1. About 46 percent of public schools took at least one serious disciplinary action against students—including suspensions lasting 5 days or more, removals with no services (i.e., expulsions), and transfers to specialized schools—for specific offenses during the 2003–04 school year.
2. Four percent of all public schools took one or more serious disciplinary actions in response to students' use or possession of a firearm or explosive device in
2003–04. 3. In 2003–04, 83 percent of public schools controlled access to school buildings by locking or monitoring doors during school hours, and 36 percent controlled access to school grounds with locked or monitored gates.
4. Nearly all public schools required visitors to sign or check in when entering the school building (98 percent), while few schools required either students or visitors to pass through metal detectors regularly (1 percent each).
5. The vast majority of students ages 12–18 reported that their school had a student code of conduct (95 percent) and a requirement that visitors sign in (93 percent) in 2005.
6. Metal detectors were the least observed security measure, with 11 percent of students reporting their use at their school.
Possession of firearms, controlled access, metal detectors...where are our kids going and what are they having with them while they are there?
It is not jsut some hairy guy holed up in a mountain that we are afraid of, we don't know what the person next to us will do.
I want to say I am glad I am not a kid anymore, but that does nothing for the kids who have to endure their school life now.
What can be done to make our schools safe again? Or is it a lost cause?
What do you think?
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