BURLINGTON, Vt. -
As Burlington students returned to school Monday police officers what greeted them at every building.
Normally there are two resource officers, but school leaders wanted the extra presence following Friday's shooting in Connecticut.
"It's really not business as usual when something like this happens," said Burlington Superintendent Jeanne Collins.
Collins says the shooting at Sandy Hook had her asking many questions.
"What could we have done differently, is there a way we could have done it better? What lessons are learned and what do we need to do?" said Collins.
Other than the two resource officers, the district makes each school do two lock down drills a year.
There are also monthly safety meetings with police.
And they usually look at each school each year for issues, but now they're double checking.
"We're revisiting the safety audit, we're revisiting our planning purposes," said Collins.
With district schools more than 50 years old Collins says she'd like to see more renovation projects like the one at Flynn Elementary to beef up security.
"But in a district this size, that could take a lot of time," said Collins.
Collin says it also could take a lot of money.
Projects could be upwards of millions of dollars, but she says smaller things, including changing out their
Current locks with an enhanced system could happen as soon as this week.
It's not just locks, Collins would like to see stronger glass, like the kind they're adding to the Flynn Elementary school renovation project, to keep people out.
Collins will meet with school council leaders to discuss that Tuesday night.
