AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott is making good on his promise to gather people from both sides of the gun debate. He announced Monday the first of a series of meetings aimed at finding better ways to protect Texas schools following Friday's shooting.

The first panel will meet Tuesday. Along with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, the meeting will include administrators and school officials from across the state as well as law enforcement experts.

It comes as a variety of solutions are being floated to keep Texas schools safe.

Abbott has repreatedly touted a West Texas mental health program that identifies students in need of services, and says districts should also institute programs that monitor online activity.

"That looks at social media platforms of students and performs a threat assessment evaluation," Abbott said. "We need to do that."

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says violent video games and eroding moral values might be to blame for the surge of violence in schools.

"And I can assure you that whatever the answers we find from the experts, and from citizens and from parents, and all those involved, that will be Senate Bill One," Patrick said.

But Kathryn Paige Harden, an associate professor of psychology at UT Austin says looking at mental health issues is only part of the fix.

"These are patchwork solutions to a problem that is immediate, that is killing our kids in our schools, and that we already know that there is good solutions for it. And that solution is limiting access to weapons," Harden said.

Additional roundtables will be held on Wednesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 24 at the Texas Capitol.