In one sense, there’s blame seeking going on, but the best government is as local as possible, so local government entities ought to be FIRST — not last — in line for the blame that devolves from their failures to execute governance in their delegated capacities.
The FBI, though they certainly blew it, ought not have to stand as whipping boy for the sins of a local School Board that, by all appearances, abdicated its duty to the local community for which it had the most immediate responsibility.
Amid our legitimate desire to see the FBI own up to their culpability, here, we cannot excuse the School Board for their hefty slice of culpability in this multi-agency failure.
What should the school board have done?