She accepts the need for a security camera in the front office and the fact that preschoolers can no longer walk over to the school library. She also understands the cancellation of the annual trip to the beach to perform the Tashlich ritual. You don't know who the enemy is. Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy has also instituted new safety regulations with the beginning of the fall semester. When the school day ends, youngsters must wait for their rides in the yard, not on the sidewalk, as they used to do.
Older children are no longer free to walk home, unless they have a note from their parents.
And the school has hired its first full-time security guard. Heschel Day School in Northridge takes pride in being prepared for emergencies. In 1994, the campus survived the Northridge earthquake with little damage. School director Shirley Levine insists that Heschel does not take such steps lightly. The new guard will be an off-duty police officer, and his weapon will not be visible.