It make's me feel a little better knowing that it's a start.

What a waste of money. This will not stop a mentally ill person from doing something. We do not need to live our lives on lock down!!!!!!!!!

I am not about living my life in fear or teaching my children to live in fear but am FOR this 100 %! Safety should be our 1st priority, and this will provide valuable time for staff and students in the event something does happen.

It should be in place. I was SHOCKED to go pick my child up from school early for a doctor's appointment and the reception staff pointed to a computer terminal and told me to just sign him out. Nobody looked at me, checked an ID or even questioned why I was there. If they have to answer a buzzer or look at a monitor, perhaps they will be sure who is entering our schools.

I am happy to see the Board moving in this direction. Realistically, I recognize that a determined person who wants to harm our children will do whatever they can. However, these measures will make it much more difficult. I would rather we take the logical step towards additional security versus burying our heads in the sand, throwing our hands up in the air, and saying there is nothing we can do to stop a mentally ill person. If this gives my kids and their teachers on more minute to protect themselves, then I am all for it. Shame on those of you who think this is a waste of money.

What about the playground? The kids are easy targets out there.

Am I reading this correctly, will whoever answers the buzzer be able to let someone that buzzes from any door into the building?

There should only be buzzers and/or cameras at doors that they allow visitors to use to enter the school - namely the front or main doors. Allowing any entry into any other door is wrong. Just wrong.

If I remember correctly, the threat came from students and not a visitor. What good does showing an ID do? After some crazy person does something, they can say, oh yeah, that was John Doe! He showed his ID at the door! Awesome!!

Hi Jane. I absolutely agree with you. I thought they already ID'd visitors. I used to help out my children's classes (all 4) throughout their years at old post. The ladies of course knew me, but I had to sign in and wear a visitors badge. Had to go thru office. All locked up. And high school also, had to go to security office and show my ID to pick up kids for anything. And OHS wouldn't even let you in unless you had an appointment there. They made me wait in the security office. just saying.. Like Walt, I don't think this is where the problem lies, especially when they're beefing up due to the latest threat. Threat came from inside. It's crazy and ridiculous that no one looked at the mother who was picking up her child for an appointment and didn't have to prove who she was. :( that really upsets me. Was it at Thompson??

Well folks if you have a case like they had in Chicago where a student brought a gun into the school in his backpack, a lot of good a buzzer and camera will do. That particular school was fitted with metal detectors but policy at the time did not call for the students to go through them only visitors. Dillion and Cleebold were students right? Hello....

Basha, I picked up my step daughter at OHS once and they looked on the list they had for the first time in 12 years of school here and they had old info which did not have my info on it so they said someone had to call and authorize it. I couldn't reach my wife so I walked outside the doors and called the school and said Jimmy would be there in a couple minutes. I gave it 5 minutes and went back in. No problem. It was even the same so called security person who gave me trouble the first time. Some security....

This is definitely a step in the right direction. I know I'm gonna get blasted for this but I really think every school should have at least 2 or more trained teachers / security / principle etc who are armed. Unarmed & unprotected facilities are prime targets for mentally ill people, but if it's common practice for every school to have a couple anonymous trained armed individuals (even if it's plain clothed officers) then it's less likely they will target our children. But as of now the schools are literally open game for these psycho's. And it's only gonna get worse thanks, in part, to the media.

In a building the size and sprawl of OHS having two or three armed adults might not provide the security you might think. In the time it would take for them to arrive, many could die or be injured. It's an interesting idea and everything should be on the table including metal detectors at the JHS and HS level if not all schools. The time of saying oh metal detectors at schools will adversely effect our property values is over. I'm sure there is some design of detector that could be built into the entrance so it's not exposed for those who don't like the looks of them. All the commentary thus far has been on keeping a crazed person, presumably a non student, from getting in. Unfortunately you also have to consider keeping weapons out from those who are supposed to be inside the building too. A counter can be found to any security enhancement if someone is determined.

If the armed & trained individuals are anonymous then even the students would not know who they were. I understand that as big as some of the schools are it may not make a difference if the assailant is in a different wing of the school as one of the armed individuals, however the point of this would be to deter the thought of them even attempting the assault. If they knew there was a good chance they would be taken down before they were able to take the life of even one innocent then it would be well worth it. It's not feasible to believe that 100% of schools can be protected from 100% of the predators. A determined mentally ill person can find a way, but I truly believe that the attacks on our schools - by individuals inside the school & out - would subside dramatically if they weren't guaranteed their names would be on front page of the news along with the body count of their victims.

Absolutely right on the media coverage. A prominent psychologist if Germany reported on WGN days after Newtown indicating that its one of the worst things that can be done, keep on and on and on with the coverage. I'm all for deterrence. Anytime you point a weapon or plant the idea of a weapon it does make people think before acting. Like everything else mentioned, metal detectors, bullit proof glass, cameras and buzzers, armed security, etc it will take a mix of everything and to keep it fresh on a routine basis to reduce the chances. But doing something now is better than more talk and doing nothing.

I think those few members of school staff should have tazzers instead of guns. Takes a perp down without causeing a great distraction though out the building.

I would just like to point out that Newton had cameras and buzzers. The gunman shot out the glass.

And in other News Oswego's taxes will rise another 15% to cover the cost and the pork that is added to the invoice for under the table deals...

Were the students who started the rumor identified and punished? We definitely have some troublemakers in our District.