I was able to communicate with him during the entire four hour ordeal and provide updated status to concerned parents that were not able to communicate. >>>
yea, so he could stick his head out to report to you what was going and get shot in the process. Arm the teachers and lock up all those Emotionally Disturbed kids. End of problem.
During a lock down all students are locked in their class rooms with no exit for any reason. Therefore my son had no way to "stick his head out".
Students were freaking out, crying and using bottles to relieve themselves. Every parent standing in the parking lot wanted to know what was going on inside because the police told us nothing.
If you do not see a benefit to communicating with your child during a crisis then nothing I say can convince you other wise.
During this ordeal the teacher that was with my son's class took the bottle that a student just pissed into and rubbed it on his face and pretended to drink it as a joke.
Funny guy huh?
Arming teachers sounds like a good idea, until you meet some teachers. Some should not be allowed to drive, much less encouraged to have a gun. Also, how hard would it be to steal a teachers gun? I doubt that many teachers here in the great state of MD are trainable enough to carry and RETAIN a handgun.