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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am a teacher at a high risk building. We have 3 full-time security and cameras everywhere but RRS
Our students are not that stable emotionally, most have made really stupid decisions which is why they get sent to us. In addition, the parents of most of these students are even less emotionally stable than the students are.
We do lock down drill practices but to be honest, if someone wanted to do something, those drills, while good practice, will not make the event any smoother or save any more lives. Common sense is what is needed and seems lately that we have less and less than that.
I have my Concealed Carry however, I can not have it on ME or in my vehicle when I am at work. That is common sense. Students can and do get into all sorts of situations with drugs, theft and who knows what all else. Having a gun at work is just stupid and would be a perfect example of NOT using common sense.
What we need in the classrooms are administration backing its teachers when parents are on the rampage. and being proactivie and NOT reactive. Teachers need the ability to decide what is best for their classes. What works for one hour might not work for the next hour because of logistics, number of kids...some with very strong disabilities.
The biggest thing we can do is be an advocate for ALL of our students not just the ones that are easy to like because they are the straight A's sweet ones. Even the "thuggy saggy bad-mouthed students need an advocate for them. If the world cared more about All of us BEFORE something happened, we might be able to keep somethign FROM happening.
just my .02
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SheilaT
(23,156 posts)but RRS. What in the world is RRS?
I don't mean to be difficult, but not everyone knows every abbreviation out there.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)sorry I was unclear
it is where our issues happen and we have to get security to go in every hour and limit the number of students each time.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)I don't want to dump on you, or anyone else, but I do get frustrated at the constant use of abbreviations that if you're not in the small loop for them, are incomprehensible.
Trust me, RRS is even remotely obvious as an abbreviation for restrooms, even though the letters are contained therein.
littlemissmartypants
(22,694 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)not sure what that means
but thanks
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)just quicker to type.
littlemissmartypants
(22,694 posts)LMSP 
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)no child is a throw away child
MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)need to open your eyes to all points of view
Cha
(297,323 posts)for doing the heavy lifting for these kids.. as their teacher. Quite a responsibility.
Is your health better now? 
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)I work through a lot of pain. Somedays being with the kids helps a lot!
JohLast
(81 posts)having the three guards in the answer? I think we should have armed guards in every school after this recent event. Schools need to step up, pay the money and just do it.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)Come on. Be realistic. Schools have been slashing their budgets ever since that asshole Reagan was elected, and repukes everywhere have been screaming about "overpaid teachers".
It's not the schools who need to "step up". It's Americans who need to wise up. Because it's stupidity that is driving this.
JohLast
(81 posts)We have them spending large amounts of funds on football, baseball and such. Let the football team go two years without new uniforms instead of every year getting new uniforms. The money is there, they just have to spend it.
RayOfHope
(1,829 posts)budget for football at one high school MIGHT be $10,000 *tops* (my husband is an assistant fb coach). If a security guard is employed by a public school in my state, then the district also contributes 11% on top of his salary to our state public school employee retirement fund. I know a teacher coming it at base salary in our district (just under $30K) actually costs the district around $50/55K.
With funding as it is now, it would be extremely difficult to fund multiple additional security officers.
