Let Teachers Carry Firearms on School Grounds School shootings are horrific events that have been happening way too often recently in our society. These events are usually caused by either: a student who has been bullied and pushed too far to the point of feeling that killing people is a good idea, a person with mental problems, or an adult wanting to display an act of terrorism. However, in recent years, schools have learned from these events and have taken the initiative in upgrading school security. They have added bulletproof glass on doors, keypads, and armed student resource officers. One thing that could be the deciding factor for whether a student or staff member lives or dies.
Each day, 100,000 students bring a gun to school, and another 160,000 students cut class because they fear physical harm (National Education Association). Those numbers may seem alarming, and so it is understandable as to why searches would be conducted to try and reduce these numbers. Also the controversy of whether a student’s fourth amendment right is being violated leans toward the administrator’s side. Schools do not need a warrant to be able to search lockers since the lockers technically belong to the school, and as long as there is reasonable suspicion, the searches are legal (Surveillance in Schools) (Constitutional Conflicts). Whether random searching is legal or not, it does not change the fact that students still feel violated of their privacy
Are Metal Detectors Necessary in Schools? While school shootings are a terrible thing that happens in our society, metal detectors are unnecessary in our schools today. Do metal detectors deter people from walking into a building and start shooting everyone? The cons of having metal detectors in schools are that they are costly, can create a bottleneck near the machines, and are useless if the shooter is outside the school. Metal detectors do not have a place in schools, and should not be the choice that school districts make.
Teachers should be allowed to search lockers. There are many cons in searching the lockers. Lockers are considered school property not student property and having teachers search the lockers save the school anything too bad from happening. But teachers should have a valid reason why? Having teachers’ search lockers just gets everything done
If schools adopt this new form of punishment, students will become more respectful of the rule set in place by the school about leaving campus. At schools where the measure has already been adopted; students are leaving without permission less and less. The effectiveness of billiam vs. in-school suspension has no comparison. The difference that the alternative punishment makes is very clear to not only school officials, but to students as well. In order to cut down on the number of students who leave school without permission, schools should do away with their inadequate in-school suspension policy, and adopt the new alternative policy known as billiam.
Random locker checks are not done to torment and/or invade the privacy of the students, but for many other important reasons which include school security. These checks are required because malicious students bring drugs and weapons to school and store them in the lockers. Random locker checks should be made obligatory and done frequently to assure the wellbeing of the students. In the first place, locker checks help increase the safety in schools. Safety is a problem in every environment and especially school.
School uniforms are to be used to limit skin exposure and anything gang related to prevent anything that might harm students or symbolize anything unsafe. In some cases, students rebel and try to make the uniform look according to the way they want to be portrayed as but the reality in that is that the policy isn’t going to let them do this. Students need to oblige to the uniforms given to them and not complain because it can get much worse than just putting on a simple shirt that you have to wear every day. Take for instance IDEA School; their uniform policy is VERY strict and they only allow you to wear what they want you to wear not what you think belongs to the uniform. In this school, the students are only allowed to wear the school t-shirt, cakey pants, closed toed shoes, and a belt that won’t let your pants sag down to your knees or farther.
Many argue that if more citizens carried weapons, criminals would be less likely to commit violent crimes. On the flip side, many others are willing to fight against it. Government officials should take matters into their hands and start regulating better safety guidelines including the right for school safety officers to carry guns to protect the wellbeing of those in any school structure building as
Bullying is a plague that creeps up on schools and spreads through rumors, causing innocent students to suffer. This is serious because, bullying is harmful towards anyone, especially to those in school. It could distract students from their studies and create a low self-esteem that can ruin future careers. Now there are already laws towards bullying such as discrimination, assault, and harassment, but those laws need to be enforced. However they are not, because in most cases of bullying it is usually one person’s word against the others.
If a teacher had a gun it would have to be hidden somewhere, but not in a locked place for quick access if someone were to open fire. Children, especially small children are very mischievous, if a child were to get the gun it could go off and harm another person. The only way to eliminate this problem would be to put the gun in a locked place and if a gunman came in, a teacher would most likely not be able to unlock the safe to get the gun out to protect the students. Teachers are very important people and are looked upon very highly. In my opinion they have the most important job which is educating others.