District must work better with police

It is interesting that the Marysville School District has sent out a letter informing families that they are allowing the Marysville Police Department into our schools. Oddly, the police still have no time frame for training in the schools, even though other school districts such as Arlington and Lake Stevens allow their officers to train inside the schools during the summer.

Equally unnerving is how Marysville schools will not allow the police department to have keys or easy access to the schools they are paid to protect. When a problem arises and a school is in lockdown the police cannot enter buildings until a person with a key shows up, clearly losing precious time in an emergent and probably dangerous situation.

As a parent of a child in the district, I find this news disquieting. It would seem the schools would not only give the police department keys to each school, but in the summer months when the schools are empty, allow the police to do on-site training so if a true crisis occurs they will not only have access to the buildings they need to enter but also valuable and in-depth knowledge of the layout of the school, providing quicker action and averting of danger to any of our children.

It is my desire that the Marysville School District change its policy regarding the protection of our children and allow the Marysville Police Department easy access and hands-on training so they can do their job, do it quickly and do it well.

Susan Forsberg

Marysville