Security doesn't have to
be complicated...

Due to the recent school shooting and threats made online directed at school violence, we parents and concerned citizens of Hicksville, NY are requesting that the school board install metal detectors in all schools in Hicksville, NY.

While we understand that you have security measures and emergency plans in place, we need to make parents, students and faculty feel safe in a building they trust to be a safe place.

There are other school districts on Long Island that have installed metal detectors. 

There is no protocol at the moment to stop weapons from entering the building. Lack of metal detectors not only allows students to enter school carrying concealed weapons, it also allows criminals to access schools with weapons. We need to protect our children and people who work in these buildings. We ask that the school board and other decision makers realize how serious we are about this matter. 

There should be no reason to keep our children home in fear that something might happen to them one day.

Neighboring Syosset school district have metal detectors in place for added security, maybe the BOE could ask for their advice on how they have handled the use of metal detectors in their school district. 

Here are some of the latest school shooting statistics:

Since Columbine, there have been 231 school shootings, not including misfires and stopped attempts. Out of these shootings, six have caused over 10 fatalities each.
In the same time period, 304 people have died as the result of school shootings, which includes perpetrators.
Along with fatalities, an additional 485 people have been injured from on-campus shootings since Columbine.
In 2018 alone, there were 35 mass school shootings.
Since 1999, there have been 10 school shootings at elementary school specifically.