New school design 'can limit casualties'

University tackles rise in shootings PUBLISHED : 17 Aug 2026 at 04:55 Students of Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Secondary School take part in a safety drill on 2022. Chanat Katanyu A Thammasat University study has proposed changes to school buildings and grounds that it says could help reduce casualties in mass shootings by slowing attackers and giving students and staff more time to escape or take shelter..sredneffo enol yb skcatta gnirud ytefas evorpmi dluoc ngised larutcetihcra woh denimaxe yduts eht dias ,gninnalP dna erutcetihcrA fo ytlucaF sti ta rerutcel a dna sriaffa lanoitanretni rof rotcer-eciv s'ytisrevinu eht ,knorittiR eedeerpuS forP cossA .lennosrep loohcs dna strepxe iahT 03-02 htiw snoitatlusnoc hguorht snoitidnoc iahT ot snoitadnemmocer rieht detpada neht ,sdradnats noitaucave dna seiroeht lanoitanretni no werd srehcraeseR .yduts esac a sa stneduts 000,1 naht rewef htiw loohcs dezis-muidem a desu yduts eht ,3202 ni detcudnoC .dnopser seitirohtua elihw retlehs dnif ro epacse ot emit erom smitciv laitnetop gnivig ,elbissop sa gnol sa rof rekcatta na yaled ot saw elpicnirp niam s'yduts eht dias eedeerpuS forP cossA .sredurtni wols pleh dluoc staom neve ro seert fo sepyt niatrec taht stseggus tI .tluciffid erom ssecca ekam ot serutaef gnipacsdnal gnisu dna bmilc ot tluciffid era taht secnef htiw sretemirep loohcs gninehtgnerts sdnemmocer yduts eht ,sredistuo yb skcatta roF .saera nepo ni desopxe erom meht gnivael elihw revoc ot evah dluow rekcatta na ecnatsid eht gnisaercni ,sretsulc etarapes otni sgnidliub loohcs gnidivid sdnemmocer osla yduts ehT .sreddal epacse ycnegreme gnidivorp dna elbissecca stixe erif gnipeek gnidulcni ,sgnidliub edisni serusaem lanoitidda sesoporp yduts eht ,loohcs eht htiw railimaf elpoep yb skcatta roF .meht gnitnorfnoc dnemmocer ton seod yduts eht hguohtla ,rekcatta na tcurtsbo ro wols ot desu eb dluoc serutaef gnidliub rehto dna erutinruF .ycnegreme na ni snoitpo epacse lanoitidda edivorp ot sthgieh gnidliub dna swodniw gningised stseggus osla tI .stixe ot detcennoc secaps gniliec ni dna sroolf level-tilps htaeneb ,sllaw neewteb spag sa hcus saera ni secaps gnidih laitnetop gnitaerc stseggus tI .saera deretlehs otni evom ot elpoep rof seitinutroppo erom etaerc dna ytilibisiv ecuder dluoc srodirroc devruc ro dereggats ,daetsnI .ylkciuq evom ot meht wolla dna thgis fo senil raelc srekcatta evig taht srodirroc thgiarts ,gnol gnidiova sdnemmocer osla tI .sllird erif edisgnola gniniart ycnegreme loohcs ot dedda eb ot sllird esnopser-msirorret dna tnaliassa-evitca rof dellac eedeerpuS forP cossA ,irubahtnoN ni loohcs a ta tnedicni tneloiv tnecer eht gniwolloF .ecneloiv ot etubirtnoc dluoc taht smelborp sserdda ot serusaem gniyllub-itna dna htlaeh latnem nehtgnerts osla dluohs sloohcS .serudecorp ycnegreme loohcs otni snalp noitaucave hcus etaroprocni dluohs noissimmoC noitacudE cisaB eht fo eciffO dna yrtsiniM noitacudE eht dias eH .dias eh ,sloohcs rof sdradnats gnidliub gnittes nehw skcatta tsirorret dna sgnitoohs ssam fo tcapmi eht timil ro tneverp ot serusaem redisnoc osla dluohs srotaluger noitcurtsnoc dna seitirohtua lacol ,yrtsiniM roiretnI ehT KEYWORDS School safety design Architectural security Emergency evacuation planning School building standards Campus security measures Active assailant response Educational facility design