Guess not unless they put the kids in custody

How about metal detectors and locking the doors? or security guards, although the one they had was hiding outside... I noticed you ducked the issue of a duty to protect

@lerlo You missed my point...how can you insist that teachers have a duty to protect, when due to student behaviour, it is not possible to protect them.

@dahermit The SCHOOL and the school district have the duty not the teachers ...they didnt sue the teachers

@lerlo I agree with the judge...what law states that school system has a duty to protect students? On the other hand, I have heard police administrators state that they have a mandate from the state that requires them to protect the citizens. As I see it, their mandate extends to students...it is the duty (by law) of the police to protect the students. Put police inside the schools as many jurisdictions already have.

@dahermit find anywhere that I said the teachers had any duty at all please. But is is scary that as a former teacher who is also at risk, you agree that the State and the schools have no duty to protect the students OR the teachers

@lerlo If it is held that a school system has a "duty" to protect the students, the school system will then delegate/order/mandate that responsibility to the teachers. The "school system" is a group of people who attend board meetings and a superintendent. They are usually not present in the classrooms or halls. It is the teachers who get stuck with the responsibility. That is how it works. As for protecting the teachers, the only entity I have observed "protecting" the teachers, are the unions, then only their rights against the administration. It is the duty of the police to protect the public. The administration is generally unable to find their asses even if they use two hands...let alone protect anyone.

@dahermit at a minimum you should learn about premises liability

@lerlo The term "protect" is what I have a problem with. It is ambiguous at best and I interpret it in a literal sense in relation to the current problem of armed intruders as in the original post about the Parkland shooting...it was not about "trip and fall" incidents.

@dahermit I get that you felt put upon as a teacher all those years, it must have been hard. That doesn't mean that a state that requires kids to be in a building shouldn't make the building safe for people inside. Whether it be putting signs up for a wet floor or metal detectors and door locks for people with guns, sorry