One month ago today most of us learned of Parkland, Florida and Stoneman Douglas High School, not for a good reason.

On February 14, 2018 a lone gunman opened fire on the school and killed 17 people:

• Alyssa Alhdeff
• Scott Beigel
• Martin Duque
• Nicholas Dworet
• Aaron Feis
• Jaime Guttenberg
• Chris Hixton
• Luke Hoyer
• Cara Loughran
• Gina Montalto
• Joaquin Oliver
• Alaina Petty
• Meadow Pollack
• Helena Ramsay
• Alex Schacter
• Carmen Schentrup
• Peter Wang

Today, school students all over our nation walked out of their classrooms for seventeen minutes to honor those who died on Valentine’s Day (and Ash Wednesday).

I say bravo. I applaud the students who wearied of waiting for adults to keep them safe and took power into their own hands.

They will continue to make us proud as adults.