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Schools tweak safety plans
Locked doors and local authorities to serve as deterrents
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Susan Miller uses the new doors installed at Flowery Branch Elementary recently. The doors are kept locked from the outside until school visitors have checked in with the office. New procedures scan the visitors’ identification and photo into the system where it is kept.
With the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., still a raw memory, the topic of school safety remains timely, particularly as the new school year approaches. Both local school systems have implemented some changes. Hall County students and visitors in particular should notice the difference when walking through school doors in August.