15 'big ideas' for stopping school massacres

[waynesan]

 

“We need to make a stand right now that our schools need to be the most important thing we have in this country — not Wall Street, not Capitol Hill, our schools.” — Coach Frank Hall

 

Here's an interesting read about ideas to make our schools safer.

http://www.policeone.com/police-trainers/articles/6974176-15-big-ideas-for-stopping-school-massacres/

[hipower]

And all of this boils down to basic common sense preparation and tactics. Very little of which will ever be implemented in the schools.

[sigmtnman]

Not saying it does not hurt to lose folks but the reaction is disproportionate to the problem.  Per the CDCs 2010 report, homicide is not even in the top 15.

 

Car accidents collisions are always disproportionately #1 , followed by birth defects and cancer.  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/children.htm

 

Turning us into a bigger police state does not seem like the correct response.

Edited March 27, 2014 by sigmtnman

[wjh2657]

Now, I assume everybody here will vote for a huge increase in property taxes this year. That is what it will take to implement any of these suggestions. It will take large sums of tax money and right now we don't even have enough to pay our teachers or make improvements in our school buildings, like working toilets and air conditioners. Taxes have become a dirty word, but that is how our governments pay the bills (or at least should be.) With all of the talk about decreasing taxes, this article is a waste of words, it can't happen.

[sigmtnman]

Agree.

 

Also, I see that " Phases of the Active Shooter" turning into more zero tolerance nonsense.  Reading the source article that came up with it, the only thing that saved the situation was the would be accomplice going to his parents.

[wipfel]

Now, I assume everybody here will vote for a huge increase in property taxes this year. That is what it will take to implement any of these suggestions. It will take large sums of tax money and right now we don't even have enough to pay our teachers or make improvements in our school buildings, like working toilets and air conditioners. Taxes have become a dirty word, but that is how our governments pay the bills (or at least should be.) With all of the talk about decreasing taxes, this article is a waste of words, it can't happen.

 

I think he addressed that at the end of the article when he was talking about making schools the priority.  I got the impression he was saying we should divert existing funds.  That was part of the quote by the coach, though, so maybe I'm mistaken.

[BigK]

Now, I assume everybody here will vote for a huge increase in property taxes this year. That is what it will take to implement any of these suggestions. It will take large sums of tax money and right now we don't even have enough to pay our teachers or make improvements in our school buildings, like working toilets and air conditioners. Taxes have become a dirty word, but that is how our governments pay the bills (or at least should be.) With all of the talk about decreasing taxes, this article is a waste of words, it can't happen.

 

Alternatively, they could spend the money they already get more wisely.

 

According to BeaconTN.org, in TN since 2000, the student population has only grown 7%, yet the number of teachers has grown 17% and the number of administrators has grown 35%. There's room to trim some fat here. Our state spends almost $11,000 per student and less than half goes toward actual instruction, despite the mandate being 60%. There's room to trim some fat here.

 

Cutting one single district admin position per district office will free up enough dough to do something useful to bolster security in every school in that district. Studies already show these admin positions are NOT improving eductation, so why not use the money to make schools safer instead? Of course that assumes you think the risk warrants the expeditures.

Edited March 27, 2014 by BigK

[Guest semiautots]

Now, I assume everybody here will vote for a huge increase in property taxes this year. That is what it will take to implement any of these suggestions. It will take large sums of tax money and right now we don't even have enough to pay our teachers or make improvements in our school buildings, like working toilets and air conditioners. Taxes have become a dirty word, but that is how our governments pay the bills (or at least should be.) With all of the talk about decreasing taxes, this article is a waste of words, it can't happen.

 

We have enough money, but it is spent on free cell phones, food stamps, bureaucrat salaries, and presidential vacations.  Yes, this is Federal spending, but if we didn't have to send our money to the anus of America (Washington, DC), we could use it at home.

[tnguy]

Now, I assume everybody here will vote for a huge increase in property taxes this year. That is what it will take to implement any of these suggestions. It will take large sums of tax money and right now we don't even have enough to pay our teachers or make improvements in our school buildings, like working toilets and air conditioners. Taxes have become a dirty word, but that is how our governments pay the bills (or at least should be.) With all of the talk about decreasing taxes, this article is a waste of words, it can't happen.

 

There will never be enough to pay teachers or make improvements to school buildings because every time taxes are raised, they spend it on other crap. Then a year or two later, they can come around again and cry about how there's not enough to pay teachers or make improvements to school buildings.