[cycjec]

Apparently, the kids *can* get out if necessary. I think.

[freekitty]

We need to get back to normal where that is considered manners.

[pnh102]

Hmmm... so a kid broke a posted rule and is now being punished in accordance with that rule... aside from pupils using this as an easy way to get time off from school, what is the problem here?

[OldNewYork]

It might have been a rule that made sense for that area, and that school. If it was a posted rule and the child can read, I don’t see that this is a story, except one reminding everyone that America has changed since most of us were young. If some random shooter, aggrieved divorced parent, or pedophile had gotten in that way, imagine the outrage here directed at the school for not having enough common sense to secure entrances.

[apillar]

When my kids started Junior High (the same one I attended 25 years before), I went to the open house at the start of the year. The principal was proudly showing off their "safe schools" system that the taxpayers had shelled out a fortune for. All the outside doors were now locked. Classrooms still had doors to the outside for fire escape purposes, but opening one now would set off an alarm. Visitors had to identify themselves and be "buzzed" into the school. Then they had to stop at a station that was manned by a full time "security officer" and get an ID badge. The security officer also monitored cameras that were in every hall in the school.

I couldn't forget how much school seemed like prison when I attended 25 years before. I don't know how the kids today can even stay sane. It really IS a prison now, even looks like one with all the cameras and security. I guess it's to get them accustomed to the new police states of America.

[dog breath]

This story reminds me of why I would get in trouble in school, too many rules even way back then. Unfortunately schools have to have rules and even more unfortunately many principals are too afraid of school boards to not follow them blindly.

[TalBlack]

What the hell has happened to the spirit of the American kid? 30 yrs ago Anyone imposing some of the rules kids swallow today would have be mocked and derided to his face...t o h i s f a c e! They tried sometimes vis a vis smoking etc but all hell would break loose. Mostly they had the attitude “you’re here to learn. if you do not take advantage of this opportunity you will regret it.” A wise attitude.

[Secret Agent Man]

Being prepped for prison life. Big Brother life of zero-tolerance policies, pc groupthink and insane laws.

[Oztrich Boy]

All of the schools’ doors are locked during the day.

Does this mean they are unlocked at night?

Or locked at all times like all prisons?