Are Locked Doors the Answer?
In a city in Connecticut, a board of education dismissed panic buttons for teachers in favor of doors that lock. Some classrooms in Stamford schools have them; others don't, according to a column by Angela Carella in The Advocate. Some lock from the outside, so custodians can more easily unlock them to clean, while others can only be opened from the inside. The superintendent wants to change all the doors to inside locks. And while that's certainly a laudable goal, is it really going to save anyone in the next school massacre? Adam Lanza shot through the doors, though he missed, according to sources. But what's to prevent a biggger thug from breaking down the doors? I admit, I don't know what's right anymore. I never thought I would have to think about whether I'd ever see my son again when I sent him to school in the morning. True, he's in middle school, but what about kids bringing guns to school, as happened in the Bronx last week, or fooling aro