A buzz-in system is among the ideas that parents suggested to district officials after Friday's mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.
The Fox Point-Bayside School District advised teachers Monday not to make the Newtown, CT school shooting the subject of full classroom discussions, as part of the district’s desire to honor the fact that parents may choose to tell their children different things about the tragedy. In addition, the district is reviewing security measures, such as, most critically, whether to install a buzz-in system at the middle and elementary schools, said Superintendent Rachel Boechler. Local police agencies are also taking some action in the wake of the tragedy, which left 20 children dead. Fox Point and Bayside police officials said they are increasing their visibility and patrols around area schools, although both also stressed that it’s just a …
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Bayside Middle School
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Fox Point and Bayside parents say they feel local schools are safe, but none are impenetrable after reports that a shooter killed more than 20 people, including kids, at an elementary school in Newtown, CT Friday.
A 24-year-old man went on a shooting rampage ending 26 lives Friday at a Newtown, CT, elementary school and another at a nearby home. Now, people across the country are asking, "What if that happened here?" Rachel Ropel Herrenbrook, of Fox Point, has a seventh-grader at Bayside Middle School and two others at Nicolet High School. "I've been thinking about that all day," she said. "I've never been worried about my kids' safety at school, but given today's circumstances, no school is safe enough." Brian Mayer of Glendale has four children ages 6, 11, 13 and 19. He said having a first-grader made this really hit home for him. "I think they are as safe as any school can be," Mayer said. "I bet the Newtown parents thought their school was …
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Nicolet High School
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A ban at Waukesha West rankled some students and parents, though it's been done in other areas of the country. Administrators cite safety reasons; students say backpacks are more efficient.
Waukesha West High School banned backpacks during the school day this year. Principal David Towers said the ban was made for issues of safety and to prevent contraband —drugs, alcohol and weapons — from being carried around. Such bans have taken place elsewhere, both permanently and temporarily. Fargo, ND, schools took the step last year. And a school district in New York state banned backpacks and purses for a period last spring following two arrests, one for a marijuana sale and one for a gun threat. Students, predictably, were displeased. Some started a Facebook event to rally protests; though more than 300 people joined the event, nobody has posted to the page since Sept. 6. But anyone who spent their high school days lugging stacks of…
Jennifer McDaniel Wolfe
1:03 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Clarification: Possibly plain-clothed parent volunteers or staff...not uniformed armed guards in a prison-like setting. Just an idea to address a potential element of the bigger challenges we face in our current society, and to help our returning service members develop a renewed sense of purpose... more ›