Schools around US mull security after massacre

(The Philippine Star)

December 17, 2012 - 8:26am

Gary Seri, general manager at the Stone River Grille, hangs a message written on a table cloth in honor of the teachers who died along with students a day earlier when a gunman open fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn. Seri, who put up red balloons that were not used when a sweet 16 party was canceled the night before in light of the massacre, said the teachers were scheduled to have their holiday party at his restaurant. The massacre of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary school elicited horror and soul-searching around the world even as it raised more basic questions about why the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims. - AP

MIAMI (AP) — Schools around the U.S. are reviewing security plans and in some cases adding extra law enforcement patrols to prepare for the first day of classes since a shooting massacre at an elementary school in Connecticut.

Districts in Florida, Georgia and Alabama are among those asking local law enforcement to add patrols. Many stressed that they have safety plans that are regularly tested.

A gunman shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on Friday and killed 26 people before shooting himself. The dead include 20 children ages 6 and 7.

In Maryland's suburbs outside Washington, Montgomery County Public Schools will have counselors available at each school Monday to help provide support.

Officials in South Carolina's largest school district sent a note to parents Friday ensuring they have safety plans that are regularly tested.

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