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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2022932" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>Here's the weird thing - I'm inclined to agree to a certain extent. I feel that having armed guards would be better, but the TSA argument always makes me reconsider that as well. I think arming all (or even just "the wrong") teachers is the wrong answer, but then who do you pick? One or two from each building? What happens when they're sick?</p><p></p><p>Do you screen them? I would think Psych-evals would be a good idea (again though, I have a sort of hair-standing-up-back-of-neck feeling about requiring that as it starts to get into the 2nd in a way that I don't like). </p><p></p><p>Definitely need training and a solid plan that is well communicated and taught properly to all the staff), but teachers carrying (at least in my mind) would require things like retention-holsters - which are typically not as easy to conceal, so do we allow open-carry? Do the kids know who is and is not carrying? Are they informed of the plan? </p><p></p><p>My wife is a teacher and I honestly have gone over a lot of things with her since these events (ironically, they had a situation where an employee's ex had given the staff cause to worry just the week before and we had a serious talk about everything then as well). I'm not sure I'm comfortable with some of her co-workers carrying, but I'd really want her to - however in the real-world, we can't pick and choose and deny some teachers but allow others without some sort of qualification criteria.</p><p></p><p>I don't know - I've purposely avoided as much news-coverage and media hype about this incident as I could until today - but I still don't think I have all the answers as to what happened, and even if I did - the scenarios of just the last 10 school shootings make for a very difficult plan of action for all of those variables.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2022932, member: 229"] Here's the weird thing - I'm inclined to agree to a certain extent. I feel that having armed guards would be better, but the TSA argument always makes me reconsider that as well. I think arming all (or even just "the wrong") teachers is the wrong answer, but then who do you pick? One or two from each building? What happens when they're sick? Do you screen them? I would think Psych-evals would be a good idea (again though, I have a sort of hair-standing-up-back-of-neck feeling about requiring that as it starts to get into the 2nd in a way that I don't like). Definitely need training and a solid plan that is well communicated and taught properly to all the staff), but teachers carrying (at least in my mind) would require things like retention-holsters - which are typically not as easy to conceal, so do we allow open-carry? Do the kids know who is and is not carrying? Are they informed of the plan? My wife is a teacher and I honestly have gone over a lot of things with her since these events (ironically, they had a situation where an employee's ex had given the staff cause to worry just the week before and we had a serious talk about everything then as well). I'm not sure I'm comfortable with some of her co-workers carrying, but I'd really want her to - however in the real-world, we can't pick and choose and deny some teachers but allow others without some sort of qualification criteria. I don't know - I've purposely avoided as much news-coverage and media hype about this incident as I could until today - but I still don't think I have all the answers as to what happened, and even if I did - the scenarios of just the last 10 school shootings make for a very difficult plan of action for all of those variables. [/QUOTE]
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