Thank you Nurse, for clearing that up. Warren Tech is NOT for kids with behavioral problems; It is exactly what it "appears" to be: A Technical School.
I grew up in Arvada and was in the Jeffco School System my entire life. My best friend went to WT to learn Cosmetology before we graduated HS, and is still a very successful Cosmetologist and my Dad, back in the mid-70's also went to Warren Tech near Lakewood.
I know it is a minor point to actually make, but I want people to have the right information. WT does not equal kids with behavioral problems and I am not really sure of it's distinction between being an "Alternative" form of Education; it is, but for those who want to learn specific trades. So, it is a "good" alternative; But it is not an Alternative HS.
I just joined this forum after little Jessica went missing because honestly, I was scared to death and worried not just about me, but for the little ones in our community.
It is very unsettling to know there is a predator in our midst; even though I know they are always around, it's just scary, and as a recent divocee; it also makes one a little more hyper-vigilant.
TBH, I have always been interested in solving crimes and uncovering mysteries and have always been interested in uncovering the "why?" --- the Motive. I have always been curious what drives our fellow man to be so incredibly deviant. It does intrigue me, but it also scares me at the same time; much like watching a horror movie...
Unfortunately, I realized the humanity involved; or thought about it more after Columbine happened. This was one year after I had graduated High School. I will never, ever forget what I saw that day and I still have nightmares of being chased down a corridor by men in trench coats with shotguns. When CB happened, I think I was finally old enough to truly grasp the barbarism, cruelty, and utter insanity of our fellow men... I mean, if I had lived a couple miles in a different direction and didn't skip a grade, I could have been in Columbine.
I still haven't been able to go watch a movie after 7/20... I clearly have had GAD my entire life also so I have always been the hypersensitive sort, but I was terrified when little Jessica went missing.
And then they linked the suspect to the jogger incident on Memorial Day; so, it was obvious that there really was a loose cannon/murder near us. And the fact that I might "fit" his "profile"
I grew up, for the first 10 years of my life, almost exactly 10 blocks from where Jessica's remains were found... I remember playing on my street and a mile away at the park with my friends and I could never imagine being a parent now, and being a child then and being scared to go past my front yard.
I just want to say, I don't know why some utterly horrible and horrific things have happened here in my Beautiful home state of Colorado. It almost makes me a little embarrassed because of it's infamy. It really is such a beautiful place, mostly filled with the most amazingly gracious and nice people...
Ultimately, just beginning with the latest atrocities; I wouldn't even know where to start. I don't know if anyone could have done anything to prevent these things; but everyone's hindsight is 20/20... I do believe in Evil; but I also know there is more to all of these acts of terror than that. Genetics, Abuse, young brains which frontal lobes that haven't fully formed, mental illness, just plain deviance, lack of personal and or parental insight... I don't know, it may be a combination of things.
I think I might "feel" a little safer on a forum like this, to know and maybe learn what to look for, or just to offer my opinions... Sometimes, it just helps to get it out, and know you're not alone in your feelings...
Sorry for the longest post in the history of the world, I just wanted to share a bit of perspective from a CO Native and what it feels like to live here and be here.