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In reply to the discussion: Why not require emergency windows in schools? School buses have them! [View all]undeterred
(34,658 posts)23. I think its the expense and the atmosphere it creates.
Not so bad in a high school, because teens are tough. But geez, in an elementary school? Who would have thought something like this would happen?
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Why not require emergency windows in schools? School buses have them! [View all]
downandoutnow
Dec 2012
OP
Schoolteacher here. We do have openable windows. But that's not what traps a child.
lindysalsagal
Dec 2012
#5
But I don't think "lock down" is the best option when it comes to a school shooter -
downandoutnow
Dec 2012
#7
A kid can't open those windows...that's for extraction in case of an accident. What we're talking
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#6
As to your last point - almost ALL of these mass shootings are done by just ONE shooter --
downandoutnow
Dec 2012
#8
When you have little ones around you and all hell breaks loose, you don't think about history.
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#10
I did not know that. Our schools had big classrooms for the days when we had up to 32 primary kids
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#18
That's true, but it's a bit deeper, I think. This is true domestic terrorism. A meme that
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#24
Phoenix, right? I think that's where my nieces and nephews attended school,
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#32
I think that doesn't conflict with my escape windows idea -- it complements it.
downandoutnow
Dec 2012
#15
I can't tell much from that picture. But a couple of those windows look open to me. nt
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#21
This would have been my reaction, as well. We'd probably have had to do duck and cover because
libdem4life
Dec 2012
#20
Why not just get rid of all guns in the street. Other things could happen regarding windows
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#27