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Absolutely no money to put a cop in every school. One school resource officer is one less patrol officer or one less shift filler. It would be a prime spot (dayshift, Mon-Fri with weekends off) but most agencies are contracting because of declining property tax revenue. Vallejo, CA used to have school resource officers and let the positions go when the city was approaching bankruptcy. Some agencies have been disbanded and the patrol function assumed by the sheriff.
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^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^
Also, I am against the idea of arming teachers. Teachers have the calling to teach and you can't turn them into some sort of armed force. Not to mention all the grief they get about their teachers union and the pay cuts and reduced resources. Now, on top of all that we want to arm them? That's a bit crazy, sorry.
If anyone is to be armed at our schools it should be a rotating schedule for members of the National Guard as any other American Armed Forces would be Constitutionally illegal or very tricky at the very least.
Put someone from the NG in a more civilian looking uniform and certainly no M-16 in the hallway. Scaring kids and even their parent with a full on rifle ain't gonna fly. Not sure what sort of firearm would work best for firing (theoretically) inside of a school in a protective manner but an M-16 ain't it. Over-penetration and all that good stuff you know.