It’s been nearly 19 years since two teenagers went on a killing spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. That same year, the Kansas Legislature appropriated funds to assist the State Department of Education, in cooperation with the Kansas Highway Patrol, in establishing a school safety hotline.That toll-free telephone number is still available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year to give students, parents and community members the opportunity to report any impending school violence.The number is 877-626-8203.Calls are answered by KHP dispatchers, who will get as much information about each situation reported as the caller wishes to relay.The hotline could be helpful if someone doesn’t have enough information to warrant a call to 911, but if hard evidence exists, 911 is the best bet.The day before the Parkland, Florida, school shooting last month, Catherine O’Connor read her grandson’s private journal and called 911 to report he was planning his own mass shooting at a Seattle-area high school. Her grandson, 18-year-old Joshua O’Conner, was arrested.