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To: i-node who wrote (57798)	2/24/2018 8:35:33 AM
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>> I was addressing bunker schools What defines this?I wasn't going to respond to your post Didn't respond to your post last night. Somehow it didn't seem adequate to just say that it's whatever feels like a bunker to the kids. But then I saw this WaPo piece. "...enterprising companies — often in the defense industry, accustomed to outfitting our soldiers for foreign campaigns — are ready with products designed to protect students from said shootouts. These include bulletproof backpacks for the kids and bulletproof whiteboards and clipboards for teachers. Or bulletproof blankets that students can pull over themselves — even bulletproof armor that can be pulled off the walls and ceilings. These are school expenses I am sure the NRA would happily endorse. But what will our schools look like when we are done? What will our schools feel like? Is this where we are to train and nurture a free society, in the midst of assault rifles and bulletproof armor? Those things signify and communicate something quite other than freedom. They impose an environment of fear, which can be debilitating to our youth, whom we should want to be confident, open, honest and happy. These are not the kinds of things you see in a free society, but a society at war. How bizarre is it that we would willfully take on the trappings of a society at war, while countless nations around the world — embroiled in real, live civil wars — envy our peace?" washingtonpost.com I'll add that what feels like a bunker would vary from community to community. It's one thing to strengthen doors anywhere because that's not visible or intrusive and the feel of the school would not change. Some visible fortification might be OK in your East Texas small town, maybe even quite a bit. In the suburbs of the blue state I would expect most anything visible to have a non-constructive feel.