Tuesday’s shooting that killed two people celebrating a high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia, including a young woman who had just received her diploma, underscores the relentless heartache felt by students, parents and educators who now face a constant potential for once-unthinkable acts of gun violence.

"The strategic direction is not my strategic direction, or the school system, but really the direction of the whole community bc public education does belong to all of us," Oakley said.