A northwest suburban school district says it plans to hire retired police officers as armed office workers, granting them permission to carry weapons on school campuses so they could take action in the event of a school shooting. School officials, parents and students have all been searching for a response to the ongoing horror of deadly mass shootings in our nation’s schools. Some parents say more guns are not the answer, but the superintendent of the Palatine School District says his idea is about proactive protection.