Editing School shooting (section)

=== Countermeasures ===
In 2015, [[Southwestern High School (Shelbyville, Indiana)|Southwestern High School]] in [[Shelbyville, Indiana]], was portrayed as possibly the "safest school in America". The school has been used as a "Safe School Flagship" of possible countermeasures to an [[active shooter]].<ref name=indi-sheriffs>{{cite web |title=Indiana Sheriffs Set New Standard in School Safety |url=http://www.indianasheriffs.org/ns/school.php |website=indianasheriffs.org |publisher=Indiana Sheriffs Association |access-date=October 18, 2015}}</ref>
* All teachers have lanyards with a [[panic button]] that alerts police.<ref name=take-safe/>
* Classrooms have automatically locking "hardened doors", and windows have "hardened exterior glass" to deflect bullets and physical attack.<ref name=take-safe/>
* Cameras, described as "military-grade", that feed video directly to Shelby County Sheriff's Office<ref name=indi-sheriffs/> are mounted throughout the school.<ref name=take-safe/>
* [[Smoke canister]]s mounted in the roof of corridors can be remotely discharged to slow a shooter's movement.<ref name=take-safe>{{cite web |last1=Hockenberry|first1=John |title=Is This the Safest School in America? |url=http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/safest-school-america/ |work=[[The Takeaway]] |access-date=October 18, 2015 |date=October 8, 2015}}</ref>

Other countermeasures include tools like doorjambs, rapidly-deployable tourniquets, and ballistic protection systems like the CoverMe-Seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/chair-doubles-bulletproof-vest-879802|title=Tired of mass shootings, man creates a chair that turns into bulletproof vest|website=[[Newsweek]]|date=April 13, 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Fruitport High School]] in Michigan became the first school in the U.S. to be rebuilt with concrete barriers in hallways for students to hide from bullets. The [[BBC]] also reports the "hallways are curved to prevent a shooter from having a clear line of sight during any potential attack." Classrooms have been redesigned so students can hide more easily.<ref name="Barriers">{{cite news |title=US school rebuilt with bulletproof barriers and curved corridors |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-49447335 |access-date=September 19, 2019 |agency=BBC}}</ref> Costing $48 million to rebuild, Bob Szymoniak, Fruitport High School's superintendent, believes these alterations will become part of the structure of all U.S. schools. "These are design elements that are naturally part of buildings going into the future."<ref name="Barriers"/>

The '''STOP School Violence Act''' is pending legislation to provide funding grants to schools to be used for implementing security measures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://townhall.com/notebook/bethbaumann/2018/03/26/what-is-the-stop-violence-act-n2462550|title=Everything You Need to Know About the STOP School Violence Act|first=Beth|last=Baumann|date=March 26, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/14/house-oks-stop-school-violence-act-fbis-david-bowd/|title=House OKs Stop School Violence Act; FBI's David Bowdich testifies on Nikolas Cruz failures to Senate|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/03/stop-school-violence-act-passes-house-representatives/|title=House Passes School-Safety Bill on One-Month Anniversary of Parkland – National Review|website=[[National Review]]|date=March 14, 2018}}</ref>