http://www.lasorsa.com/blog1/2010/05/31/school-security-schools-weigh-safety-efforts/ Safe Rooms | Security Systems | Security Consulting   Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.lasorsa.com/blog1/2010/05/31/school-security-schools-weigh-safety-efforts/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Brian Nash Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:00:19 +0000 http://www.lasorsa.com/blog1/?p=196#comment-115 Well done piece. My daughter is a social worker in the Baltimore City School system. She shares stories of 'near misses' that for the most part don't make the news. Perhaps it's good that on a national level we haven't heard recently of any more Columbine but that raises in my mind the concern voiced by Joe La Sorsa - “We’re too complacent, as a society, as a whole." I'm afraid he may well prove to be right. We seem to react when tragedies are fresh but then our national mindset seems to grow weary of an issue until the next tragedy occurs. Your posting and the efforts of the many referenced in it who are trying to stay on top of these issues of violence in our schools are to be commended. The chilling reality, however, lies in your quote of Theordore Feinberg - "There is no safety zone." The answer may lie in solving the bigger issue: - why are we such a violent society? Kudos again for your piece. Keep the word out there front and central. Well done piece. My daughter is a social worker in the Baltimore City School system. She shares stories of ‘near misses’ that for the most part don’t make the news. Perhaps it’s good that on a national level we haven’t heard recently of any more Columbine but that raises in my mind the concern voiced by Joe La Sorsa – “We’re too complacent, as a society, as a whole.” I’m afraid he may well prove to be right. We seem to react when tragedies are fresh but then our national mindset seems to grow weary of an issue until the next tragedy occurs. Your posting and the efforts of the many referenced in it who are trying to stay on top of these issues of violence in our schools are to be commended. The chilling reality, however, lies in your quote of Theordore Feinberg – “There is no safety zone.” The answer may lie in solving the bigger issue: – why are we such a violent society? Kudos again for your piece. Keep the word out there front and central.

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