In most ways Dec. 14, 2012, was just like any other winter morning, sunny and cold. But it quickly became unlike any other morning. The world received the horrifying news that at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people — teachers and students — and wounded even more. When the news reached Trinity High School Principal Dan Zoeller, it hit him hard. “I was very horrified and very sad,” he said. “I also thought about what we could do to make our own school safer.” While conversations about security were not new, this tragedy pushed the topic back to the top of the priority list. In the following days and weeks after the shooting, people across the nation debated gun control and security. Communities across the country began looking at their schools’ security and figuring out how they could make it safer. One of these schools was Trinity. Trinity had implemented a number of security changes in the past few years, but again “the shooting prompted us to look at our security,” Zoeller said. New additions to the school’s security system include the requirement of an ID to get into the rotunda and into the cafeteria through the doors in the rotunda. Visitors now have to use an intercom system to be allowed into the school. These changes have been installed. As with any change in security procedures, some people feel too much has been done while others think more should be done. Senior Noah Roach said, “I think that the best security would be to have an off-duty or retired police officer patrolling the campus.” When Zoeller was asked about having an armed guard on campus, he expressed concern over having a gun on campus at all, even in the hands of a trained guard. Zoeller also said that an important part of security is the students themselves. He said, “Students hear and see things that adults may not see.” Teachers and students are regularly reminded to keep doors locked and to not let those without a proper ID into buildings.