The problem with school security

EDIT: I should add that I’m from the US, so there may be factors which I don’t know that would make security a bit easier. Please let me know what they are if you have them!<br><br><br>So with all the school violence that has been happening, it seems like there is going to be a bigger emphasis on school security. I’m a student in high school from now on, and my school has been putting into effect multiple security measures.<br><br><br>Firstly, a few months prior to the Florida shooting we had a drill which involved the police. They stormed the school, fired blanks into the air, and extracted us one by one. Specifically we were told that they were not to harm us, and to follow them. Now they have announced that in future drills, the police will be allowed to “extract” us with force, and that we should not resist. We were given a video to watch in class explaining what it would be like. The video was shot from a camera on a police officers vest, and it showed him kicking in a classroom door, and dragging someone out who was shrieking and screaming. The police said that it could happen at any time, so we need to be ready. I’m aware that having an active shooter drill is important and all, but the thought of police storming my classroom to drag me out by force is incredibly stressful. Imagine being a teacher or student in the classroom where the shooter has just been shot, or a teacher whose students are dead or dying, or a student who has just seen their friends die? There is already so much trauma after a school shooting, why would they think that it is okay to stress us out further by having a drill like this? My main concern is what if a teacher doesn’t remember that they’re just acting. Imagine the trauma of a teacher being pistol whipped by police, or students being tased because they aren’t aware that it’s just a drill. The police also say that they are allowed to use force that is proportional to the situation. So if there is someone in the classroom, shooting with a real weapon, the police can use a real weapon against them. But if they think that the person or people in a classroom are armed, what is to stop them from shooting the people in the room? The police officers will be wearing vests, so they might feel invincible and think that they can handle the situation themselves.<br><br><br>Next, the school is introducing a system where student IDs are scanned on the bus before we get off. The ID scans to see whether we are allowed to ride that bus or not, and whether we have any services. This is to try and track students who ride the wrong bus. The school also takes a photo of us when we get off the bus and when we board the bus. They say it is to prevent intruders from getting on the bus, but if an intruder managed to get on the bus and get a student ID, I’m sure they would be able to somehow change their appearance to look like the real person. You might be thinking that an intruder couldn’t get on the bus in the first place because the driver will recognise the students. But at least 50% of the drivers at my school don’t know the students on their bus, and if they’re a sub driver then they’re unaware of everyone on the bus. It’s just a whole lot of effort for nothing, and it also causes the buses to be late since everyone needs to scan their ID. If an actual shooter were to get on the bus, the drivers would probably let them on, because they’re unaware of the students on their bus.<br><br><br>Lastly, with the IDs, the school is going to implement a system for scanning them at every classroom door. They’re saying that this is for intruders, but really it’s to try and crack down on skipping. They’re unaware that if a student is going to skip class, they will most likely already be in the hallway, and will not want to skip to a random classroom. A lot of students aren’t even able to carry their IDs, so they have to have the teacher scan them. This is going to cause classrooms to start even later, considering that we already have to scan our IDs when we ride the bus. And what if a teacher isn’t there to scan the IDs? We have to go get the assistant principal, who will either be busy or elsewhere in the school? It’s just a complete waste of time and effort.<br><br><br>The school is also pushing heavily towards no one being in the hallway. If a teacher catches you in the hallway, even if you have a pass, they will send you to class and mark you as skipping. Even if you don’t have a pass, if the teacher sees you in the hallway they will know that you’re skipping and mark you down for it. The problem with this is that I need to leave French quite often to go to the nurse because I have chronic migraines. I will be in excruciating pain, and I’m sure it would be easy to tell that something is wrong. But because I would be skipping, the teacher would force me to go back to class. I wouldn’t be able to focus in class, and I would get in trouble for not completing the assignment. I know this from experience when I got a migraine and had to leave class, and I didn’t get in trouble. I went back to that class later and was not allowed to do the work, and I got in trouble for not having it done. Being in pain from a migraine and worried about missing assignments is a strange feeling that you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy, and now this will be happening to anyone who is in the hallway, even if they are supposed to be there.<br><br><br>Sorry if this was a long rant, I just happen to hate my school administration. Thanks for reading!