When we talk about school security / school safety we bring different perspectives to the table.  Many of us are parents or grandparents of children in school.  Some are educators or administrators, or those responsible for designing, securing, or maintaining school buildings.  Others are first responders or code officials.  In a recent edition of the Washington Post there was an article giving a teacher's prespective on school lockdown...

It seems like just about every week I see a new classroom security device that promises to thwart intruders and help keeps kids safe in school. As I've said multiple times, many of these devices are not code-compliant, and trade security for life safety. In evaluating these products, my criteria are...

The following article announces yet another "classroom security device." Despite the inventors' best intentions, I do not support methods of securing classrooms that a) inhibit free egress, b) prevent fire doors from latching, or c) can be used by unauthorized individuals...

Saturday, December 14th, marked the one-year anniversary of the senseless violence that took the lives of 20 children and 6 staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.  I don't think there's any doubt that the tragedy has resulted in increased focus on the security of our schools.