Ladue School District Explains Post-Newtown Security Changes
The tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary prompted immediate changes in security protocols at Ladue Horton Watkins High School.
The Ladue School district has instituted new security measures at Horton Watkins High School in the wake of the Newtown, CT school shootings which left 26 people dead Friday, including 20 students. Effective Monday, exterior doors at the high school are locked after the first bell, as is the case at other district schools. A letter to parents said the district was planning on making the switch next school year but that events prompted the change. There is "discussion" of increasing parking lot security at the high school. Below is the full text of the message sent out to parents: The physical and mental safety and security of our students is our number one priority in the Ladue School District. Unfortunately, unexplainable, horrible …
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8:10 am on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
I paint it as nothing. If you are embarrassed by your own public information and line item expenses, I can not help it. The cost of this program is peanuts. The real problem with the LSD is it spends too too large a percentage of revenue on payroll and never has enough for other things. We are in a buyers' market for teachers and what do we do? We raise the starting pay and raise everyone's taxes… more ›