Security Protocols Under Review for Shrewsbury Schools
Superintendent Joseph Sawyer is working with emergency responders to make sure district children are safe.
According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, schools that had previously had an "open door" policy quickly became locked facilities requiring visitors get buzzed in following the Connecticut shooting tragedy. Boston expanded its security at schools, as did towns such as Natick, Winchester and Medford. Shrewsbury Public Schools Superintendent Joseph Sawyer has decided now is the time to review the schools’ safety plans here as well. “We have redoubled our efforts related to existing safety and security protocols, and we have increased the levels of supervision of visitors to our schools,” Sawyer said in a release. Sawyer is worked with Shrewsbury Police Chief James Hester to create a committee to review the current safety plans and …
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AnnMarie R. Harvie
6:41 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
Any security beef up would be welcomed. The assailant in CT shot through a glass door or window to get in, right? Perhaps some bullet-proof glass at those entrances would help. It would be too expensive to do all the school windows, I think. Buzzers with a monitor to see who wants to come in and a little bullet proof glass might go along way. I know we're strapped for cash. Perhaps Obama will … more ›