TELL US: Should Schoolkids be Trained to Defend Against an Armed Attack?
New training techniques are being questioned that call for students to able to actively defend against a Columbine-style attack. What do you think?
The list of shooter attacks on high schools and colleges and universities is way too long. One result: a new approach to training schoolkids how to act in such circumstances. As NPR headlined its story last month about the technique: "to survive a shooting, students learn how to fight back." The essence of the new drill for students is: alert, lockdown, inform, counter, evacuate. Or, ALICE. What's new there? The verb "counter." Proponents of the new approach say there have been too many attacks for students not to be trained in how to more actively defend themselves. Others, especially some parents, ask: does that make sense to expect kids and teens to be able to make such hair-raising, possible life-risking decisions? There is controversy…
Concerned Parent
12:04 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012
Unrealistic liability concerns are a factor in the downward spiral of this country - from investment decisions in new small businesses, to hiring & firing of employees, and now apparently to the safety of our children vs the liability of a school district. Are you seriously stating that its OK not to provide even limited training to have students protect themselves if it means potential liability… more ›