Rockwood Officials Do Not Favor Arming Teaching Staff
In the aftermath of Friday's shooting massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT, Rockwood School District officials are rethinking current safety plans at the district's school buildings. But guns in the hands of teachers is not one so far.
Rockwood School District's assistant superintendent for administrative services, Dennis Griffith, said Rockwood was not one of the stated school districts interested in arming school personnel with guns during Thursday's meeting of St. Louis County Police and Safe Schools Partners. Based on 22,568 students enrolled, Rockwood ranks as Missouri's third largest school district, according to the latest Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data available. St. Louis County Police Department Chief Tim Fitch attracted national headlines earlier this week when he put forward the idea of arming school officials as a way of deterring future mass shootings. "There are other remedies we might discuss before that would become a serious topic…
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Marc Perez
6:49 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
National Guard is not the answer, neither is locking the doors. When seconds count and the police are minutes away it's too late. The "School District" does not have an effective plan for dealing with an intruder after they are in the building. Lock doors, hide..... Not the answer. Some, not all teachers and staff have the ability and desire to protect themselves and the students in case of such … more ›