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School counselors sound cry for help after Buffalo shooting

FILE - Students hug at a memorial at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., Dec. 1, 2021. Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at Oxford High School, killing four students and wounding seven other people Nov. 30, 2021. The May 2022 shooting rampage in a Buffalo supermarket, carried out by an 18-year-old who was flagged for making a threatening comment at his high school the year before, highlights concerns over whether schools are adequately supporting and screening students. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) FILE - Children walk hand-in-hand near the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., May 15, 2022. The shooting rampage at a Buffalo supermarket, carried out by an 18-year-old who was flagged for making a threatening comment at his high school the year before, highlights concerns over whether schools are adequately supporting and screening students. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) In this undated photo provided by Wendy Gonzalez, Alma Lopez, the district's school counselor coordinator and one of two counselors at Livingston Middle School, poses for a photo beside a mental health banner, in Livingston, Calif. At the school in rural central California, counselors have conducted suicide prevention lessons in classrooms for years. Pre-pandemic, the lessons would result in about 30 students saying they wanted to see a counselor, Lopez said. (Wendy Gonzalez via AP)