Michigan needs not forget the mass murder of 42 people mostly children at the consolidated school on may 18, 1927. Andrew kehoe bought 1000 lbs of dynamite and bombed the school. This all because taxes were raised to finance new school. Leads me to believe that if crazy is coming for you, they will get you no matter what the laws are.

If the staff was ccw the evil types would rethink where they should their crimes. I firmly believe more citizens should carry. If more of us did the crazies would think twice...

The changes I would like to see is that there is no chance to get pass an office door. They need in place a system that closes and locks doors automatic, bullet proof window's and a security personal that stays or visit's daily.

As a teacher I would NOT feel safer with a concealed weapon in my school. All that does is place guns directly in our schools, which can only lead to tragedy. Even the most well trained gun owners make mistakes and their weapons fall into the wrong hands and we don't need that kind of mistake IN our schools.

I don't think that anyone besides teachers and staff should have access to school classrooms. In this day and age, we need to leep our students safe. I personally have been a parent volunteer in classrooms but am willing to give up that right if it means our children are safer. If teachers need help, then they can seek upper elementary student helpers. Random people such as deliveries for food etc should happen after school hours or before.

I like the thought of having a locked door that has to be buzzed open by office staff. However, the school in Conneticut had this system and the guy still broke in. Allowing ccw holders to carry guns in a school does not put kids at risk. Not allowing them to do so puts kids at risk when crazy people shoot up a school with no regard to gun control laws. If there was a "good guy" in the school with a gun, the carnage could have ended sooner with less kids being killed. I read that the principal was killed when she lunged at the shooter. With this kind of courage she could have saved lives, including her own, if she had a gun. I'm not saying that all educators should carry guns, but if they were able to and chose to, someone could have had a fighting chance to protect these kids.

I have been reading stories of the courageous teachers who hid their students in closets and cupboards. In my daughter's preschool classroom there is a bathroom that has no windows, etc. What if each classroom had such a room with concrete walls that is a bathroom or storage room, but with walls thick enough to double as a sort of panic room? The shooter wanted easy targets, I can't help but think if they could have had quick access to cover (vs. evacuation plans) they could have sat tight until the police arrived. The classrooms' simple locked doors deterred him, too. My daughter's door has a window, perhaps we should view the classroom as a unit that can be secured in an emergency?

I apologize for not finding this blog before posting my own. Maybe mine, on the other hand, is a little different in that it asks specifically what plans are in place. My guess is that the superintendents of all of the schools that have endured such a tragedy have all proclaimed they have the best policy to protect those inside. It's a shame that there has been such blatant failure so far. I pray the State of Michigan continues to be lucky in avoiding the possible...

Oh, never mind. I see this is from New Baltimore, so I'm not stepping on anyone's blog. :) However, there's no question this is a state-wide, if not nation-wide topic...