Giving Compass' Take:

· After the Santa Fe shooting, students everywhere have shown their personal fears regarding their safety in schools. The Atlantic discusses a clip that went viral after this tragedy and why 57 percent of teens have constant anxiety about being next.

· Students and parents alike believe school shootings are inevitable. Although the reality that a mass shooting will occur at one particular school is minuscule, why do these thoughts haunt their minds? How can nonprofits involved in education address the issues of security and mental wellness at the same time?

· Read about grief counseling and security services in Texas for schools.

Many high-school students live with a constant feeling of uncertainty about school shootings—not if there will be another one, but when and where. Such shootings are rare, but each new one, each breaking-news alert announcing several more children who have been killed, can trigger widespread fear. If it can happen there, it could happen here, the thought goes.

In a clip that has gone viral in the aftermath of the Santa Fe shooting, a student put that feeling plainly. When asked by a reporter if she was surprised that there was a shooting at Santa Fe, she replied: “It’s been happening everywhere. I've always kind of felt like eventually it was going to happen here, too.”

Her peers agree: A majority of teens — 57 percent — say they worry that a shooting could happen on their campus, according to a Pew Research Center survey released last month. For nonwhite teens, the fear is even more pervasive, with 60 percent of black teens and 73 percent of Latino teens sharing it. Parents, too, are worried, with 63 percent saying that they are at least somewhat concerned about a shooting on campus. Still, mass shootings at school are quite rare, and the likelihood of one actually occurring at any one particular school is minuscule, but they happen, often enough to stir a strongly felt anxiety for millions of students, teachers, and their families.

Read the full article about school shootings and student anxiety by Adam Harris at The Atlantic.