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I was just curious as to how everybody feels about the accessibility of campuses across the state.

Even though what happened here last semester was a hoax, it made me wonder about how easy it is for someone that us unaffiliated with this university to have access to roam campus as they please.

Do you think this is an issue in the public school systems as well? I know that the schools I attended were very accessible to outsiders.


Thu Jun 05, 2008 2:02 pm
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I think it is a huge issue, especially with elementary and high schools. In the elementary school I tutored at for CI 2800, I walked around the school for about 5 min.s before I found the office and nobody stopped me going in or roaming the halls. It turned out that the kids were on a playground but that still caught my attention as being dangerous. On the other hand, at my elementary school back home, the principal stands out front and watches every kid get into the cars after school. She also is very hard on people, even me and others she knows, when they don't check into the office first during school. I'm not saying that the state should mandate something to increase security at school because they would screw it up, but I hope that schools take it more seriously without having an incident to provoke it.

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I have always thought that our campus was way too accessible to the public. Anyone could come on campus very easily because there is no specific entrance. I feel that that is very dangerous! I know that some campuses, such as Wake Forest, at least have and entrance gate, which I am sure increases the amount of security of the school overall.

As far as elementary schools are concerned, I feel that people could enter the schools during the day very easily because the office staff is not always as alert as they should be to visitors. However, I do believe that at the car rider pickup areas the students are fairly safe, at least where I am from, because there is always a good number of adults supervising who gets into whose car, etc.

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Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:38 am
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I do think this is an issue depending on where you are in the state. With my high school we had multiple bomb threats from outsiders. My dad just retired from Maiden High School and he would come home with another situation from outsiders.
I'm sure this matter scares parents and they probably are a little hesitant in letting their children go to school. It would help if there were more resource officers to deal with these situations.


Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:41 am
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Back home when I went to high school, it was easy to come in the school. However, when i went home one time last year I went to go see my old football coach, and they said I would have to wait till after school. It had changed alot and I guess it was for the better for the saftey of the students.


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It does concern me that there isn't really enough funding in the budget to recruit a security task force for every school; however I do believe that people are inherently responsible when given a large amount of freedom, that is, if a person enters a school, and no one is there to greet them or escort them around the campus, it's likely that individual will seek someone for that purpose (and hopefully find a caring representative of the school). As far as vandals and bombers (from another discussion) go, I hope this is something schools can keep to a minimum or at least be during off-hours when no students would be at risk.

In the case of vandalism, repair work is great for bringing several students together with motivation to make improvements, so it could be a blessing in disguise. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't encourage any vandals, but I would expect some good to come out of anything bad which can happen in a school, considering the easy access outsiders have to campus.

I also think it depends on how busy the schedule is for the person normally taking it upon themselves to watch (like the principal) and make sure everyone is safely loaded to the bus or appropriately meets someone in the office. Best advice I can have for everyone around change of class time, and before and after school is: "Be observant and courteous to strangers." I've also found that when addressing someone for the first time, the more respect you give them, the more likely they are to be courteous right back -


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I also feel like security needs to be increased in public schools as well as on campus. Although the blue lights have been placed on campus I feel like there are not nearly enough of them around, if something were to accrue and you really needed help. I feel like anyone has access to our campus. Many times while I am sitting in the library, I often wonder if some of the people I see are students or not. Back home at the elementary school I attended, just like many other schools have signs on the front door saying to go to the office to sign in first. I do not feel like this is the most efficient way to keep intruders from coming in. If someone comes to the school, in most cases the office staff is not paying attention to the front door, which allows for anyone to come into the school. I really do believe that security needs to be increased at schools everywhere.


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I agree that safety should be paramount, but where are we willing to take security before schools start looking like prisons, the case in many of our nations largest cities?

I've been to schools like Duke and Wake Forest as Erin mentioned and they do have gates you must go through but its impractical to check any and all who go through them all the time. Think of all the students, faculty and staff that go into making a university run. Even if they did, anyone who wanted to gain entry secretly could simply hop a fence.

Events like Columbine and Virginia Tech (9/11 in a much broader way) opened the nation's eyes as to how vulnerable anyone can potentially be. However they were done by people from within those school communities and there was precious little that could have been done to prevent those people. The more we try to beef security and vilify those who do such mindless things, the more we provide a situation where someone can become the next and greatest terrorist-turned-martyr.

Very difficult topics with even more difficult solutions...

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As far as Appalachian I have always thought "anything could happen". I agree there are not nearly enough blue lights around and I honestly don't think they will do that good. I'm glad they started the emergency texts and phone calls, I think that will help relay the message. The only downfall is they do not become in effect until something happens. Someone could be hurt or killed before anyone knows. And What about those teachers who refuse to let students have their cell phones out during class. how will they know if there is an emergency. Things here at ASU are not inforced and I think students know it. For instance, the new smoking laws or whatever, people are smoking on campus all the time and no one stops them.(no offense smokers) but its really annoying.
I dont know how the elementary schools are around here, but I know at home anything could happen. I know when i went to observe i walked into the office of an elementary school and no one even noticed that i signed the clip board and walked out. And at my highschool they have published our threat policies in the local newspaper!! So when we have a bomb threat, the whole town knows we are going to the stadium.. whose to say the "intruder" won't be there waiting for us.....


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