Natick Schools to Lock, Staff Front Doors Following CT Tragedy
The front door at all eight Natick Public Schools will be locked and staffed beginning Monday after a mass shooting took place at a Connecticut elementary school Friday.
NATICK, MA -- Dr. Peter Sanchioni, superintendent of the Natick Public Schools, sent out an email to all parents at about 2:45 p.m. Friday notifying them that, beginning Monday the front door of all schools will be locked and staffed throughout the day. This decision came after a school shooting in Newtown, CT, that left 26 dead this morning. "We are deeply saddened by the events that have taken place today in Newtown, CT.," Sanchioni wrote in his email. "Know that we have in place strong security systems in all eight of our schools. Our administration is well versed in handling lock down and crisis situations." In addition to adding the extra security of a locked and staffed front door and letting parents know that administrators do have …
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Dennis Karoleski
6:40 pm on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Making schools into forts is not the answer. Banning guns is not the answer. Restricting magazine capacity is another ridicules attempt at a solution. Stop for a moment and imagine what a run of the mill shotgun loaded with buckshot would have done. I understand he was a gamer so I suppose it’s a good thing he wasn’t into sward and sorcery games and attacked with a sword. Maybe some of the … more ›