The new Sandy Hook Elementary School hides high security in beautiful design
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It's been four years since a gunman killed 20 children and 6 staff members at the Newtown, Connecticut school. That's four years of mourning, recovery and rebuilding efforts, since the original Sandy Hook building was torn down to honor those who died.
The new school, opening to students this fall, features a winding entrance tucked away from the main road, myriad surveillance cameras, and floor-to-ceiling windows. But thanks to a partnership with design group Svigals + Partners Architects, the school doesn't look like the secure fortress it actually is.
It's actually quite lovely.
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When parents and buses begin to drop kids off next month, they'll pass through multiple security checkpoints on the way to the entrance. They'll also pass by several bioswales, which are angled landscapes that direct storm run-off and keep outside people at a distance. At the entrance, there are designated drop-off locations and colorful metal blinds by the windows.
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"In terms of security, the measures here are second to none," Joseph Erardi Jr., the superintendent of Newtown schools, told the New York Times. He declined to divulge all the measures, however, in order to preserve their effectiveness.
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What they can do, however, is take solace in the fact the new Sandy Hook Elementary campus will protect their little brothers and sisters in what is essentially a very safe work of art.
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