Are you aware that there is an organization in Utah that will pay for the ccw training of any Utah public school teacher. if you dont know of it, i'll search for you. (I'm a HS teacher as well)Good post, keep racking the numbers up everyone!
On a side note, my wife is a High School Math Teacher, and has been expressing an interest in getting her CWP permit (UTAH). Although she admits that she may not be ready to carry on a regular basis at this point, she wants the permit! Good first step.
I do not believe teachers should be provided with weapons as most of them are untrained and could not responsibly handle a gun, or they would use it irresponsibly (ie, 'Don't smart me off again you little *pulls gun*', which would lead to VERY negative reactions from people(myself included). On the other polls it asks if they should be allowed to and the answer is most definatly yes! Just not provided with guns.