Doors Locked, Monitors on Duty in Sudbury Elementary Schools
December’s fatal shootings of 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut prompt security changes in Sudbury.
Sudbury’s elementary schools began locking their front doors on Monday, the one-month anniversary of the horrific school massacre in Newtown, Conn., which prompted schools across the country to review safety procedures in the hopes of preventing a similar tragedy. At the Jan. 16 meeting of the Sudbury Public Schools Committee, Superintendent Anne Wilson said temporary door attendants have been monitoring the front doors this week and will continue to do so until new doors are installed. Those new doors will include features such as video cameras and a buzzer system, she said. Officials said the cost for installing the new doors has been estimated at less than $100,000. The new doors should be in place by March, they said. “We feel good …
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MsErie
11:00 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013
M makes an important point in that increasing security is for reasons far beyond mass shootings. A mass shooting, while drawing the big public attention, is much less likely than a deadly lightning strike, but it is rather common for a school to have one or more adults linked to student families that may intend harm or misconduct at some point or another. These are the main reasons to have … more ›