seems to me they're pretty safe with the doors locked and the gunman somewhere else. The original poster regarding the slams against public schools may have been alittle over the top but it does happen every time there is a thread about anything remotely resembling public schools with the same old sweeping statements made. Your kids may be safe at home and maybe not but I know my kids and husband are safe at their respective schools.
Update on wtopnews.com. Perp had been spotted by a PG County Police office (man). Kids will be dismissed at the normal time (3:00pm). Parents will report to a building near the school and pick up their kids. That's all the reporter said...
If the Muslims do decide to strike at the heart of America like they said, there's a lot of homeschooling FReepers here to help. There's also nation wide support groups available in your area. After France and Germany, I hope they don't try it here.
Anyway, if they do, we're here for you, OK?
Obviously, keeping kids at home will generally be safer than sending them to a large institution, and they would also be safer if they never climbed trees, and never rode a bike and never walked to the park. Putting kids in a bubble does not teach them to be strong and prepared to defend their home and their country, but sending them to a leftists institute of socialist-just-tell-the-teacher brainwashing does not prepare them either.
And, realistically, public schools are less safe than almost anywhere else they can go (except maybe Wachovia Bank, which instructs their tellers to hand over whatever the bank robber wants). What form of protection do kids and teachers in public schools have? Liberal, anti-gun advocates have done everything they can to ensure that the only one who will ever have a useful gun in a school building is the bad guy.