Take Control, Make Our Schools Safe
In response to “School Lawyer Advises Easing Policy on Search” (Sept. 18), I am confused. What is the difference in requiring the public to pass through a metal detector in every airport around the world and asking students to pass through a metal detector as they enter school? Do students have different rights than someone who travels? As I fly almost every week, I have not seen airport security asking students if they would like to walk around the airport metal detectors.
Our public schools are going through the same tragic scenario as the commercial airlines did many years ago with the threat of hijackings. Our campuses have become battlefields for gangs and we have seen many otherwise law-abiding youths taking a gun to school for protection.
I think it is time to ask ourselves the same question the airlines asked, “How many people must die before we take control and make our environment safe?”
Our schools should be made safe for all students and faculty.
BOB CUMMING
Garden Grove
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