Days after 17-year-old Amarr Murphy-Paine was shot and killed during lunchtime at Garfield High School last year, students returned to school with community members, teachers and families applauding them as they went up the steps, promising change and healing.

A year later, no arrests have been made, the public doesn’t know the identity of Murphy-Paine’s killer and the school district is still trying to figure out how to make students safer.

Sebrena Burr remembers the aftermath of the shooting well. The Seattle Council PTSA co-president recalled how district and community leaders like her came “en masse” to support students and made “a lot of promises.”

“But where are we now? … I’ve been doing this for a long time, and our kids are more unsafe now than they have ever been,” Burr said.

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