But Mandi Krout, a 2002 graduate of Red Lion, said she doesn't think there is anything more that the school district can do. She thinks the problems stem from the home life.

"I think it's more what's going on at home outside of school, and they just bring it to school," she said while working at the Coconut Beach Tanning Salon.

She and Felicia Stump, owner of the salon, wondered if publicity might be a factor. Krout noted that a television station interrupted a program Monday morning to break the news that someone was in the school with a knife.