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I would accept it as the reality of our world, and understand that the school is also in a somewhat inenviable position. While it certainly is not a schools' responsibility to explain the violence of humankind to kids (a parents job), I would expect them to answer questions that can affect time spent on school grounds....age appropriately. A ten year old, likely knows at some level, just how harsh the world can be, and as long as this does not become a focus in life, or a detriment to growing up, it seems a part of life we all need to understand, eventually.
Children can grasp, and deal with far more than we give them credit for, and honest communication based on a childs ability to understand (which only the parent really knows), should be the Norm in my opinion.
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