The shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, generated fear among parents nationwide, this Gallup poll on education issues finds nearly half of all parents (47%) fearing for their children's safety at school. The percentages have fallen slightly since the end of the school year last May, when a Gallup poll found 52% of parents feared for their children's safety at school. Rural parents are more likely to be afraid (54%) than are parents in urban or suburban school districts (46% and 44%, respectively), and parents in the South are more likely to be afraid (56%) than are those in any other region.