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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Motivational banners hang in the common area of Forest Grove High School as students head to classes in Forest Grove, Ore., on May 4, 2017. Forest Grove and another Oregon school district were intent on identifying warning signs that students might be contemplating a campus shooting when they stumbled on a threat far more pervasive yet much less discussed _ sexual aggression among classmates. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Motivational banners hang in the common area of Forest Grove High School as students head to classes in Forest Grove, Ore., on May 4, 2017. Forest Grove and another Oregon school district were intent on identifying warning signs that students might be contemplating a campus shooting when they stumbled on a threat far more pervasive yet much less discussed _ sexual aggression among classmates. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Shawnee Mission East High School seniors from left, Katie Kuhlman, Katherine Crossette, Natalie Roth, Hannah Breckenridge, Kendall Dunbar, Ireland Hague and Brena Levy gather for a photo in front of their campus in Prairie Village, Kan., on May 15, 2017. The friends organized a campaign to wear black clothing to class in hopes of drawing attention to the issue of school sexual assault after girl reported being attacked by a male student in a bathroom the previous fall. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 22, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Shawnee Mission East High School seniors from left, Katie Kuhlman, Katherine Crossette, Natalie Roth, Hannah Breckenridge, Kendall Dunbar, Ireland Hague and Brena Levy stand for a photo in front of their campus in Prairie Village, Kan., on May 15, 2017. The friends organized a campaign to wear black clothing to class in hopes of drawing attention to the issue of school sexual assault after girl reported being attacked by a male student in a bathroom the previous fall. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Dan Copeland, left, and Alex Morneau of Biddeford, Maine, former high school cheerleaders, perform back flips while enjoying the record breaking heat, Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. The temperature climbed well into the 90s in many locations throughout the state. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Nessa King of Wyndham, Maine, returns a shot while playing volleyball in record breaking heat at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, Thursday, May 18, 2017. King was one of hundreds of Maine high school seniors who skipped school to enjoy a day at the beach with classmates. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Obasi Shaw poses outside the gates of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 18, 2017. Shaw, an English major who graduates from Harvard next week, is the university's first student to submit his final thesis in the form of a rap album. The record, called “Liminal Minds,” has earned the equivalent of an A- grade, good enough to ensure that Shaw will graduate with honors at the university’s commencement next week. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo Carroll College students prepare for their graduation ceremony in Helena, Mont. With a week to go before the May 25 special congressional election, Democrat Rob Quist is hoping his outreach to college students will pay off at the ballot box. The college vote is an important part of Quist's get-out-the-vote strategy against Republican Greg Gianforte and Libertarian Mark Wicks to fill the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke when he became President Donald Trump's Interior secretary. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017 photo Carroll College students pose for a photo before their graduation ceremony in Helena, Mont. With a week to go before the May 25 special congressional election, Democrat Rob Quist is hoping his outreach to college students will pay off at the ballot box. The college vote is an important part of Quist's get-out-the-vote strategy against Republican Greg Gianforte and Libertarian Mark Wicks to fill the seat vacated by Ryan Zinke when he became President Donald Trump's Interior secretary. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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Contraception in Catholic Colleges Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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In this Friday, May 12, 2017 photo provided by Melodie Steinhour, students at Barberton High School pose for a photo after getting pepper sprayed in Barberton, Ohio. The students were pepper sprayed as part of a criminal science class and had to get permission from their parents before they participated. (Melody Steinhour via AP)
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Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, lower right, tells the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson, Miss., that they should hold lawmakers to their word to spend a certain amount on schools during oral arguments Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in an appeal of a lawsuit brought by 21 school districts. Musgrove, also demanded the state pay $236 million for shorting the districts between 2010 and 2015. The districts also want judges to order the Legislature to never underfund the formula again. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Michael Randolph questions Special Assistant Attorney General Justin Matheny, unseen, about his oral argument before the court that they cannot force the legislature to adhere to the law requiring full funding of public schools, during an appeal by 21 school districts, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jess Dickinson, questions former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove on specifics of his argument, that the court should hold lawmakers to their word to spend a certain amount on schools, during oral arguments Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in an appeal of a lawsuit brought by 21 school districts before the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, lower right, tells the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson, Miss., that they should hold lawmakers to their word to spend a certain amount on schools during oral arguments Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in an appeal of a lawsuit brought by 21 school districts. Musgrove, also demanded the state pay $236 million for shorting the districts between 2010 and 2015. The districts also want judges to order the Legislature to never underfund the formula again. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove tells the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson, Miss., that they should hold lawmakers to their word to spend a certain amount on schools during oral arguments Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in an appeal of a lawsuit brought by 21 school districts. Musgrove, also demanded the state pay $236 million for shorting the districts between 2010 and 2015. The districts also want judges to order the Legislature to never underfund the formula again. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Special Assistant Attorney General Justin Matheny, defending the state, right, listens as former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove tells the Mississippi Supreme Court in Jackson, Miss., that they should hold lawmakers to their word to spend a certain amount on schools during oral arguments Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in an appeal of a lawsuit brought by 21 school districts. Musgrove, representing the school districts, also demanded the state pay $236 million for shorting the districts between 2010 and 2015. The districts also want judges to order the Legislature to never underfund the formula again. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Torianto Johnson, a freshman at Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, holds a sign supporting immigrants during a rally outside a federal courthouse in Detroit, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Protesters rallied in hopes public outcry will again delay the deportation of Jose Luis Sanchez-Ronquillo from the United States to Mexico. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Emergency personnel look over a school bus that overturned after a collision in East Lampeter Township, Pa., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Authorities say the school bus flipped on its side in a hit-and-run accident in eastern Pennsylvania, sending more than a dozen people to the hospital, including two students with trauma injuries. Police were seeking a light-colored sedan involved in the crash that sped away. (Blaine Shahan/LNP via AP)
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A damaged school bus lies on its side after a collision in East Lampeter Township, Pa., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Authorities say the school bus flipped on its side in a hit-and-run accident in eastern Pennsylvania, sending more than a dozen people to the hospital, including two students with trauma injuries. Police were seeking a light-colored sedan involved in the crash that sped away. (Blaine Shahan/LNP via AP)
