We should always be concerned about security in schools

The book – Keep Kids Safe: Don’t Let Our Schools Become Killing Zones – details the history of school shootings from Scotland to Sandy Hook. The first slaying in Canada was in 1902. The book reveals: The earliest school shooting in Canada occurred when a 14-year-old girl was killed by a classmate on the doorstep…

I’m Missing – Please Find Me This book, the second in a series of Crime Stoppers appeals, focuses on the plight of missing people and their families. There are rewards totaling almost $3 million for the more than 350 randomly selected cases from across North America in this book. Some of those who vanished were…

Considering the spectrum or range of violence that can occur in the school environment, it is vital that full and open dialogue take place to identify the problems and weaknesses so solutions can be formulated that will virtually assure students are protected. The book points out this is not a United States issue or a…

It has been determined that students who commit mass murder in educational institutions don’t just snap, but in fact spend considerable time planning the attack in great detail. Sometimes they leave notes detailing what they intend to do and giving reasons why they are waging a kind of war against people they have spent considerable…

Positive comments and concrete suggestions are needed to improve safety and security in schools and to prevent shootings in classrooms. This article in Popular Science magazine and the comments it generated show how the discussion can switch focus and end up in quagmire. There is a need for full debate of all issues with the…