This is so foreign to me, as a forty-something. Why do we let schools take security theatre to such tragicomedy. It likely breeds more killing than it prevents.
This wasn't so much theater. Even with all that we still had shootings, just mainly in the parking lot. This was well before Columbine and after every one joked how it wouldn't have happened here because too many students would have returned fire.
All of this security was in response to gangs and general violence of the late 80s / 90s.
All of this security was in response to gangs and general violence of the late 80s / 90s.