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howdy wrote:It would be great if Teachers were only in the classroom. My Daughter is a first grade teacher and she is in the classroom, lunchroom, "specials" room, playground.....She said that EVERY practice lockdown was pre-announced and ALL kids were in their homeroom at the time of the practice. In reality, some of her kids could be in the restroom, going to the clinic, etc, and she would be hard pressed to lock them out of the room. She said the district has not covered what she should do if they were NOT in their classroom and bad things started to happen. They all line up in the halls at the end of the day to go home. Some go on the bus, some walk, some have parents pick them up. There is alot of opportunity for "what-if"scenario training. I was a Federal Flight Deck Officer before I retired from Delta Air Lines. We had VERY specific ROE and we were not allowed to leave the cockpit during a threat. We trained for different scenarios but 99% was for protecting the cockpit.

CC Italian wrote:

but people need to understand that teachers receive more training and practical application of conflict resolution than most other professions combined. A high school teacher lives it everyday.

True but the ones who get a ton of that type of training are the Special Ed. teachers. Man do they deal with a lot!

I am special ed. certified but don't teach it. The continuing education for a teacher is never ending. Just like any other professional career but those special ed. teachers deal with so much.

Big Ben wrote:

Getting these teachers the plastic in their hands is great, but what about getting them trained?

I sincerely hope that these Houston area school district police departments are planning ahead for all these packing teachers. It seems likely that the Texas legislature is going to change the landscape of what a "Gun Free Zone" is and some sort of plan needs to be in place.

I agree, I do not think teachers getting their CHL should be the final requirement to enabling teachers and school administrators to carry on campus. I believe there should be specialized training having to deal with scenarios that are specific to schools. My hope is that by teachers and administrators getting their CHLs will raise awareness to the cause, and perhaps be a spring board into getting local ISDs to take action.

One of the things that scares me the most is something I read regarding the shooting at Lonestar College - North Harris. This report http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... id=8964635" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; done by ABC 13 talks about how the campus police officers would not approach the suspects or the victims until Harris County Sheriffs Officers arrived on scene a few minutes after they did. It also discusses how they rely on HCSO to come in and assist and take control. Now granted my wife is not an employee of the Lonestar College system, but I would not want her unarmed in an active shooter situation waiting on police who are waiting on more police.

Do you already have a range and a place to teach the courses or do you need an instructor AND range and classroom?

I do have a place where a class could be held. I have not secured a range to work with yet, however I do have contacts at various ranges around Houston, and worst case scenario we could just go rent some lanes at a range and use them for our class.