LOS ANGELES – As another school year begins, school districts around the country are working on strategies to improve security and student safety in the wake of last year’s shooting tragedy in Connecticut.

But Los Angeles school officials have been sending principals to “secret” training sessions to learn questionable security practices while dragging their heels about whether to install inside locks on classroom doors.

Does everything in California have to be illogical and dysfunctional?

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L.A. principals have reportedly been subjected to “live-shooter training” this summer, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. On the surface that sounds promising.

But when questioned about the “live-shooter training,” Steve Zipperman, chief of the district’s police force, refused to go into detail.

“We provided them with alternatives and choices that may be available to them should an active shooting occur, and a traditional lockdown may not be the most appropriate decisions,” Zipperman told the DailyNews. “This may mean the rapid relocation of students, either on or off-campus.”

Translation: The district continues to encourage teachers and students to run and hide in hopes that they are not discovered. That’s consistent with a recent (and useless) recommendation from the U.S. Department of Education.

That didn’t work so well at Sandy Hook Elementary, and it probably wouldn’t work in Los Angeles, either.

The Department of Education also recommends fighting intruders as a last resort, but there is no indication that’s part of the Los Angeles principal’s training.

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Many school districts around the nation have focused on improving security by hiring armed guards, training and arming teachers and administrators, or at least putting inside locks on classroom doors.

L.A. school officials can’t even decide if the locks are a worthwhile investment, according to the news report.

The “run and hide” strategy is not surprising for a district with an extremely powerful teachers union. The unions have been very clear about their hatred for the concept of guns on campus, even if they’re carried by the good guys.

They would rather leave students to the mercy of crazy people who insist on venting their twisted frustrations on helpless students.

But the decision to install inside door locks to keep intruders out of classrooms should be a no-brainer.

Judith Perez, president of Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, said the new training is a good first step, but the district now needs to make a decision about classroom locks, the news report said.

No kidding.