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nightmare69 wrote:School districts are also exempt from the Parking Lot Law. They can ban the possession of weapons in staff personal vehicles on district property regardless if the staff has a CHL.

They CAN, but if a school district adopts the model rules put out by the Texas Association of School Boards (and a lot, maybe most, districts do that -both of yhe districts I have worked for have done that), then they don't ban a teacher's ability to have a gun in their car, instead merely echoing state law to restrict handguns from the premises, and then goes on to define premises as the buildings of the school, and not a walkway, parking lot, or roadway on the campus unless a school-sponsored educational activity is taking place at that location (for instance, marching band practice in a parking lot).

Each school teacher has to sign a statement saying that they have read and understand their district policies every year, but from the questions we see here on the forum, it seems to me that a lot of teachers and staff don't read their district's policies on weapons very well.

drumbdummer wrote:

texanjoker wrote:It is a sad day when teachers need to carry guns to protect children

HOWEVER, as a teacher at one of the schools that is in the above mentioned "approved" list.... I sure do like being able to do so legally!

As a teacher at a district where there has been no movement to let any CHL licensed staff or faculty carry inside their buildings, I'll also say that it's a sad day when teachers need to carry guns to protect children, but considering the world that we live in, I'd much rather have that additional tool at my disposal when protecting "my kids" than to not have it, and need it very badly.

At our building, we usually have a county deputy sherrif on duty as an SRO (School Resource Officer), but if something does go down in our wing of the building, it is just about 1/8 mile from their office to my lab room, and if they're mobile on the west end of the building, it's just over 1/4 mile from there to us. Since our deputies probably aren't running four-minute miles, that makes it possible that a significant amount of time would pass from the onset of violence till any police response.

It's a sad day when a teacher has to start the day with that bit of information in the back of their mind.