The first thing you hear as you walk into school is where your ID is, put your ID on and this is usually by someone screaming at you as soon as you walk in. This isn’t something you want to hear when you’re just starting your day.
They are just trying to keep the school safe, but being screamed at early in the morning isn’t the way to go. All they have to do is ask us, students, nicely to put the IDs on and to leave them on. If they want us to respect them they should do the same thing, they wouldn’t want anyone yelling at them as soon as they walk into the building.
Are the IDs even keeping us safe? All you need to get into the school is an ID security it’s checking to see if it’s you on the ID, they only check to see that you have one on. Anyone can get an ID and pretend to be a student, which leads to other security concerns.
To make school safer, security should start scanning students’ IDs to ensure it’s them. This would ensure that each student is who they say they are and they aren’t using other students’ IDs to get into school. This will come with added lines in the morning and even longer lines to get new IDs. This would mean that students would have to go to school even earlier than they already do.
They just got the lines for the metal detector uncontrolled so adding something new like this wouldn’t make sense but on the other hand, we should do everything in our power to ensure the safety of the students. Jayden Smith a junior at Coral Glades High, said, “I think it’s a good idea, but it will have a lot of hiccups and would take a lot [of time] to get used to.”
Some people think this wouldn’t work out because it would require a lot more work and planning, this isn’t something that can happen overnight. It may even take years of planning and money that could be used for something more important.
“They shouldn’t be adding any new safety measures until they can get the new ones under control first,” says Jade Washington, a freshman. “They could use the money to improve the school by getting more books for the classes and improving the air conditioning in the classrooms.”
