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Marjory Stoneman Douglas commission's initial recommendations focus on school safety fixes

Some changes recommended in the 99-page draft report cost little and could be implemented quickly, while others could take time and money.
Credit: Mark Wilson
On Feb. 14, 17 people were killed in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.

SUNRISE, Fla. – The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission has spent several months figuring out what led to the Feb. 14 attack at the Parkland high school.

On Monday, the commission released its recommendations to prevent a similar tragedy, which left 17 people dead on Valentine’s Day.

The commission outlined potential changes in a 99-page draft report. While some changes cost little and could be implemented quickly, others could take time and money.

Some of the changes include:

• Every school district, charter school and private K-12 school in Florida should be required to have a written active assailant response policy.

• Require all staff and students to wear school-issued badges or identification.

• Require lockboxes on outside of all schools with a key to school. Local law enforcement such as the police or sheriff’s office would have the code to access the key.

• All school personnel should be equipped with a body-worn panic alarm or other device that school personnel may activate to notify others of trouble and seek help (could be level II).

The commission is scheduled to meet next on Dec. 12-13.

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