School Shooting Prompts Nationwide school safety review
As a consequence of the recent tragic shooting of college students by a gunman, many schools are reviewing their safety plan----and accelerating the items on the five year plan.
On Thursday, The Evansville School Board buildings and grounds committee will be reviewing the capital expenditure budget for the upcoming year. Click on the post for the full agenda from the Evansville Observer Agenda Blog. One item---the location of the middle school office, is related to safety, in that the proper location of the school office can enable office staff to control the entrance---at least visually if not electronically. At the present time, the location on the second floor is very poor. Expect the committee to pencil in some costs associated with this change.
Entrance control was the topic of discussion at an earlier building and grounds meeting, where after the discussion of additional wireless cameras, Mr. Hatfield noted that cameras were for writing history----only entrance control and some physical staff present can help----police response time might be 20 minutes to engage and the event would be done.
The community can weigh in on the priorities of things. Currently soccer lights and parking lots are on the top, with security expenses down on the list.
You make the call.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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Why did NBC decide to make public now what was sent to them? I think it was in very poor taste all in the name of ratings. Thats what this guy wanted, was for his face to be all over tv, for people to always remember him. They , NBC , were correct in calling the FEDS, but that was the only people they needed to tell at this time. They should have at least waited a month or more instead of adding to the heartache. Then I would not have put his face on tv.
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