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Old 02-25-2018, 11:24 AM
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I am just the lowly maintenance guy at a rural high school not a teacher or administrator. A few observations,

At any point in time about 25% of the staff at this school are either retired or have military/LE experience.

Hunker down in a secured classroom? Not going to happen. The walls between the halls and classrooms are glass, the rooms are separated by a folding partition.

We do have SROs on campus at the high schools. Most are recent academy grads not old, tired, fat guys waiting for retirement.

Nobody is talking about mandatory arming of teachers, nor turning teachers into elite delta force operators formed into hunter/killer teams. They are talking about giving qualified/motivated teachers and staff the opportunity to have the tools needed to protect their charges. After all one of the prime duties of an educator is to provide a safe learning environment.

Arming some on campus has the same effect as concealed carry. It makes the do bad think twice about acting. They know there are armed persons, they just don’t know which ones are.
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