How Long Beach, South Bay schools are responding to the Texas school shooting

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The district also has a safe passage program in partnership with local law enforcement to ensure students' safe travel from school to home.
55% : Long Beach Unified School District -- the fourth-largest school district in California, which serves more than 70,000 students at 85 public schools in Long Beach, Lakewood, Signal Hill and Avalon -- works closely with law enforcement every day, according to the district's public information director.
51% : If necessary, the District will identify the need for additional security and coordinate with local law enforcement agencies, reduce entry and exit points on campuses, refuse access to unknown visitors, and increase campus perimeter checks.
49% : He added: "For safety reasons, we cannot publicly share certain tactical protocols jointly developed with law enforcement and our Office of School Safety and Emergency Preparedness, but we continually revise and improve our plans using guidance from national experts."Much of the safety monitoring goes on behind the scenes, Eftychiou said, noting that part of the protocol involves social media monitoring.

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