As I've been reading, I was thinking, how sad is it that we have to send our children to school in such an environment? Security cameras, some schools have actual police inside the premises, locked doors, metal detectors, buddy systems, school volunteers now paying for background checks our of their own pockets, just to help scan the lunchroom during lunchtime for misbehaviors and so on. So sad what it has come to, isn't it?
Yes. And as a former teacher, let me tell you how fun it is to practice lock down with the children once a month.
I had a bathroom in my classroom, so I figured that was the safest spot for the children to not get hit by bullets.
I figured the possible trajectory of bullets and the fact that they can go through walls, and determined the bathroom location was the best.
Just another day of teaching. But let's focus on AYP (Annual Yearly Progress) . I think that the Columbine shooters would have probably made AYP.
Something has to be done! Those kids came from intact families that were probably quite well off financially.