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Jones Cove Elementary School office secretary Letisha Hall talks with a visitor at the front door to the school through a new video and audio intercom installed during the holiday break for added security in Sevier County, Tenn., Wednesday Jan. 9, 2013. The Sevier County School System has had armed resource officers in every school since 2006 and are adding new measures for safety. (AP Photo/The Mountain Press,Curt Habraken)
Meanwhile, Pearl River County is doing a security evaluation at its schools.
Officials at both school systems say the steps are a response, in part, to the school shootings in Newtown, Conn.
The Enterprise-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/WJ1fOH) that McComb High School principal Robert Lamkin told school board members this week that student uniforms will help maintain security at the campus.
In Pearl River County, schools Superintendent Alan Lumpkin tells the Picayune Item (http://bit.ly/XMVczf) that campus police chief Brandon Herrin is leading a review of school "lock down procedures." He says the review will bring recommendations to improve security on the school system's three campuses at McNeill, Carriere and Burgetown communities.