makes me wonder if enough attention is paid to young relationships and what kids today feel is “okay”. Of course we cannot speculate for sure at this point that there was prior abuse (only rumors) but certainly it does give pause to think about the merits of adding domestic violence education to the school curriculums starting in middle school (IMO). </p>
<p>While I know SUNY Brockport has come out and said that all security procedures were followed on this night I wonder if for the safety of all students should alarms be installed in dorm rooms that can be pulled in the event of a dangerous situation?</p>