Editor: Due to political positioning, labor union rules and type casting, it may be impossible for teachers and administrators to carry side arms in school. Why not hire police officers who are college educated and can teach while they are on campus? They can teach in classrooms containing monitor screens where 30 sets of eyes are better then one bored officer’s.
What about extending a fire hose reel to each classroom. A high pressure hose manned by a teacher determined to save her kids would be quite a deterrent to anyone wanting to enter the door. A couple of cases of wasp spray and silly string in the hands of determined 7-year-olds would at least give them chance.
Self defense is the first responder. Everything else is to late regardless of the union rules designating who is qualified to protect. Some day bureaucrats might realize administrators and teachers are smart enough to take the same defense courses as police officers.