Some School Districts Consider Cutting Police, Security Officers
Budget issues force schools in Florida and Louisiana to review all options.
Budget issues force schools in Florida and Louisiana to review all options.
The Brevard County, Fla. , school board voted last week to have the Sheriff’s Office run district security.
These are some of the key points from today’s Newtown, Conn., school shooting report that apply to K-12 school design, lockdown, evacuation and emergency notification.
Last December’s Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting prompted nearly nine in 10 K-12 respondents and more than one in two university and hospital respondents to make changes in their public safety programs. Other large-scale emergencies, however, didn’t result in as much action by campuses.