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jmra, That's my point. How many fires each year are there in a school (especially modern buildings made of steel and concrete and stone)? How much more common are shootings in schools in the last 20 years? Don't tell me you're serious about keeping kids safe when you are unwilling to SECURE the building. If not keys, then what? I don't see realistic plans being discussed (not here, but at our district) so we'll just get lip service until, unfortunately, more of this suffering is seen again.

I'm encouraged by many comments. As a teacher I have spoken to my Superintendent, also. One thing that really bothers me is that here at the HS where I teach students routinely have to go to other buildings on campus, so the door security is pretty non-existent. They recently added a double entry to the front doors, but all a BG has to do is stand at one of the side doors, pound on the glass a while, an I'll bet my next paycheck that a student will eagerly open the door for them. To be serious about this threat, I suggested to the Sup that ALL doors be locked from the inside and out.
Replace the teachers' door keys with a master that opens the doors at the end of the halls. In case of a fire, you'll still have 12 - 30 teachers in any given hall with a key to let students out. By locking doors from the inside and out - and posting parent volunteers as security to monitor the doors that are used - the instance of a BG gaining entry is severely diminished.
I'm sure other districts/campuses are different, but we must allow the school to control safety, not decades old fire marshal guidelines.

- Dreamer42