BIG SUMMIT--Gov. Bob Taft gestures on a big-screen monitor, as he makes opening remarks at the Ohio Safe Schools Summit, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE--Chief Chuck Burdick, of the Emergency Services Unit of the Littletown, CO, Fire Dept., gestures prior to the start of the Ohio Safe Schools Summit, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1999. Chief Burdick, was on hand to share the Columbine experience. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

OHIO SAFE SCHOOLS SUMMIT--Attorney General Betty Montgomery, right, is joined by Dr. Pamela Riley, Executive Director of the Center for the Prevention of School Violence, during a news conference, at the Ohio Safe Schools Summit, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)