Mass shootings

[Belsnickel]

(02-16-2018, 10:05 AM)Benton Wrote: Then... hire a security guard. Or four.

In the case of Marshall, there’s a paid security guard and a sheriffs deputy. They were both in the sign in shack in the parking lot during the shooting.about 200 yards away and outside where the shooting occurred.

There’s not one thing that’s going to work, but it drives me crazy people brush off metal detectors, largely because of cost (it’s miniscule compared to our tax revenues) or the number of doors (in many cases, they funnel kids into a small number of doors these days anyway).

I brush off metal detectors because I don't think they are an effective solution. The cost isn't something that enters into my mind, at least the monetary cost. The cost with regards to time of the school day, the costs with regards to how the presence of metal detectors and other security matters affects the learning environment, the costs of all of that to the education of our children is significant. I understand that there is a desire to look at these solutions because they make sense when you think of other "secure" areas. Schools are different and we need to realize that when we approach this issue.