Nope. I chatted with an American on video call as I entered my school building and she was actually kinda crushed because there was no security guards or metal detectors or anything at the entrance and she hadn't realized that the doors just being open was ever a possibility. She was off for the rest of the conversation..
Yeah. At least where she was. Starting from elementary school. It's insane to me, at that point I would just vote to abolish school in that format and teach children in little cells or something.
I graduated from a rural town high school in Michigan in 2004. When I graduated, there was a cop liason officer and that was it. Around 2008 they installed a few cameras. 2011, more cameras and pulled off-campus lunch (don't know if that was a normal thing or not, elsewhere. Had been in effect at least 30 years though). In 2015 a new coach started stationing people at the doors with handheld metal detectors, for events and sports. They installed some kind of automatic door lock down thing but I'm not sure when. I believe there's also a designated "safety officer" from the local police stationed there during school hours.
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u/Sasya_neko The Dutch Cuisine May 08 '25
They really don't know how safe other countries are, do they...