How to do an audit

Knox News-Sentinel reporter Jamie Satterfield visited two schools today which were right next to each other. One had a buzzer, the other had nothing and she was able to walk in completely unnoticed.

So here's a thought. Maybe, instead of meeting after meeting after meeting after blowhard media baloney spew, our fine leaders just go VISIT the schools. Or, I dunno, maybe ask the principals to send them an email. Here's a questionnaire I wrote up that could expedite matters (because making a questionnaire via government agencies would probably take half a decade and require 4 contractors, 2 of whom would immediately come under investigation for being a cousin of someone who writes checks).

QUESTIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AT KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS:
- Do you have locks on the doors which open to the outside? Y/N
- Are those doors locked down in any way (buzzer, intercom, personnel) during school hours? Y/N
- Is there any procedure for allowing or preventing someone to enter your school? Y/N

Three questions. With those three questions school administration will have no problem immediately identifying the "red line" or top priority schools in the most need of a basic set of security protocols (you know, simple things like working locks on doors).

Cost to implement? Zero dollars if sent via email by a full time staffer.

But why be simple? Because every day they waste is an open invitation to mayhem. As we've seen over and over again, nothing will change until something horrible happens. Sad that common sense, reason and scientific/business methods seem to elude the grasp of our elected and appointed "leaders."