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INDUSTRY FOCUS With Ralph C. Jensen, Editor-in-Chief
Protect Every
School Zone
ing the 2020-21 school year. That is the highest number since 2000-01. Since Col- umbine, more than 31,000 children have been present during a school shooting incident. There are myriad means to en- hance campus security. Perhaps, planning and design will make a difference.
“Design by itself isn’t the solution. It is part of a larger mix of approaches that can help combat the epidemic of gun vio- lence at schools,” said Roe Gammon, a se- curity consultant at Henderson Engineers. “When working with school districts and other educational institutions, our goal is to help ensure the learning environment is conducive to safety while maintaining a comfortable and productive setting for students and educators. The process is a partnership between our experts and the people on the ground, so each solution is unique to a facility’s specific needs.”
There it is. Protect every school at the outside perimeter, actions speak louder than words and while design is not the sole solution it is part of the larger role of campus security.
accuracy, there is no guarantee that the same or similar results may be achieved in all environments. Technical inaccuracies may result from print- ing errors and/or new developments in the industry.
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chool is back in session, and I could not be hap- pier and more proud of my third grader. School campuses come with their
inherent historical risks. My summer in- cluded a lengthy interview with Secret Holt, the mother of Bailey Holt, who died at her Kentucky high school four years ago. She was murdered.
You know as well as I, after a campus shooting there are plenty of thoughts and prayers. I’m all in for thoughts and prayers, now I would like to see the action that parents, students and campus staff have been pleading for protection.
“Actions speak louder than words. And, if you’re really going to make the changes you say you’re going to make at the press conferences, the time to do that is now,” said Bailey’s mom, Secret. “Speaking for myself, and I’m sure that a lot of you will agree, instead of the next press conference that comes around being about another mass casualty shooting at your children’s elementary school, or high school, how about a press conference on technology, and how many lives it saved that day.”
Let’s look at the numbers. There were 93 school shootings, with casualties dur-
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