DOVER — Sen. Dave Lawson, R-Marydel, announced Dec. 21 he would introduce a resolution to research the feasibility of constructing panic doors in Delaware public school classrooms. The General Assembly is scheduled to convene Tuesday, Jan. 8.
Lawson announced the proposal one week after the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., when a 20-year-old man shot and killed 20 children and six school employees before turning the gun on himself.
In a press release, Lawson said he aims to introduce a bill to fund construction of an escape door in each ground-floor, exterior classroom through which students and teachers could escape in the event of an emergency. “We have to know what the cost is, and that’s what the resolution is asking,” Lawson said.
The resolution would charge state agencies with investigating whether Lawson’s plan makes fiscal sense. Lawson said the departments of education, homeland security and the Office of Management and Budget could possibly spearhead the study.
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The high school that I graduated from was built in the late 60's. Every classroom had an "emergency window". It was basically the window immediately adjacent to one of the walls of the classroom (front or back of classroom). It was merely a oversized window with a piano hinge on the side next to the wall with a handle on the other side. In case of emergency turn the handle, swing open the window, and hop outside. It's not rocket science. It doesn't require a seven year congressional study. But I am sure that it will be years before will be done.
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