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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi folks - OP here.

Reminder, this is a question is about protecting children's safety while in elementary school.

I would think that there is a case to be made for 2-3 armed police officers on school grounds during the core school day -- one surveilling in the parking lot, 2-3 around the recess area surveilling for any would-be shooters

Every Jewish preschool in the area, for instance, seems to have 1-2 armed County police officers by the front door during school hours.  Why can't the same be offered for our elementary schools, which have 5-15x the number of students as these preschools?  (Serious question - what would it take for this to be possible)? [/quote]
That’s not in the budget. Public schools are legally required to follow more regulations and provide more services than private preschools are. It’s a lot easier for the preschool to raise their rates to cover security than it is for a public school system to get more tax dollars for the same. Plus, public schools generally have much larger properties to patrol.[/quote]

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