While safety is the top priority at Houston-area school districts, survey results show...
They are installing fences, upgrading door locks and even purchasing costly weapons detection systems with money voters have approved in bond issues. They're making sure their metal detectors are operating and conducting drills to make sure everyone knows how to handle an intruder, according to a survey completed by more than 150 Texas school districts by Hearst news organizations.
Nationwide — despite the tragic, unceasing tempo of school shootings in America — a sizable number of districts that responded acknowledge they have not yet briefed their staffs about how local law enforcement would respond to an active shooter on their campuses. A principal walks next to an automatic lock outside a security vestibule that was added at Albright Middle School, shown Tuesday Aug. 14, 2018 in Houston. The vestibule lets staff interact with visitors before allowing them access to the building and also has a 911 call button.376 officers rushed to the school
The layers include additional fencing, classroom window coverings and the installation of new safety technology. Spring ISD currently has gun detection systems at three high schools and now plans to install them at all campuses, Hinojosa said. Shatterproof glass will be added to vestibules at school entrances. Additionally, upgraded systems that lock all vestibule doors will be installed so that visitors will have to be buzzed into the building after identifying themselves.
Protestors Karen Nguyen, left, and Angel Ly, right, engage in a demonstration at Discovery Green against the presence of the NRA in Houston, Friday, May 27, 2022, days after the a school mass shooting in Uvalde.More than 200 protesters gathered for a March for Our Lives rally at Northshore Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in The Woodlands.
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