These security measures are actually rather unobtrusive. However, parents can rest assured that students are as safe from harm as is logically possible. Visitation Elementary School in Los Angeles equips each teacher with a small walkie-talkie permitting easy communication with the office. Before school each day, teachers stop by the office and pick up these communication devices. One of the real forward-thinking measures of this system is the flexibility it provides.
Teachers can call for help in a closed classroom or at the school yard perimeter.
The next step, according to the principal, will be to replace the walkie-talkies with cell phones. These devices would then allow teachers locked in an isolated classroom to communicate with off-campus emergency services. In addition, the school is now installing cameras to monitor outside areas of the building. Thus, the school is being proactive in anticipating possible threats to security. Obvious Signs Ignored Granting the wisdom of hindsight, most of the young men who murdered their classmates were later described in vivid terms detailing their degree of isolation and loneliness.