I am not on the bandwagon for armed guards at schools. I think that just sets up your kids mentally to believe being searched, monitored via video cameras and guarded constantly is a normal part of life. Plus it will turn into a TSA for schools within a few years.

If local communities want to have a few more local cops patrolling the school then by all means they know what is best for their community. I would hate to see a federal approach to guarding schools though. I think it will turn into another expensive failure similiar to what happened in our air ports.