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    Horace Mann Elementary School Modernized
    (North Dakota State University, 2023) Krutsinger, Brooke
    School safety has been a hot topic for the nation for decades, and it seems to be getting worse every year. This causes parents to feel the need to keep their students at home to keep them safe. However, can a floor plan or certain materials be used in schools to increase safety but not hinder student's education or the efficiency of foot traffic through the halls? Can the building itself work with the local law enforcement to effectively manage an emergency or disarm an active shooter with minimal injuries? With the use of softwares and the help with multiple school districts and local police departments, a school, such as an elementary school, can be designed to help keep students and staff safe during an emergency while still be a productive learning environment. As Fargo grows, schools that may have been built a century ago just cannot hold enough students to accommodate the growth and can’t keep up with the times to create an efficient learning environment. The Fargo Public School District is having the discussion of rebuilding the current Horace Mann Elementary School, built in 1915, and constructing a school that can hold more students, K – 5th. Doing this would provide not only a higher capacity but also the opportunity to update the classrooms to give the students a productive learning environment, and most importantly, more safety measures can be added. For instance, the new school can have sensors on every door that notifies the office and administration when an exit door is open, and is open for an extended period of time, there can be more efficient cameras throughout the school so if a door is open, they can clearly see why that is at any given time, and there can be a minimal amount of doors that can actually be used to enter the building. By adding these safety measures, and more, the school can take the necessary preventive steps to keep their students safe yet still provide a comfortable and effective environment to give them the best chance of having a bright future.
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    Research of Sandy Hook Elementary, the New and Improved
    (North Dakota State University, 2022) Krutsinger, Brooke
    School safety has been a part of the political discussion all over the world about both large scale (a country) and small (a city). According to US News, for the school year 2020-2021 alone, there were a total of 93 schools that had an active shooter that resulted with casualties (not including threats), and according to EdWeek, there have been 30 school shootings where there were injuries, including 28 people killed, just in the year 2022 so far. The fact that these numbers keep increasing from previous decades, and that the school year is just starting after having to combat a pandemic, people and families fear sending their kids to schools for more reasons than one. That is why I am studying possible floor plans and materials that ideally prevent the event from happening, or if the tragic event occurs, then the possibility for reinforcements to arrive before there are injuries is greater. I plan on using AnyLogic to study the average foot traffic of secondary age students as well as to see how an emergency plays out. I will stimulate both one and multiple shooters, and the police department on scene right away and later. Once I have a floor plan that can help students stay safe, I will research materials that are thicker and stronger to prevent bullets going through. Safety is always the number one concern to parents and school officials, that is why I believe that the floor plans and materials can be strategically chosen to provide more safety for students and staff.