Security expert says always teach behind locked doors

Not long after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting where 20 school children and six adult staff members were shot and killed, Kentucky Center for School Safety Executive Director Jon R. Akers was at a meeting with the Sandy Hook superintendent.

Kentucky Center for School Safety Executive Director Jon R. Akers discussed various security related issues with Williamsburg Independent School staff and administration Thursday morning. Later that day, he addressed a special meeting of the Whitley County Board of Education on the same subject.

He asked her what one lesson from that incident he should take back to educators in Kentucky. Her response was to always teach behind a locked door.

This was part of the message that Akers delivered to local educators Thursday, including Williamsburg Independent School staff members during a round table discussion Thursday morning on school security, and the Whitley County Board of Education during a special called school board meeting Thursday evening.