Tonight I am very disturbed that the security measures they had couldn't save more kids. Thankful that our schools have lock down procedures and my kids know what to do. Fearful that it is not enough, our procedures are much like Sandy Hook almost exact and it still wasn't enough to save them.
Maybe our PTO's should shift their thinking to SAFETY before a new playscape or dry erase boards for each child. Use dry erase markers on their desk, it wipes off. Pay for security if the district cannot afford to do so. It would be nice if we could add security to our "No Child left behind" or create something new like "no more children shot at school. A playscape means nothing to the kids who watched their friends and teachers die, and you can not wipe away the grief of a dead child like you can a dry erase board. I believe all of the teachers at the schools that my kids go to have a stong parental instinct and will do all they can to keep these kids safe, sadly I don't believe that is enough.
I want security to check my purse when I walk in,I want to go though a metal detector and be escorted to the office as this should be the only place I need to go when entering a school. I wouldn't mind one bit, if that meant everyone else would be put through the same security precautions and I knew that no one would be able to get to my kids.
Holding them close tonight, and praying for healing for the families left behind.
