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aroach

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33. Good idea

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:21 PM

Dec 2012

I told my son not to hesitate to throw a chair through the window and run.

He told me yesterday that he was scared at school because he heard the kindergartners screaming and that he was trying to figure out where to hide in his classroom and there was nowhere.

Of course I also told him that millions of kids go to school every day and don't get shot and that his chances were probably better of being struck down by lightning on a clear day but I'm not sure how much that helped.

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Why not require emergency windows in schools? School buses have them! [View all] downandoutnow Dec 2012 OP

sounds like a good idea-er to me quinnox Dec 2012 #1

Good idea or doors mainstreetonce Dec 2012 #2

Emergency exit doors are a great idea peacebird Dec 2012 #26

Thanks. And yes, that's what got to me too - downandoutnow Dec 2012 #3

Better idea than arming the teachers Politicalboi Dec 2012 #4

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

and all schools aren't just 1 story. boston bean Dec 2012 #30

Hello. ALL schools have a first story. lindysalsagal Dec 2012 #36

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

Fire code FSogol Dec 2012 #13

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

I like your idea. ChazII Dec 2012 #9

No windows? Where did you teach? libdem4life Dec 2012 #12

Unless you have a built in "safe room" in every class room. undeterred Dec 2012 #19

And then you'd have kids at "safe" schools and kids at "old" schools. libdem4life Dec 2012 #22

I think its the expense and the atmosphere it creates. undeterred Dec 2012 #23

That's true, but it's a bit deeper, I think. This is true domestic terrorism. A meme that libdem4life Dec 2012 #24

I taught in ChazII Dec 2012 #25

Phoenix, right? I think that's where my nieces and nephews attended school, libdem4life Dec 2012 #32

It seems like making the room harder to enter TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #11

I think that doesn't conflict with my escape windows idea -- it complements it. downandoutnow Dec 2012 #15

The windows didn't open? nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #14

I'm pretty sure they didn't. Look at the picture of the school above - downandoutnow Dec 2012 #17

I can't tell much from that picture. But a couple of those windows look open to me. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #21

Here is one concern... Agschmid Dec 2012 #16

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

why not ban guns and ammunition? bowens43 Dec 2012 #28

Because they serve a very useful purpose TheMoreYouKnow Dec 2012 #29

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHH!!! Zoeisright Dec 2012 #35

Safe/Panic rooms would be another good idea. Jamastiene Dec 2012 #31

Good idea aroach Dec 2012 #33

Why not just ban all the fucking guns? Zoeisright Dec 2012 #34