i am brandon thompson. my heart goes out to everyone who is experiencing this tragedy right now. i am currently dean of students at friendship tech prep in the e hurt the -- in d.c. at our school, we have checkpoints. when a student walks in the door, we have metal detectors. often times i see that in urban education. we have an x-ray machine that students put their bags through and right after this incident happened, apparent who didn't so much agree with it at first sent me an email saying thank you because now i see exactly what's happening. we oftentimes use that tsa model. when a student comes in, we have somebody at the door to greet them to do a check in to see how they feel. we have certain point people. i know this person is not feeling so well so they won't get past .1. they go through the metal detector. their bag goes through the machine. at the end the day, just talking to my students today, they say i feel safe. you come outside. you talk about mental hospitals. our schools across the street from a shut down mental hospita hospital. once you get inside the building,

. >> i want to bring in brandon thompson. he is the dean of students at friendship public charter school right here in d.c., in southeast d.c., and he was also part of that group that met with the president at the white house following the parkland shooting, that listening session, brandon was there. you said the president in that conversation, you told him actually that you do have, you know, checkpoints at your school. you've got metal detectors that greet the students there. does that system, mr. thompson, i should say, you know, make you feel more comfortable and your students more comfortable? >> i think that the key thing for us at our school, friendship, where we have such a family feel, and so we have armed ourselves, our school has armed ourselves with school counsel counselor, school psychologist. so knowing our students within the classroom, outside the classroom, so huge thing for us was the checkpoints. when our students walk into the door, they're greeted. they're also there where we're able to have counselors a

i'm brandon thompson. my heart goes out to everyone who is experiencing this tragedy right now. i'm currently a dean of students at friendship tech prep which is in the heart of southeast d.c. which is in ward eight cl is one of the most -- which is one of the most impoverished wards in d.c. however, at our school, just a solution, we actually have check points. when a student walks in the door we have metal detectors and oftentimes i see that in urban education and we have an x-ray machine. the students put their bags through and -- and right after this incident happened, a parent who didn't so much agree with it at first sent me an e-mail saying thank you, because now i see exactly what is happening. and so we oftentimes use that tsa model when a student comes in, we have somebody at the door to greet them and do a check in just to see how they feel and we have certain point people. i know this person is not feeling well so they won't get past point one. they go through the metal detector and the bag goes through the machine. at the end of the day just talking to my students r