Jessica Reynolds worried first about the school’s doors. They lock automatically but sometimes a student will leave one propped open with a rock or a shoe.
Then she fixated on the parking lot. When she walked to the front office, she scanned the cars. Is someone sitting out there studying the entrance? Are they waiting for an opportunity to come in? Would anyone stop them?
In the four school days since a gunman killed 17 people at a Florida high school, Reynolds hasn’t felt at ease in the Utah classroom where she teaches music. Everywhere she looks she sees holes in the security.