It’s an unfortunate reality in today’s society, but our schools need added protection to prevent individuals that want to harm innocent people. With the prevalence of school shootings becoming commonplace in recent years, schools have taken the initiative to help ensure that students, teachers, and faculty are protected against this inevitability. Thanks to regular lockdown […]
If you have school-aged children, chances are that they’ve heard about or experienced school shootings. As of 2019, the count now stands at more than 220,000 children directly affected at 225 schools nationwide since the shooting at Columbine in 2000 sparked a horrific trend. Because of this, schools across the United States have implemented school […]
How Door Locks Have Saved Lives In the year 2018, there has been a reoccurrence of devastating school shootings. With mental health and gun laws being put on the back burner, more and more disturbed individuals are carrying out horrific attacks on school properties. This is why it is important to know how door locks […]
School shootings can happen in wealthy neighborhoods and poor ones. However, the resources and decision-making of schools in how they plan to school shooting prevention isn’t always based on financial decisions. While some schools are taking action through fundraising drives, this isn’t a uniform decision across school districts. If you’ve tried to speak with school […]
“Shots fired” followed by the name of your child’s school are no words that any parent ever wants to hear. In the United States, school shootings aren’t becoming an epidemic. They are an epidemic. Consider these frightening statistics: The odds of a student being involved in a school shooting (by grade): High school: 1 in […]
In this series entitled “Anatomy of an Active Shooter Event”, we’ll take a look at a number of factors that create the perfect storm leading to a school shooting. Part 1: Before an active shooter event Part 2: During an active shooter event Part3: Immediately after an active shooter event Part 4: Months after an […]
Lax School Security Often Stems from a Lack of….. School security can be complicated. Kids and teenagers are unpredictable, campuses are ripe with activity throughout the day and even the most advanced security system can’t always see what’s going on in every corner at every moment. But, school security doesn’t have to be as complicated […]
While much of the population now spends their time on social media posting pictures of their kids, pets and food and posting the funny quip their toddler babbled that morning, schools administrators are turning to social media for safety purposes. With the implementation of technology and social media to almost every aspect of our lives, […]
When an emergency occurs in a school and 911 is called, the first people on the scene are those that are trained to deal with those kinds of crisis situations. These are the faces that roam the community and are charged with keeping the members safe. If these are the faces you’ll see in an […]
It most often falls to teachers, school employees and administrators to keep students and schools safe, and understandably so. Parents place their trust in these individuals when they send their children off to school every day and depend on them to do what their children may not yet be capable of doing. But, that doesn’t […]
Summer is over and kids are headed back to school. Parents may be sighing with relief, but the new school year also brings a new set of worries. Parents worry when their kids are away, it’s just what they do. And with everything happening in schools these days, why wouldn’t they? While kids are in […]
Running emergency drills may seem like an obvious choice when it comes to emergency preparedness, and that’s because they are. The best way to see how your staff will react in an emergency and to practice various emergency lockdown procedures is to actually put them through that emergency. There’s a reason it’s obvious-it’s a tried […]
Today, there’s an app for everything. Need a ride? There’s an app for that. Need to know where to get cheap gas? Want to know when you can get up and pee during a movie? There’s an…well, you get the idea. But what about school safety? Yea, there’s an app for that too. Actually, there’s […]
While Sandy Hook completely rebuilt and added an array of new safety features to their building, many schools don’t have that option. They are looking for ways to add additional safety features to their already established school security systems, without breaking budget. In more and more schools, security upgrades are being installed and campus officials […]
Parents are encouraged every day to communicate with their kids. Having open conversations, asking about their day at school and finding out ways to stay involved are all suggested in order for parents to keep their kids safe and secure. But, parents can’t talk to their kids about school safety or issues if the school […]
On December 15th, 3 students were shot during a shooting outside of a Portland High School. The incident spurred the school to initiate lockdown procedures. On that same day last year, a manhunt in Arizona forced three schools into lockdown. In April of this year, another Portland school was put on lockdown due to a […]
When a child attends school they are versed in basic classroom rules and the do’s and don’ts of classroom safety. But, in today’s world, there is a little more to classroom safety than knowing where the fire extinguisher is. Chances are, they are also told how to behave during a lockdown and the proper emergency […]
