Schools have certainly taken steps to "harden" in recent years, to make it more difficult for someone to attack a school with a gun. But the steps taken often are on the perimeter of school buildings and grounds, and the Ashland-based nonprofit Safe Zone Solution suggests taking things further.
Under the Safe Zone plan, schools would also deploy physical defensive measures on each classroom, and upgrade schools technologically. Safe Zone Solution founder Alex Sol and board member Gina DuQuenne (not in her capacity as Ashland city councilor) are working to spread the idea in the Rogue Valley. They visit with details.