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[quote=Anonymous]I don't want to give the name of the school, but all four schools in my small Texas town (yes, I'm not one of you DC people, but fascinates by you and generally like the forum so visit regularly).  We had a "shelter in place" small scale shooting incident in 2004 that made our district decide to up the security.

Each of the four schools in my town (Elementary, Intermediate, Jr. High, High School) have the same equipment and precautions.

I'll explain how my DD Elementary school works.  All doors are (titanium) locked from the outside at all time, the front door has a keypad and speaker with camera.  Teachers and faculty present badge ID into machine, which on locks the door into main office.  When students enter or leave the building it's always with adult who has ID. Mduring drop-off parents are not allowed in because of too much foot traffic, all kids go to gym till 8:00 am.  Two doors are unlocked at pick up, front that goes by office is unlocked and children being picked up by parents go out front, bus riders out side with 1 teacher/adult to every 18 students.

To access the school during day you must go through front doors, into office.  The office only has one door that leads to the commons of the school, it is locked and the only way to open it is if a button is pressed which is under the office desk.  When picking up a child you wait in the waiting room, no one goes into the commons unless they have gone through a background check and are on a computerized list of "ok" and have an appointment or reason.  Trust me, many were unhappy at how strict, we don't do as many parties, and lunch with kid is not allowed, you have to take them out.  However, today I bet no one complained.

Only the High School and Jr. high have metal detectors, really we are pretty secure.  Although a faculty/staff member could go nuts, or someone could break into a window.  Honestly, sometimes I don't think it matters.  If some crazy motherfucker wants to go into a school and kill 5-year-olds a locked door isn't going to stop him.[/quote]

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