Our children do not even have to rob a bank to go to armed prisons. They just need to go to school.

Glad keeping students safe, is One of Uszenski priorities. I am sure it was hard decision between keeping kids safe and negotiating a larger pension.

Lets see last weeks meme was town property taxes were lowest in the world , I believe. This weeks meme , is our children our safe, just don't worry about who is guarding the guards.

Hmmm, I hope am not being Patch propaganzied.....

If someone wants to shoot up a school, a shopping mall, a theater or a house, there is little that anyone or group can do to prevent it. When the school busses are arriving or departing there are hundreds of kids walking all over the place. There are dozens of doors and windows in school buildings. When classes are changing there are hundreds of kids all over the building. Every door is breeched. All we can do is hope to reduce semi-automatic weapons and identify potential nut jobs that want to do harm to others. That is a tall order. Who really knows who is the next to go off the deep end?

What about the non-pub lic schools? Oh that's right those parents don't pay taxes. Who cares about those chidren? Great planning.

I'm glad we are doing something; that said, as a nation it is only a band aid approach to a severe systemic problem.

@ Denny D..I agree with you the movement of kids has to be hard to watch and control and with the dozen of doors and at time being kept open with a pen or pencil needs to be stopped.And your right you never know when someone will snap so better drug testing may need to be done to prevent harm to others.I know you are aware of the pill and other problem in our school..

Wow you never know ....Well you just have to watch the news there's a terrible story almost every day...If you get a chance youtube Sandy Hook new stories about the day ...

I felt so very safe with duck and cover in the '50's

I was at BMHS today to pick up a sick child. When I rang the bell I was told to stand in front of the camera and give my name and reason for entering the school. Once inside they asked if I was taking the child home and asked for ID (even though they know me)

While I understand you can not guard every door and window, and can not control student movement when they go to and from the buses, do feel increase security is warranted.

@BW..its great to hear that the security has increased the protection for the students but doors at other parts of the school should also have the same security..they don't...

I went to school to pick up my son. #1...they cannot see you from the office to the door. They just ask why you are there. #2... It says "report to the office upon entering"... I walked thru the school without reporting to the office. Not one person stopped me. I didn't sign in nor have a visitor tag. There was a police vehicle in the parking lot. Lot of good that did when I didn't see one in the building. . Schools are no safer. If I could just walk thru the school like that what's to say someone else can't?

The box at my son's school does not have a camera in it. It is like a doorbell. Second I did walk thru the school. I have no need to make up stories. I actually contacted the principal and let him know I walked thru the school without stopping at the office. Sorry you feel everyone is a liar. Please feel free to visit Lanes Mill School and see for yourself.

Not all Brick schools have cameras just so you are aware. Only 1 Elementary School has a camera

Re-read what I wrote... I said only 1 ELEMENTARY school has a camera...

I have mixed feeling about it.. I have children on the Middle school & in the HS. & OF COURSE want my children safe, but there's another part of me that is not to allow to feed into the fear, Just like after 9/11 ( that my children where alive for) we cant life our lives in fear & allow the terrorist to get the best of us .....

sorry typos thanks for understanding what I wrote lol

You know why these shooting dont happen in places like NYC schools?.................. because the students would shoot back and the shooter would be begging for the police.

That Sandy Hook shooting story is full of unanswered questions? What happened to the rifle found in the trunk of the car? What happened to the second guy in camo pants found in the woods? What about Robbie Parker and his ridiculous acting job?

I smell BS. Never trust the mainstream media

@Jim and how come we never heard again from Medical exam from news conferance again ... I can't believe what I saw on the reports...Just so sad..And Robbie Parker laughing seconds before they started report...I hope the truth come out...

The problem is that when our schools were built Security was not an issue, as they stand today they are very hard if not imposable to secure sufficiently.

Good now maybe they will do something about the smoking in the parking lot being I have called and nothing has been done. Isn't it against the law to smoke on school grounds??

Dear margo yes I chose for private school and that is my right. I pay for it. I have no faith in the system here. And to educate you so does a great deal of this towns public school administrators enroll their chilren in private school. Stating that my tax dollars go to police salaries just like the public school families. The mission of the police department is to protect and serve All citizens. Did you ever think how much higher your taxes would be if all the private school students would be enrolled in the public school system. Be careful of what you ask for. .....

I went to pick up my child at one of the middle schools the week after the Sandy Hook massacre. I was not asked to show identification to take him out of the school, and while I stood and watched about 5 students opened the front door for a pizza delivery person who never got a chance to ring the bell. Not one adult in charge addressed that situation and Dr. Uszenski still has not responded to my email regarding the situation.

Sam I sincerely hope that money you are putting out for your children's education serves them better than the education of their parent. Reread your comments. You sound like an imbecile. I assure you (as you put down our schools) that any child who cares about an education will thrive whether Mommy and Daddy try to buy it or not. If you despise the public school system so much so be it but you chose to leave and now you will need to pony up some more of your money for extra protection. Stop your whining.
On a separate note as a product of private school I can tell you firsthand they are riddled with drugs. Worse than public schools. So take your high and mighty elsewhere.

Just a FYI went to pick up my daughter from LRMS door was left open for anyone to walk into... I guess our middle school students do not count when it comes to safety & security

Lynn , who's the imbecile. I never put down the public education system. I was referring to the comment from Margo that if I want police protection for my child you have to go to public school. The examples I referred to about administrators from the public school system sending their kids to private schools are facts. If it hurts to hear too bad. And even a road scholar like yourselfrs can do the math if all the private schools closed down they would join the public school ranks@about $10, 000 each. Use that great private education you received from mommy and daddy and add it up. I'm impressed that you spell education imbecile correctly. Probably from reading it on the teachers comments on the back of your report cards.

Lynn , who's the imbecile. I never put down the public education system. I was referring to the comment from Margo that if I want police protection for my child you have to go to public school. The examples I referred to about administrators from the public school system sending their kids to private schools are facts. If it hurts to hear too bad. And even a scholar like yourself can do the math if all the private schools closed down the students would join the public school ranks@about $10, 000 each. Use that great private education you received from mommy and daddy and add it up. I'm impressed that you spell education imbecile correctly. Probably from reading it on the teachers comments on the back of your report cards.

Sam try writing in English then we will talk. By your comment that you have no faith in the system you have insulted those of us who do. A ROAD scholar?? I'm going to laugh myself out of this conversation now.

You also left both of your comments up. I guess you couldn't figure out if it was ROAD or the correct version RHODES scholar so you deleted that then put your second comment up. I think I'll keep my children in the public education system and hope they never run into yours and the administration's top scholars :)