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If it takes losing a friend, I will to save one. I would rather lose him as a friend then let him die or let his success fall. The way that I would intervene is by his family or maybe staff from the school to help him and enter him into a drug rehabilitation center.

1. Columbine  locks  are named after the horrendous shooting deaths at  Columbine  High School in 1999. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-columbine-locks.htm

2. Photo of Columbine high school shooting http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=3625385&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=2

3. Photo ID System http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Ways-To-Increase-Security-Levels&id=474685

4. Photo of student screaming after seeing the crime seen http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=3625385&contentIndex=1&page=7&start=false

5. Enhanced Computer Protection

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Elizabeth Roig Thirteen people are dead and 23 wounded in the worst school massacre in American history. The killing spree began at 11:30 a.m. and two alleged gunmen lay among their victims inside Columbine High School in Littleton, a Denver suburb. The worst carnage occurred in the library, where 12 bodies were reportedly found. The killers reportedly focused their rage at non-whites and athletes. According to CNN, the suspects were "fascinated with World War II and the Nazis." The massacre occurred on Adolf Hitler's birthday. Although security at public schools has improved, nevertheless more security is needed because the number of fatalities has started to increase, surveys have shown that students do not feel safe and security systems are insufficient. In the past 10 years security at public schools has improved. Since the school shooting at Columbine High School, Colorado, one area that has been changed is the standardization of classroom door locks that lock and unlock from the inside of the room. In case of an intruder, teachers do not have to leave the classroom to lock the doors. These are actually called Columbine locks. ”By providing a locking mechanism inside the classroom, teachers or others don’t have to exit the classroom. They can also prevent an attacker from accessing the classroom, unless that person has a key” (source 1 http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-columbine-locks.htm ) Millions of schools have also improved security in and around the schools. In addition to the Columbine locks, video cameras in hallways and outside areas have been installed. These cameras have helped to identify perpetrators of violent crimes that have occurred in school systems. The reason that these things are important is to keep students and faculty safe and secure. One of the way that school officials are trying to protect schools is administration have coordinated drugs searches on school campuses. On November 24, 2008, Braden River High School administration implemented a drug search with K-9 units. These searches can reduce school violence because drug use and sales on school campuses can instigate and aggravate violent acts. This can be important and more serious if gang activity is involved. When drugs are involved and students are incapable of controlling their issues, it may turn to a deadly result. Gisela Cordero, a senior at Braden River High School in Bradenton, Florida said, “Having the school searched makes me feel safer because I know they are trying to save us, but at the same time it doesn’t because I’ve heard of some people that don’t bring their drugs to school because they know when the K-9 units are coming.”

Sampson, Hannah. "School violence on the decrease, despite news report”. __The Herald__ 24 November 2008: 2B. In addition to cameras another increased security measure are the use of identification cards have to reinforce the security in the schools. Mr. Robert McCabe, administrative parent liaison at Braden River High School in Bradenton, Florida said, "There are two primary purposes to enforce ID cards on school campuses. The first is to identify whether or not the person is a student or is legally able to be on the campus. The second is to establish inventory for books, lunches, and also attendance purposes” (McCabe, Robert. Interview). Having identification cards has helped in security purposes in several ways because it helps administrators identify someone who might have come onto campus with the wrong intent and prevent any acts of violence. Despite these added securities, more security is still needed because the number of fatalities occurring in school shootings has started to increase. In 1999, the Columbine shooting in Littleton, Colorado was the deadliest school shooting incident on record. Fourteen students (including the two student shooters) and one teacher were killed; 23 others were wounded. Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, had plotted for a year to kill at least 500 and blow up their school. Before that incident, 21 school shootings had occurred beginning from August 1, 1996. But after the Columbine shooting, approximately 44 different incidences have been reported. These school shootings have not only been occurring in high school but in universities, middle schools and also elementary schools. On February 14, 2008 DeKalb, a Gunman kills five students and then himself while also wounding 17 or more when he opens fire on a classroom in Northern Illinois University. The gunman, Stephen P. Kazmierczak, was identified as a former graduate student at the university in 2007. Also, In Mount Morris Township, Michigan on February 29, 2000, six-year-old Kayla Rolland was shot dead by a six-year-old boy with a .32-caliber handgun. A reason that it is important that there should be more security is because of these incident that keep occurring.

Students do not feel safe at their school for many reasons. In 1997, roughly 17 percent of students in rural schools did not feel safe, but two years later in 1999, the number had increased to 23 percent. (Source 2 http://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/cy/other/fs9994.pdf ). Surprisingly, in rural area high schools have the same rates of rates of school violence as a school in the suburban high school. In rural, urban, and also suburban schools the size, location, and the number of pupils in the class determines the difference. For example, Braden River High School is a suburban school while in the University of Chicago is in an urban area. If the number of students keeps increasing that they do not feel safe in their school, then I think that extreme measures should be taken into affect.