State Education chief: More being discussed to make schools safer for kids

After the recent mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas…state education officials are discussing policy changes to help make Louisiana kids safer in class. State Education superint4endent Cade Brumley says there have already been talks between him and about 100 education leaders from school systems statewide. He says the safety of students is Job One, and an important step is for faculty and staff to harbor trust between themselves and the student body, “…having students comfortable with teachers in the building – someone in the building – if they feel like something isn’t right, if they hear something that might not be right, if they see something on social media that doesn’t look right…to report that.” 

Brumley says more focus will be made on keeping school facilities physically secure as well.

“Schools should not have open doors all around the exterior of their building. Schools, ideally, should have one single point of entry…where individuals can walk into that place and not have access to all the wings of the school. There are some barriers in place.”

Brumley says school kids are more “plugged in” to what’s going on than ever before, and school officials need to find ways to reach them, so they can know about violent school incidents in time to take preventive action.

“If something doesn’t feel right. If something doesn’t look right. If you hear something or see something, you’ve got to speak up. You’ve got to let somebody know.”