Should there be security guards at schools?  

But of course we do not know that there are so many criminals right now kidnappers and other people which do victimize are students. Each school should have guards for safety purposes

In my old middle school and high school they had security guards. It did help a lot. Im not sure where you live, but if in your area they arent doing anything, you should go to the board of education or something to request that they provide security guards. It helps a lot. I mean, there is still crime, of course, but it significantly dropped :]

I would definitely say "YES" to this.. Too much freedom creates violence.. And its all for the safety of everyone. I don't know why some schools don't have security guards its the most basic step of security or the first line of defense..

Yes,i agree with you,it is very important to have security guards at shools with the purpose to creat a safe environment for all the kids.You know this can prevent or at least lower the crime not only from the inside of the school,but also from the outside.You see now more and more kids have something to do with the outside,and they could be very helpless is they might face those terrible things which could happan to them from the outside of the school.So then,I think the security guards at schools are much more important than what teachers and parents can actually do.

Hi. Yes There should be security guards in every school for safety reasons. :)

Well my kids just went back to publice school and I would love for them to get the best protection possible but as long as there are people who care to ask about who is there is enough for me. I would fear a pedophile getting on campus to lure students away.

I think schools should be safe places. If it´s necesary to have someone to chack on student´s lockers and bags, I´d accept it as a parent. It seems that nowadays children are full of rights but they don´t know the first thing about the word "duty". People have to deserve freedom. It is not a given. And my freedom ends wqhere yours begins.

I think it's a good idea all in all. Schools can be targets for criminals as well so guards could also help protect the schools from outside attack. Let's just hope that the security guards aren't themselves dangerous, though! I have a feeling the whole education system needs an overhaul and probably needs to use technology much more. Right now kids are vulnerable to so many things at school: abuse, peer pressure and violence, drugs, sicknesses (schools of all kinds are pretty much germ factories)...and often they don't even get a good education in the process. I know I don't have all the answers, but I have a strong feeling that significant and fundamental changes will need to be made to bring about better outcomes.

Our local school's each have 2 police officer's on duty. Just in case. In fact the first week of school, I will be at my kid's school keeping an eye on thing's. The second week Captain Ross will be in there.

Security guards are a good idea for schools, especially if the school is in a bad area or has students coming from bad areas. By bad areas, I mean where a lot of gang activity is located. The school our boys go to doesn't have a security guard person but what the school has done to protect the kids is to make the school a closed campus. During the day when the kids are in school, you can not get onto the school campus except for one way, and that is through the school office. All of the gates in and out of the school are locked during school hours. I am comfortable with this arrangement because it definitely keeps out people and stray animals that could bring in rabies or biting. I believe that most of the schools in our town, even the high schools have had to do this, for safety reasons. Once the boys are in high school, I hope that there will be metal detectors and security guards or something like that because I have a lot of fears about that. My own high school years were unpleasant and I don't want that for my boys.