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Animal. why would you not welcome something that will help our students be successful? >> mental health issues among teens have nearly tripled since 1985 and only 18 percent of college freshmen reported feeling overwhelmed. today, 41 percent say they have anxiety. question relationally, we see students evolve. there needs are evolving too. >> they say this is given her confidence to overcome the stress and pressure of college. >> i didn't really go out socially as much. i did not join his many clubs because i was too anxious. so if you like i would still be in the place, -- >> alternative scho...

Before the horrible events of last week. was this reported to the school district? >> i'm not aware of a report to the district within the past week. i do know that this is a child or a young person that had some serious behavior and mental health concerns. he's been traditional schools. he's been in behavior centers. alternative schools. at the time that he committed this atrocity, he was not enrolled in marjory stoneman douglas and in fact had been out of the school for at least a year in an alternative school. so this, again, i believe that there needs to be a better coordination among all ...

Obtained by abc affiliate wplg. it shows cruz was attending a school for emotionally and behaviorally disabled students in 2015. administrators noting, while he was making progress at the alternative school, he was reported to be "distracted by inappropriate conversations of his peers if the topic is about guns, people being killed or the armed forces." dottie provenzano is a former special education specialist in broward county, with more than 40 years of experience. >> i'm not the expert on mass killers, but this raises so many red flags. >> reporter: today, four more students were laid to r...

And they said that they had no idea that they have this monster living under their roof. they said that, yes, he was odd. he was quirky. and they took him in because he just lost his mother. but they also felt he was improving. they did know he had guns and they required they be locked in a gun safe, and that these adults be allowed to have the key. it turns out now that apparently there was more than one key. martin savidge, cnn, parkland, florida. >> martin, thank you for the report. some people who knew the shooter, they're asking themselves if they could have done anything more to prevent ...

>> he was emotionless. and i wasn't sure if it was shock, or what was going on, but he had no emotion to him. and then i asked him, are you sad? you know. can i help you? and he said i'm sad because nobody showed up. >> one of cruz's former teachers also told cnn he cursed at her during exams, and was suspended. some people who knew nikolas cruz are asking themselves if there was anything they could have done to stop what happened. cnn's gary tuchman talked with a friend of the shooter. >> reporter: the florida gunman was said to be a loner, but we talked to a 20-year-old man who says he was a...