'I am in a profession in America that is in the line of fire.' KUT asked Central Texas teachers to share their perspectives on school safety ahead of the new school year. Here's what they had to say.
Central Texas teachers Roscoe McCormick, Franchesca Mejia and August Plock told KUT how they feel about school safety ahead of the upcoming school year.
“It was a lot of the things that happened, the details — the police waiting outside, the shooter being in the classroom with kids, some of them still alive, for so long — that really shook me,” she said. “I’m looking at these kids and I’m thinking to myself, 'I am in no way shape or form qualified to do anything,' but what came out of my mouth was, ‘You leave it to me. I’ll take care of it,'” she said. “But in my brain, I’m like, ‘You’re crazy!'”
Plock, who has been in public education for 24 years, said school security is top of mind for him and other teachers, especially in the wake of Uvalde. He thinks schools are going to need to reassess how they operate. Despite growing concerns about safety, Plock said he is committed to being a teacher. When he was 16 years old, he knew he wanted to be either a park ranger or an educator, and he chose to be a teacher.
“When [students] come back to school on [August] 15, that’s the first thing I do: I go over procedures for safety,” he said.
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