I still want to know how a former, expelled student got into Douglas High School?

[chuckstevens]

I am not trying to blame anyone, but we're there no steps in place to prevent intruders from entering the building?

[MineralMan]

1. I don't think we have that information yet.

We will.

[hack89]

2. Apparently he was wearing his JROTC uniform

and kind of blended in.

[malaise]

3. I wondered if this helped

Cruz was wearing a wine-colored ROTC polo shirt

[Soxfan58]

4. Do we know yet

That someone didn't try? Hearing a lot of victim blaming here, at a time when the facts can change quickly.

[chuckstevens]

5. Not blaming anyone; just wondering at the end of the day he got in?

It's a fair question for schools across America to ask themselves.

[Fred Sanders]

6. Doors?

[chuckstevens]

9. That are always supposed to be LOCKED from the outside!

Did another student unknowingly let him in? Did he not have to sign in at the office? Was his ID not checked at the door?

[Fred Sanders]

10. Shoot the locks? He had his ID checked. It was an AR-15.

[DURHAM D]

12. Why do you think school doors are locked?

This school has more than one building. How do you think they move from building to building for their classes?

I volunteer at a high school three days a week and we have four buildings.

[tblue37]

18. From the outside? Don't you mean from the inside? nt

[Siwsan]

7. I delivered a 'bequest' check to a school, last week, and walked right in with no questioning

My Aunt left some money to her parish school, in her will. I was shocked that the door was unlocked and I didn't have to 'buzz' in. Nobody either tried to stop me, or questioned me. I was surprised, then. Now I'm shocked.

[jberryhill]

8. Schools do not generally have magic doors capable of selectively allowing entry

Maybe schools are different where you live, but schools with which I am familiar have parking lots and doors.

[rainy]

11. Our school is always locked and you have to go in the

the front door tam wait to be buzzed in. Elementary school.

[femmocrat]

20. That is pretty standard practice now.

Since Sandy Hook anyhow. All of our buildings were retrofitted to have a "mouse trap" entry way. Anyone entering the building had to ring the buzzer, and go through a couple sets of doors before entering directly to the front office. No one could just wander in and roam about the halls. Leaving a door open could be grounds for dismissal.

[BigmanPigman]

13. My first grade classroom, and all classrooms

at my school, had doors that could only be locked FROM THE OUTSIDE! After Sandy Hook we had a staff meeting and my idiot principal wasn't even aware of this minor fact until I raised my hand and filled her in.

[femmocrat]

16. Ours did too.

We had to lock the doors from the outside (hall side) and keep it locked while kids were in the room. Every time some kid had to use the bathroom, someone would have to get up to let them back in. It was a nuisance, but that's how it was.

Another thing was that all the doors opened out... toward the hall. So any advice about blockading the doors was useless. (I was the one who told the principal.)

[femmocrat]

14. A spokesman for the district just said he entered during dismissal. (on MSNBC)

Makes sense that the doors would be wide open as students were leaving the building. As a former student, he would know that.

[chuckstevens]

15. Thanks! That explains It!

[Firestorm49]

17. No

He shot his way in.

[rickford66]

19. I recently entered our local HS twice.

Two elderly ladies, one behind a counter and the other behind sliding glass window. Even though they knew I was going to visit, I didn't have to do anything except sign a logiin/logout sheet. No other security. It's a rural school and I know almost all the male students have access to guns and there's heavy drug use. My son graduated 6 years ago and I know the situation was the same back then. The only reason I can think of why there hasn't been violence is the low student population, 383 and the classes mix socially. I hope it stays that way.