When Angry Parents Cross the Line: A Growing School Safety Concern
Schools have always dealt with angry parents. Heated meetings, complaints about discipline, disagreements over grades, and challenges to administrative decisions are nothing new. But there is an important difference between an angry parent and a threatening parent. Threats, intimidation, harassment, attempts to force their way into secured areas, and physical assaults against teachers, principals, front […]
School Security Leadership Starts in the Main Office with School Secretaries
When school leaders think about school safety, they often think about administrators, school resource officers, security personnel, emergency plans, cameras, access control systems, and other security measures. They should also be thinking about the school secretary sitting in the main office. School secretaries and other office support staff are on the frontlines of school safety […]
Training office staff critical to school entrance access control
Many schools are using various door entry systems to aid in visitor screening. Strong access control and visitor management is one important component of a comprehensive school safety strategy. One weakness we consistently see in our security assessment consultations nationwide is in the training of main office and other staff who use the security technology […]