Ramping up school security

School security is always something Superintendent Bob Gates, Carbon County School District #2 Board of Directors and principals talk about, but events like the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut put the conversation front and center.

The challenge is to put some practical procedures in place without creating a logistical nightmare. Short of turning them into a prison and drastically restructuring students’ educational experience, there is no way to make schools completely safe.

“We’re going to the extreme,” Larry Hepner, district facility manager, said. “That’s the nature...