Of course it would take students much longer to enter the school if they had to pass through a metal detector, but that's a small price to pay to protect our children. Schools Superintendent Jack Bourgoin said he is now exploring whether metal detectors should be placed in Hampton schools. Officials are also planning to take another look at a proposal to bring a resource officer into the school. At a meeting last week to address some of the concerns at the Exeter High School, Exeter Police Chief Richard Kane criticized the school for its lack of security. If you can't lock every door in this building, you're going to have to learn how to.
Schools can only do so much to create a safer environment.
Parents also need to take some responsibility. Schools are expected to know their students, but at the same time, parents need to know their children. No matter how many times parents are told to keep guns away from their kids, somehow they always manage to get their hands on them. Parents have been critical of taking such strong safety measures in the past because they fear the school would look more like a prison. Well, maybe so, but at least parents could rest a bit easier knowing their school is not going to be the scene of another massacre like the one at Columbine High.