Today's Des Moines school shooting hit a little close to home, not just because of proximity but the staff member shot is someone who I personally know and have recently had a spirited conversation with. He founded the charter school where the shooting happened and he tried to intervene when he was also shot, two students were killed.
We run in the same circles and he's done amazing things for kids in Des Moines, we just disagree on some of the methods he uses to help the kids. Including his support of a school voucher bill, that ironically enough, is being debated and voted on in the Iowa house, tonight.
He's a former gang member from Chicago who has reformed his life here in Des Moines. I don't know if he votes maga republican but he certainly courts them here in Iowa and is frequently used as a prop by the maga right sometimes directly against other people in our little circle here in the Des Moines metro.
Anyway, we've disagreed a lot the last three years, but he's fighting for his life after seeing two children murdered, in a school he founded. I'm not the praying type but I really hope Will pulls through.
