It’s true. I read it earlier this week and just shook my head. The idea of a buch of kids throwing canned goods at an intruder struck me as folly.
Refusing to arm the teachers is folly. However, in the absence of armed teachers, the kids are going to die anyway. They might as well go down fighting. They have textbooks, notebooks, iPads, shoes, etc. Teach them to fight back with whatever they have, instead of cowering under their desks where they can neither fight nor run. Teach them that even if some of them get killed, the rest can swarm the attacker. Instill some fighting spirit into them.