- There has been ashooting at a high school

in Parkland, north of Miami.

- [News Anchor] The resultingmassacre sparked a movement.

- Nothing has changed,and we need change now.

- [News Anchor] Leaving the nation

wanting answers, and action.

- Like other parents wholost children that day,

Andrew Pollack came toWashington demanding both.

His daughter, Meadow, died while trying

to save a fellow student.

- How many schools, how manychildren have to get shot?

I'm not gonna sleep until it's fixed.

- [News Anchor] In hisbook, "Why Meadow Died",

Pollack says he hopesto fulfill that promise

by unraveling a web ofwhat he calls failures

by the Broward County schools.

- You have an incompetentmonitor at the front gate.

He says it, he goes, "I see crazy boy

"get out of the car with a rifle bag."

All he had to do withthis is called code red.

If the gates were shut,

my daughter lives.

What if, when the monitorcalled the other monitor

in the school, if he would've just yelled,

"Everyone, it's a lockdown"and went code red,

but no, he went and hid in a closet.

- [News Anchor] And red flags existed even

before the day of the shooting,

despite a laundry list ofdocumented behavioral issues

against the eventual killer,the school took little action.

- He trespassed at the school.

He could've been arrested.

He threatened to shoot the school up.

Should've been arrested.

- [News Anchor] Pollack'sco-author and education expert

Max Eden argues the lack of discipline,

unfortunately, should come as no surprise.

- In Broward County they dida survey of all the teachers,

1,887 teachers weresurveyed, they were asked,

"What would happen if astudent assaults you?"

Three teachers said thestudent would get arrested.

Seven said the student would get a treat.

- [News Anchor] Eden maintains the policy

at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

became the poster childfor a federally-led move

away from suspensions and arrest.

- They made it federal policy to basically

tell school districts, "Ifyou have different rates

"of discipline by race or by disability,

"we will investigate you."

The goal was well-meaning, butthe prescription was flawed.

- [News Anchor] Suspension rates drop,

but Eden contends theresult was due to teachers

and principals beingafraid to take action,

not a change in student behavior.

While current EducationSecretary Betsy DeVos

rescinded the policy, one issue remains.

Several government studies indicate racial

and disability disparity is a problem.

But Eden argues Washingtonalone can't solve it.

- When it comes to basic classroom order,

curbing bullying, preventinglower-level violence,

I think that lettingteachers make decisions

that they think are prudentand justis the right way to go.

- Like so many things here in Washington,

it's complex, with no real winners.

But Pollack says parentscan make a difference

by knowing the policiesinside their child's school,

and getting involved.

Amber Strong, CBN News, Washington.