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Students, teacher urge Lincoln Public Schools to replace garage‑style classroom doors at Northwest High over safety concerns
Summary
Students and a Northwest High teacher told the Lincoln Public Schools board they fear large transparent "garage" classroom doors leave rooms vulnerable during violent emergencies and urged the district to replace them with solid walls or reinforce them; the board heard the comments during public comment and did not take immediate action.
Haley Falk, a student at Lincoln Northwest High School, told the Lincoln Public Schools board that more than 80 students signed a petition asking the district to replace large transparent garage‑style classroom doors because they provide minimal physical resistance during violent emergencies.
“We are here for a single urgent reason, student safety,” Falk said, arguing that the doors allow full visibility into classrooms while offering little protection and that current lockdown procedures asking occupants to evacuate to another room or exit…
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