Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick is getting dragged after stating that Texas schools need to look at limiting the number of entrances and exits to ensure student safety:
https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/997557776850268162
Full video here:
https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/997568442000642054
This isn’t a controversial idea. For example, Sandy Hook in Connecticut is being rebuilt with school safety in mind. From The Atlantic:
Understandably, the Sandy Hook community still has raw emotions about school safety. And the architects have tried to balance those sentiments with the practical and aesthetic needs of a school, implementing state-of-the-art security features that are unobtrusive, in some cases hidden to the naked eye. The design includes features that buffer students from the outside without bombarding them with safeguards. For example, the site plan includes a bioswale, or “rain garden,” sitting between the new building and the parking lot. On architectural renderings, the area looks like a shallow moat with stones in front of the school and acts as a first line of defense, guarding children if someone were to enter the property through one of the three entrances. It also harnesses natural resources and serves educational purposes. “The bioswale does triple duty,” McFadden explained. “Yes, it ends up being an added security feature, but it also is a learning tool for children in front of the school about how water works and how we can mitigate pollutants that we contribute to our environment. The bioswale filters water by collecting rain from the roof that funnels into the garden plants and then goes into the aquifer.”
And from CBS MarketWatch after the Parkland shooting:
School entrances should function more like banks. Hallways and entrances are being designed so teachers can easily spot who is moving around a school. Additionally, they should be organized such that they can be locked or closed off if needed, said Jim Childress, principal at Connecticut-based architectural firm Centerbrook Architects.
“There should be layers of zoning,” he said. “Even if the intruder gets past the front entrance and students can take shelter in different areas, so the intruder has a hard time moving through the school itself.
The issue in Texas — and everywhere else — is what to do about old construction that doesn’t have any of these architectural safety features. That’s what Patrick is talking about, and it’s a necessary debate.
But for some reason, Patrick is being ridiculed for it. Some examples from the blue-check mob:
This is a bad, bad idea. getting out of a school is just as important as getting in. And it's not just about guns. A fire, for instance, would be a horrifying nightmare if there was only one entrance/exit https://t.co/ui2UBKttWc
— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/997561141370019841
Ah, of course!
No need for gun control, it's DOOR control that's the real issue. https://t.co/5dre4IBk0w— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 18, 2018
Omfg they're going to ban doors before they ban assault rifles https://t.co/v0A6QLfGfW
— Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) May 18, 2018
That would seem to pose some additional obvious dangers, no? For shootings and fires? https://t.co/2BUesj7oED
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 18, 2018
The cause of today's shooting, per Patrick: Doors. https://t.co/DCUlFi0GmT
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 18, 2018
Of note, the media orgs who employ the people above all are in buildings that limits the number of entrances and exits and has significantly more people in it than a typical high school. It’s common sense.
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