NJ schools vulnerable, even with tough safety standards
Friday December 14, 2012, 11:44 PM
BY PATRICIA ALEX
STAFF WRITER
The Record
New Jersey is thought to have some of the most aggressive school safety measures in the nation — including twice-monthly mandated emergency drills — but even the most prepared and vigilant couldn’t help feeling shaken after Friday’s school shooting in Connecticut.
“I can assure you that in Wayne as well as in other districts this will spur discussion of what more can be done,” said Ray Gonzalez, the township’s schools superintendent. “We can’t put a bulletproof glass bubble around the schools. The reality is we have to stay vigilant and keep looking at ways to improve.”
In Fort Lee, police were at the schools when they let out on Friday, Lt. Patrick Kissane said, to give worried parents and students an added sense of security. In Ridgewood, Schools Superintendent Daniel Fishbein assured parents in a note sent via email Friday afternoon that the police will increase their presence around the schools in the short term.
“Acts of insanity like this are not always preventable, but we do all we can to make our children safe,” he wrote, adding counselors will be available at the schools on Monday.
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