One of the most-discussed aspects of day-to-day life over recent years throughout the entire United States has been school safety. In the Mukilteo School District, a new safety and security manager is helping take that discussion to a new level.

Year in and year out, news reports are filled with stories about school shootings and attempted school shootings throughout the country.

Last February, that reality came to the Mukilteo School District when it was discovered that an ACES High School student had detailed plans to conduct a shooting and bombing on the ACES campus. In a journal entry t...