A video camera focused on a front door, allowing a secretary to look at a monitor and tell who is entering and leaving because the entrance is out of sight of the school office.
Caller ID on the telephones in schools that receive frequent bomb threats.
Training in conflict resolution and others areas of violence prevention. These are some of the safety measures in Metro schools made possible by the Safe Schools Act of 1998. The money is available to every school system in the state to help cope with the growing problem of school violence. The amount of the grant each system can receive is based on its size and the local match is determined by the system's ability to pay. Joe Anderson, chief of security for Metro schools, said the bulk of the money will be spent on programs such as crisis intervention, how to recognize and defuse escalating behavior and how to bring about greater involvement of parents.