newtown

On Friday, back in Newtown, Connecticut, a crazy guy forced his way into an elementary school and opened fire.  20 students and 6 or 7 adults died.  A horrible tragedy.  The school was in a great community, it had safety/locks in place and still this horrible thing happened.  I felt really sad.  It really makes me and a bazillion other people wonder if our kids are safe at school?  What needs to be done to keep them safe?  Not sure of the answers. Everything totally hit home to me on Monday morning as I walked my boys to school and there was a police officer standing at the front of the school along with the principal trying to help everyone feel safe about coming to school.  I shed a few tears on the walk home.  Extra police presence continued throughout the week.  Thursday was my jr. high carpool day.  As I pulled up to the front of the school to let everyone out, I noticed the police car in front of the doors.  It has not been unusual to see an officers car parked in the front designated parking space at the school, but to have an officer's car on the sidewalk entrance in front of the doors was definitely different. I'm pretty sure I shed a few more tears.  I'm glad that our school administrators are taking this kind of violence seriously and trying to make sure our schools remain safe.  I hope it works.