Evans: Keeping public in dark on school shootings is wrong

I have fielded a bunch of emails, text messages and phone calls in the days since the school shooting in Winder, Georgia.

Each one is from Perry, Iowa. Each one had the same question for me and the Iowa Freedom of Information Council. Each one came from a parent, teacher or other concerned person asking, why isn’t the public allowed to read the official findings by state agents about the shooting at Perry High School and Middle School last Jan. 4?

High School Principal Dan Marburger and Ahmir Jolliff, 11, a sixth-grader, died from their gunshot wounds. Two school employees and five students we...