Last year, in reaction to the Amish massacre, our schools are all locked. There is a video feed on the front door and a parent has to buzz the desk, get seen by the secretary and state your business to get in, then the secretary unlocks the door. I’m not sure if there is any profiling going on, etc, but it is something.
Also, there was something about this on FR last year. And two days after the thread, the local news did a short piece about the principals (at least all of them in our county) and some select school personnel having met with FBI and local police about safety plans, etc.
They will be heavily armed. Locked doors are not going to stop them.
So they send a woman to push the button, the woman holds open the door, and the terrorists rush in.
Door locks and video are feel-good measures, that’s all. Determined terrorists are going to come in. Period.
In the district my kids go to, we have the same system. All exterior doors are locked at all times. There is one entry point...it has a camera (that is viewed in the office). You buzz in, are asked who you are, why you are there. If you are known (a parent...coming to pickup a child for an early dismissal or a sick child called from the nurses office) you are ‘buzzed in.’ If not you are greeted by school security and have to produce ID, explain why you are there. This happened last year as my husband (who never picks up or does any volunteer work at the school) had to pick up our youngest son (we got a call from the nurse). They were expecting me to do the pick up...and checked on my husband (since he was not known to them). We were pleased that they took the security of our child (and the building) so seriously.