The front doors of Petersburg's middle and high schools will be locked each day after classes begin. The change was implemented Monday morning and is meant to increase security at the schools.

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New York City will lock the front doors of public schools under a new $43 million contract agreement. NYPD school safety officers are shown outside of a school in this file photo.

Now, this front door will still be manned,” Banks said. If there's a young person who's in some level of distress, that school safety agent at the front door is going to see that, and they're ...

That price “seems like a lot,” said Gammon, though there could be other factors worked into the price. The school system had previously projected each door to cost an average of $3,250, with a ...