The start of classes Tuesday marks the first time students will return to in-person classes since last month’s shooting that left 3 dead.

The pay raise will be funded by a mix of state dollars, budget cuts and the largest student fee increase in more than a decade.

This has been a horrific month in America. While Ukrainians fight for their nation and their lives amid an aggressive Russian invasion, Americans are dealing with the slaughter of their schoolchildren and peaceful grocery shoppers (among others) by their own citizens. And yet at least half of our polity is unmoved and unwilling to support restrictive measures against gun ownership that have proven effective at stopping mass murders in at least 10 other wealthy countries, including the U.K., New Zealand, Scotland, and Australia.