[grania]

From my experience teaching, it seemed that the people who were most aware of the goings on with students were the custodians. They're also the people who know the school environment throughout the day. They can get in and out of anyplace in the school. They would not be responsible for calming a classroom full of students in a real situation. (been there, done that). Why not train janitors to respond to situations? That would include making expertise in firearms use a factor in hiring.

Just by outlier AM idea.

[Enlightened1]

I would like to see it like the U.S. Marshals on an Airplane.

No one knows who is armed, and you can even make the guns be biometric so only the teacher, principal and/or Administrators can use it.

I’m not really sure about custodians, but I am sure they can certainly play a role. When I was in school we never talked to them.

[jch10]

We had a police officer, who was double dipping, on our staff as our maintenance man. You bet our students knew it, faculty too.