School Security

I was listening to the news regarding armed guards (police, security personnel or teachers with concealed weapons) in public Schools in the U.S.

As I thought about it to make it more effective it might be useful to have computerized video cameras running face recognition software that also note unusual behavior. If this was mass produced for all public schools it could be made much more cost effective for all schools nationwide to be using. So, by having at least one public or undercover officer (police, security or teachers with concealed weapons) combined with face recognition software and unusual behavior software looking at different locations in schools, this could prevent other bad things happening in all schools.

However, it would not prevent necessarily someone with a sniper scope on a rifle at a distance like a sniper uses, or someone planting a bomb and blowing a school up with children in it. It would only prevent someone coming on campus and being successful in killing many children at once.

So, in the end there is no effective way to prevent all the different potential types of mayhem possible only certain kinds.

This is why I believe in Home Schooling as a way to keep your kids alive and safe. I have written about my experience with home schooling my oldest three children through Oak Meadow School in other articles.

1. Oak Meadow: Homeschooling Curriculum, Resources, and Support

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