Mike Fleck
TULSA, Okla.School to Construct Safe Rooms for Every Classroom
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The design of a new elementary school set to open in 2015 in Cleveland, Tenn., will include a safe room in every individual classroom for security against heavy storms and school trespassers. Once completed, the school could be considered the safest in the state, according to Martin Ringstaff, the district’s superintendent.
School Storm Shelter Debate in Oklahoma
MOORE, Okla. — In the aftermath of a devastating EF-5 twister that killed seven children at a Moore, Okla. elementary school, schools in the nation’s “tornado alley” are looking to establish safer facilities with required storm shelters or safe rooms.