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[quote=Anonymous]An early on the scenes reporter was reading Sandy Hook's security letter-to-parents posting from earlier in the school year.  It was much more impressive than what my kids' schools are currently doing.  It required a buzz-in; then facial recognition by someone at the front desk; and holding up a school ID tag.  The letter went on to state that there are some 1500 kids at the school so they asked parents to be patient if someone at the front desk didn't immediately respond and go thru the procedure.

Now we know that the shooter took his mother's own licensed guns, shot her, then went the school.  It's possible that the school got lax, gave him facial recognition, and let him it.  It's also possible he used him mom's school I.D. - we don't know yet and may never know.  It's just a terrible tragedy.

What I can offer to the discussion is the fact that our K-8 started a buzz-in policy right after 9-ll.  Very easy to implement because the school had only one entrance.  But the gal at the front desk didn't want to be bothered so the locking, buzz-in, and sign-in all dropped off shortly after being implemented.

In sharp contrast, my son's small Catholic school had a very good buzz-in, sign-in-, sign-out system.

Again, in sharp contrast, our local public high school does nothing.  I was walking all over its halls just last week looking for DS and encountered some 100 students and adults and not one person asked who I was or what I was doing there.  I have a concealed carry permit but know I cannot carry a firearm on school grounds - but think of what I could have done if I had wanted?  I'm going to have a talk with the principal on Monday.  This high school also claims to have two armed and uniformed police officers on site at all times but neither my husband nor I have ever seen them.[/quote]

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