Decades ago the question of school safety was an afterthought in Florida. Our schools were built to be open, friendly, inviting places to learn. That all changed when Columbine and host of other highly publicized school shootings took place.
In recent years our schools have undergone security scrutiny. Deputies have been assigned to patrol schools and develop relationships with students. The hope is these relationships will catch school violence before it erupts. Legislators passed the Jessica Lunsford Act to force schools to document all visitors... ensuring no sexual predator/offender makes it on campus. Many schools have also enacted locked door systems, where you can only access the school through one door - the front door.
So is it all working? If you walked on campus today, a complete stranger, would someone stop you? Would the school check your ID to see if you're a sexual offender? These are the questions we asked of Collier, Lee and Charlotte county school districts. Tonight at six we will show you what our team of investigators found when we tested all three districts. Some will do great. Some will do poorly. And all three districts will take home an important lesson in basic school security.
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Great story team - so important to know our kids are safe! The Investigators hit a home run on an big issue!
The children are not safe! This is the human race and humans do nasty things... Law enforcement or school resource officers have a mamouth task to be on the look out for the bad guys and the internal criminal activity. Yes, our own children are breaking the law within the school.
Children go missing or lost at school every single day, children get left on the bus daily and then there are the bus drivers who elude the background check. Do I need to go on?
Security at schools has become a great importance due to the malignant sadness of our society. It is soon to become a militant society. Cameras are everywhere and crime, injustice, terror and stupidity is rampant. Many of the resource officers do their best, but there are some that are useless and shouldn't have the honor of wearing the uniform. Parent need to start taking the responsibility for keeping their children safe, school have the responsibility of providing a safe environment. Parents and teachers need to become more vocal with the school board. The school council needs to review their own vision. "To be a world class school system". So far the school board has not demonstrated class at all.
Having reviewed your article. If I was a school administrator, I would have had you arrested for trespassing and not following stated rules that are posted at all schools. "Visitor must report to the front office". Think about it before you accuse the school district for being at fault. You can enter a school just as easily as robbing a bank in this county.
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