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<blockquote data-quote="Old Fart" data-source="post: 2420674" data-attributes="member: 4899"><p><strong>One way or another, Oklahoma public school patrons will pay more for student safety</strong></p><p></p><p>One city at a time, one school district at a time, buildings that house students will include provisions for a shelter. But it would take decades before all school buildings in the state have safe rooms or tornado shelters.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oklahoma City will now require shelters for new schools, with a city council vote Tuesday affecting 24 school districts. That so many districts have a footprint in one city is another reminder of the surfeit of districts in this state. But that’s a topic for another time.</p><p></p><p>The council’s vote to require shelters in new schools will affect only schools constructed within the city limits. Thus, a Putnam City district school may or may not be subject to the requirement. And no provision is being made to retrofit existing schools with shelters.</p><p></p><p>Two competing plans for retrofitting are extant. One would ask voters to approve a statewide bond issue to fund shelters. The other would allow individual districts to increase bonding capacities beyond statutory limits, to fund shelters or safe rooms. The latter is the better approach, but either plan would result in years of unprotected schools because it would take years to build the shelters.</p><p></p><p>Some districts already have a policy of equipping new schools with shelters, but few have a plan for retrofitting older schools. Rare is the city in which building codes require new schools to include shelters.</p><p></p><p>The council’s vote reflects a new reality among politicians that school safety is a paramount issue in the wake of last May’s tornado in Moore that took the lives of seven grade school students.</p><p></p><p>The 2014 governor’s race already carries a strong connection to the two competing shelter plans noted above.</p><p></p><p>What happened in a few moments in Moore vivified a dormant issue. One way or another, patrons will pay more for school structures to prevent a recurrence of those deadly moments.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://newsok.com/one-way-or-another-oklahoma-public-school-patrons-will-pay-more-for-student-safety/article/3938085" target="_blank">http://newsok.com/one-way-or-another-oklahoma-public-school-patrons-will-pay-more-for-student-safety/article/3938085</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Added this because safe rooms could be used as escape locations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Fart, post: 2420674, member: 4899"] [B]One way or another, Oklahoma public school patrons will pay more for student safety[/B] One city at a time, one school district at a time, buildings that house students will include provisions for a shelter. But it would take decades before all school buildings in the state have safe rooms or tornado shelters. Oklahoma City will now require shelters for new schools, with a city council vote Tuesday affecting 24 school districts. That so many districts have a footprint in one city is another reminder of the surfeit of districts in this state. But that’s a topic for another time. The council’s vote to require shelters in new schools will affect only schools constructed within the city limits. Thus, a Putnam City district school may or may not be subject to the requirement. And no provision is being made to retrofit existing schools with shelters. Two competing plans for retrofitting are extant. One would ask voters to approve a statewide bond issue to fund shelters. The other would allow individual districts to increase bonding capacities beyond statutory limits, to fund shelters or safe rooms. The latter is the better approach, but either plan would result in years of unprotected schools because it would take years to build the shelters. Some districts already have a policy of equipping new schools with shelters, but few have a plan for retrofitting older schools. Rare is the city in which building codes require new schools to include shelters. The council’s vote reflects a new reality among politicians that school safety is a paramount issue in the wake of last May’s tornado in Moore that took the lives of seven grade school students. The 2014 governor’s race already carries a strong connection to the two competing shelter plans noted above. What happened in a few moments in Moore vivified a dormant issue. One way or another, patrons will pay more for school structures to prevent a recurrence of those deadly moments. [url]http://newsok.com/one-way-or-another-oklahoma-public-school-patrons-will-pay-more-for-student-safety/article/3938085[/url] Added this because safe rooms could be used as escape locations. [/QUOTE]
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