All the teacher wannabes I know are always griping about how few openings there are for new teachers. A lot of the parents I know are worried about their children being sexually molested in school by teachers. (A child is more likely to be molested in school that at church!) Here is my proposal: Require all teacher wannabes to undergo an in depth background check required to obtain a concealed carry permit and required the teacher WANNBE to obtain a concealed carry permit BEFORE she or he can be issued a teaching certificate. If the teacher allows the concealed carry permit to lapse, her (or his) teaching credential will also lapse. That simple change in policy will prevent schools from being soft targets for mentally ill cowards such as Adam Lanza.
“All the teacher wannabes I know are always griping about how few openings there are for new teachers.”
It is a real tragity too given how many teachers might actually teach if they were just capable of losing their job to one of theses hopefuls.