In school districts throughout Washington State, officials have installed emergency phone systems and established tip lines on which students can call and report threats. The solution to is that the schools in the Washington State will be safer and help will come before any real damage.

In some schools there are metal detectors at the entrances to schools. They hiring security guards or off-duty police officers to patrol the campuses, removing lockers so students cannot hide weapons, and instituting policies that expel or suspend students who are found keeping a weapon.