No way, no how should teachers be armed at school. Their job is to teach and they can barely do that. The idea is to minimize the issues and not to escalate. There is additional and unacceptable risk involved with arming teachers in an inherently aggressively charged environment.

State and Federal need to stop leaning towards the cheapest alternatives when it comes to school safety/security. You set a federal standard for school design and set aside funding to upgrade those legacy facilities. We have all these codes for bridges, highways, buildings, etc., why not schools as it pertains to security? There also needs to be a study to determine the proper number of armed school resource officers required per the population. If money is an issue, deputize volunteers after significant training. There are Reserve officers on the streets, why not in schools? Heck, I know several retired military that would willingly do it for a ham sandwich if it meant making the kids safer.

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