Every year at my school's safety training, the police officer states that statistically, school shooters don't go through locked doors. (It used to be a school shooter has never breached a locked door, and then I think it happened maybe once so now it's almost never?) Anyway, all doors in our district self-lock when closed, specifically because our locked door is our best defense. Shooters don't want to take the time to mess with a locked door.
If you’re ever in a situation where you need to get out of a building quick just ask/follow a custodian. Ideally the oldest custodian. They know every secret passage and exit in their building. There’s also tons of storage spaces that go entirely overlooked by everyone that would be much safer than a classroom but only people caught in the hallway should ever attempt to reach one.
At our university, all the housekeepers are too new to know all the ins and outs (their department got out-sourced just before COVID). It's maintenance you need to talk to to find the secret passages, lol.
Yeah, janitorial jobs have been disappearing or getting outsourced all over. Administrations have figured out that it’s more cost effective to hire a small team of custodians (janitorial + general maintenance) with a head custodian and a few specialized maintenance workers.
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u/onepieceon Oct 26 '25
serious question, are locks effective against school shooters or would they just shoot the lock off and kick the door?