BULLETPROOF GLASS Some Lawmakers Want Bulletproof Glass At New, Renovated Schools
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Mar. 5, 2013 11:24 AM EST
Updated: Mar. 5, 2013 11:54 AM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Some West Virginia lawmakers want officials to consider bulletproof glass as the state renovates and builds schools.
But School Building Authority Executive Director Mark Anthony Manchin questioned the cost during a Tuesday presentation at the Legislature.
Manchin outlined safety features planned after a gunman murdered 20 elementary school students and six adult staff in Connecticut.
Those measures include a shatterproof film for front entrance glass at all new schools. Manchin said an agency official shot and kicked a treated window to test it out. But it will not stop a bullet.
Manchin said all new schools will have a panic button in the principal's office that will lock down the building and dial 911. Each school's parking lot and front entrance will also be in sight of the administrative office.
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West Virginia officials want shatterproof glass for front entrances at all new schools following the murders of 20 elementary students and six adult staff by a gunman in Connecticut.
School Building Authority Executive Director Mark Anthony told lawmakers Tuesday that he's proposing applying a special film made by 3M to all glass at front entries. The agency meets Monday.
Manchin said the material won't stop a bullet. But he said an agency official both shot and kicked a window covered by the film and it didn't shatter.
Lawmakers also learned that all new schools will have a panic button in the principal's office that will lock down the building and dial 911. Manchin said the parking lot and front entrance will also be in sight of the administrative office.
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