Comments on: Escambia Schools: No More Walking Kids To Class, New SROs, Metal Detectors

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 04:13:28 +0000

With this being said why do we still have Portable Buildings? Schools are too overcrowded? Portable buildings on most campuses are not secured by the main building.

By: miriam sawyer

miriam sawyer — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:17:15 +0000

Some schools have several gates wide open…. Are those all going to be closed during school hours and reopened at the close of school daily?

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:02:44 +0000

This was the norm bk in my hometown 16 yrs ago when my oldest started K
They wouldn’t let you walk them to class after he 3rd day.
There’s really no need to
They need to learn independence and it’s much safer for the children bc all those parents who are strangers to other children don’t need to be in there contesting
The hallways

By: Kane

Kane — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:27:46 +0000

So to all those complaining about the new safety measures what solutions have you come up with to insure the safety of our children? No,no go ahead take your time I’ll wait…………………….

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:17:43 +0000

AMAZED that with all the Security Measures and Real Concerns that “Parents” and others were ever permitted within the corridors of any school.
Who knew if there was a crazy person posing as, or actually, a parent or older sibling?
Sad and Unfortunate but we have indeed cobbled and allowed this society in which we now live and that means Preventing random entry into our schools.
May ALL have a Fantastic and Safe School Year.
Sadly recalling when saying “a Safe School Year” was not even thought of…we knew our kids were Safe at school.
Thanks to Supt Thomas and his Security Advisors and the School Resource Officers for All you do.

By: Grand Locust

Grand Locust — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:46:52 +0000

Very happy with the movement to secure school buildings. I am still very concerned that school buses are still very vulnerable. It is not even a matter of terrorism, but simple common sense that for hundreds of years unstable people have hurt children in schools. It is not a new problem and there will always be a search for a weak link where the crazies can hurt children. As a grandparent now, I cannot imagine the stress on parents today. My daughter sat my granddaughters down and explained strategic options if an active shooter comes to their school……I was stunned that parents are having these conversations with first and third graders, but they watch tv and know that going to school can be dangerous. Securing buildings is the most important component of safety.

By: George

George — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:35:33 +0000

Hopefully the school district plans to teach students and teachers how to properly use the first aid supplies. Without the training the kits are useless.

By: Parent of Adult Kids

Parent of Adult Kids — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:21:34 +0000

Marc your comment show your concern for the safety of your child. I and as I’m sure 99% of all parents would put up with any “crap” to ensure the safety of our child. So what you have to now check in with the office, you should have been doing that all along. People send their children to school and assume they will be safe, and if their not they look for someone to blame. I say the school should do whatever it takes to keep the kids safe.

By: anne 1of2

anne 1of2 — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:12:28 +0000

The kids will learn some independence, yea! Heck, I’m so old I would have been shamed by the entire class if my mother had walked me to my homeroom. The school buses were jam packed and not one kid was dropped off in front of the school, where the buses unloaded. At least I didn’t have to walk 5 miles to school the way my parents did, lol.

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:09:02 +0000

Though I will miss walking my grandchild to the classroom door in the mornings, I wholeheartedly support this measure. Last school year with random shootings and violence increasing in schools across the nation, I was concerned with so many entrances into the school and wide-open, unchecked access to anyone and everyone before the school bell rang, including people who had no child to accompany. I am assuming that the cost of metal detectors in every school is cost-prohibitive — but I think they are necessary. Domestic terrorism aimed at our children and their teachers — we should protect them at any cost. Sadly, metal detectors aren’t just for government buildings and airports anymore.