HORTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - A small eastern Wisconsin school district is among those adopting tight security measures in the wake of recent school violence around the country.
Hortonville schools no longer keep most of their doors open, in an effort to protect their nearly 4,000 students.
District security director Andy Kolosso tells FOX 11 that visitors must show photo ID's which are scanned for passes they must wear around the building. Also, school employees run the visitors' names through the state's sex offender registry -- and if a person's name pops up, e-mail alerts are sent to administrators and a police-school liaison officer.
Radios are connected directly to emergency dispatchers should something happen. Cameras monitor the halls and doors, which lock at the push of a button.
Kolosso said the enhanced security was prompted by the heavily-publicized violence at Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and elsewhere.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)