Wakefield on lockdown -- yes, again

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Anonymous wrote:What’s scary is that it was an 18YO and with the school (all the schools) being so large I can see how he would easily be let into the building as there’s no way that the staff members who push the button to unlock the doors know every single student in the school.

Moreover, he could have slipped in during arrival and no one would think anything of it.

I think about this with the high schools every day. In Chantilly a 20 something slipped in looking like a student and was in the girls bathroom last year. Security in high schools is lacking for sure.

They need scannable IDs for access. Yes, one could get stolen and used and *insert improbable excuses here,* but it would cut down on the teenagers who aren’t students and aren’t supposed to be there.

I actually support this. Today that technology is pretty cheap and easy to get.
Scan in and scan out of the school.
Now that I think of it, it would actually be really good for daycares to use this method so they can quickly tell when a kid is not present and send out a robocall - prevent some of the tragic hot car deaths
but back to the topic - also when there is an emergency in the building, it is very easy then to determine who is in the building and who is not so they can account for students and staff quickly.

Yes, scannable IDs would be good. Don't see a downside.

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Anonymous wrote:I think we have to remind ourselves that the system largely worked. The school was alerted to the issue. They instituted the correct procedures. The police were called. The student in danger was protected. No one was hurt and the suspect was later arrested.

This. So much actually went right that day, despite how scary it was for students and parents.

True. I hope the Arlington PD is on it, as far as the social media threats. Hopefully they are arrested.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think we have to remind ourselves that the system largely worked. The school was alerted to the issue. They instituted the correct procedures. The police were called. The student in danger was protected. No one was hurt and the suspect was later arrested.

This. So much actually went right that day, despite how scary it was for students and parents.

+1000

And unlike Uvalde, the police did their job despite the risk to their own lives.