The liberal EVSC administration apparently refused to consider have trained teacher volunteers with access to gun safes in the event of an active shooting. Other Indiana school systems have adopted just that approach to best protect their students and faculty in an active shooter situation:
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Jay Schools in Portland, Ind., has purchased firearms, installed biometric safes in its buildings and trained an “undisclosed” number of teachers and staff, Superintendent Jeremy Gulley told UPI. All that remains is for the school board to formally adopt the policy — and Gulley expects that will happen later this month.
The Jay School Corp., in Portland, Indiana, about 95 miles northeast of Indianapolis, joined the North White School Corp. in allowing certain trained school personnel to carry weapons on school grounds.
Jay schools Superintendent Jeremy Gulley, a lieutenant colonel in the Indiana Army National Guard for 28 years, said, “I am tired of seeing headlines like what we are seeing today. … To be clear, we are not arming teachers in our classrooms.” He was referring to the high school shooting Friday in Santa Fe, Texas, where 10 were killed, including nine students, and at least 10 were wounded.
He said under the policy approved Monday, staff members who volunteer will be screened psychologically and undergo at least 26 hours of training before being approved by the school board to carry a firearm on school property.
“Specifically, they would have access to firearms held in a safe with biometric controls,” Gulley said Friday by email.
Indiana is one of several states that allow for the arming of teachers and other school employees, a solution to school violence touted by President Donald Trump a week after the school shooting that left 17 dead in Parkland, Fla.
Indiana passed a law giving school boards discretion to set policies allowing firearms on school grounds in 2013.
The sheriff leading the state commission investigating Florida’s high school massacre says he now believes trained, volunteer teachers should have access to guns so they can stop shooters who get past other safeguards.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, chairman of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, said he will ask the panel to recommend state law be changed so teachers who undergo background checks and extensive training will be allowed to have guns on campus as a last line of defense. It’s a proposal that both the state teachers union and PTA oppose.
Gualtieri told The Associated Press this week he long believed only law enforcement personnel should carry guns at school, but his position “morphed” after studying other shootings and watching security video of the Feb. 14 Stoneman Douglas attack, which left 14 students and three staff members dead.
He said it “gnaws” at him that suspect Nikolas Cruz stopped firing five times to reload his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, but no teacher or other school employee could use those pauses to shoot Cruz. The athletic director and a coach, both unarmed, died trying to stop Cruz and at least one teacher minutes later would have had a clear shot.
The liberal EVSC administration apparently refused to consider have trained teacher volunteers with access to gun safes in the event of an active shooting. Other Indiana school systems have adopted just that approach to best protect their students and faculty in an active shooter situation:
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Jay Schools in Portland, Ind., has purchased firearms, installed biometric safes in its buildings and trained an “undisclosed” number of teachers and staff, Superintendent Jeremy Gulley told UPI. All that remains is for the school board to formally adopt the policy — and Gulley expects that will happen later this month.
https://www.upi.com/Rural-Indiana-school-district-moves-to-arm-teachers/3991536788797/
The Jay School Corp., in Portland, Indiana, about 95 miles northeast of Indianapolis, joined the North White School Corp. in allowing certain trained school personnel to carry weapons on school grounds.
Jay schools Superintendent Jeremy Gulley, a lieutenant colonel in the Indiana Army National Guard for 28 years, said, “I am tired of seeing headlines like what we are seeing today. … To be clear, we are not arming teachers in our classrooms.” He was referring to the high school shooting Friday in Santa Fe, Texas, where 10 were killed, including nine students, and at least 10 were wounded.
He said under the policy approved Monday, staff members who volunteer will be screened psychologically and undergo at least 26 hours of training before being approved by the school board to carry a firearm on school property.
“Specifically, they would have access to firearms held in a safe with biometric controls,” Gulley said Friday by email.
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/education/two-indiana-school-districts-approve-personnel-carrying-firearms-on-campus/article_9c2f0073-7f39-5cd0-b790-b5602ef9393d.html
Indiana is one of several states that allow for the arming of teachers and other school employees, a solution to school violence touted by President Donald Trump a week after the school shooting that left 17 dead in Parkland, Fla.
Indiana passed a law giving school boards discretion to set policies allowing firearms on school grounds in 2013.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2018/02/23/indiana-schools-can-arm-teachers-but-most-dont-more-might-start/354277002/
The sheriff leading the state commission investigating Florida’s high school massacre says he now believes trained, volunteer teachers should have access to guns so they can stop shooters who get past other safeguards.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, chairman of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, said he will ask the panel to recommend state law be changed so teachers who undergo background checks and extensive training will be allowed to have guns on campus as a last line of defense. It’s a proposal that both the state teachers union and PTA oppose.
Gualtieri told The Associated Press this week he long believed only law enforcement personnel should carry guns at school, but his position “morphed” after studying other shootings and watching security video of the Feb. 14 Stoneman Douglas attack, which left 14 students and three staff members dead.
He said it “gnaws” at him that suspect Nikolas Cruz stopped firing five times to reload his AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, but no teacher or other school employee could use those pauses to shoot Cruz. The athletic director and a coach, both unarmed, died trying to stop Cruz and at least one teacher minutes later would have had a clear shot.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sheriff-supports-armed-teachers-stop-school-shooters-59340249
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