Sycamore Community School District wants its custodians to know the sound of gunfire

Even educators in districts like Sycamore Community Schools, which comprises seven schools and a little over 5,000 students, can't discount the possibility of a school shooting, district support service director David Foster said Friday. He anticipates the task of keeping students safe is likely to become more difficult. As school shootings continue to claim lives and make headlines across the United States, his district hopes to mitigate the threat by conscripting a new line of defense: Its custodians.