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After Columbine, we remember writing a series of editorials urging schools to "harden" their campuses. No longer was America the land of Opie and Beaver. In modern America (circa late 1990s), things had to change. And if kids were bringing guns to school to slaughter each other, obstacles had to be put up. Such as locks and cameras and fences. And when new schools are built, the designs no longer could embrace the so-called "open campus" feel.
Little Rock School District administrators and teacher leaders disagree on the hours teachers should be at work on their campuses, be it 7.5 hours plus a duty-free, 30-minute lunch or the current practice of just over six hours.
The Little Rock School Board on Thursday voted unanimously to place mobile weapons-detection devices in the entryways of the district's middle and high schools and at a handful of other sites.
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Test scores dropped significantly during the pandemic, and the Little Rock School District says that they have a plan to get themselves out of that situation.