I received my formal education in the 1940s and 1950s. I do not remember any reports of guns in schools. However, I do remember young boys after school in rural US areas walking along roads with long guns looking for legal fame. I remember pickup trucks with rifle racks in the cabin with guns exposed.
There were few discipline cases, I don't recall any schools with school police. A few students would drive bicycles and even cars to school and they were still there after school. I don't remember drugs being reported in schools. I don't recall any student-teacher relationship sex charges.
Most students seemed pleased to be there and worked seriously. There were no cellphone distractions. There were no gangs in the schools. Students seemed to be generally cordial to one another and dressed well. Girls wore dressses or long skirts; no jeans or slacks. There was no free lunch. Students either brought their lunch or purchased it in the school cafeteria or went down the street to McDonalds.
Those were the days!
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