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Originally Posted by Richard
Dozer is correct - and this is, in fact, pretty much the agreed upon standard which is practiced by nearly all schools - public and private - today, something teachers have accepted as a part of their job descriptions, and a reasonable and simple series of defensive actions students/families understand and are agreeable to supporting.
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So what you're saying is that lock-down is an compromise-driven, easy to implement, feel-good solution catering to the lowest common denominator, sort of like the TSA?
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Most schools today have on-site security or LEOs to assist administration in a variety of security/enforcement tasks.
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Perhaps in TX, but I can say with a good degree of certainty that this is not universally true, especially in many smaller schools (< 500 students) in at least...4 states I know of.
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immediate anonymous notification (e.g., broadcasting an innocuous sounding phrase such as "The faculty workroom is closed for maintenance until further notice" over the school's PA/telephonic/computer systems) of all campus and outside emergency security personnel, quickly securing of all occupied areas and removing potential 'targets' from the attacker's visibility, and awaiting a trained security response is reasonable, simple, and works well when practiced and applied correctly.
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Has this worked well when practiced against an actual shooter, or just in drills?