It's a security feature you'd expect to find at a large school, but Flandreau is now using video surveillance monitors at the K-12 building's two main entrances. The added security may not be needed all the time, but administrators say you can expect to see more of them in the near future.

In Flandreau, there are around 45 to 50 students in each grade, and the kids all know each other. But some say that's no reason to let your guard down.

"There's the unknowns,” Flandreau junior Tony Ullom said. “Somebody could be just having a bad day and if they decide to bring a gun into school, it would be bad. I feel like it could happen to anybody, really."

Monday, the district began using its video monitor system. Visitors ring the bell and identify themselves, and the secretary can see them from inside the office. If it's safe, she buzzes them in.

"In a town this size, we know most people in town. The secretaries would know if there's something coming up, a doctor's appointment for a student or something. It's good to not only hear their voice but visualize them also," Superintendent Rick Weber said.

Security is nothing new at the Flandreau school; the district has about 30 security cameras posted all around the building.

Administrators say the new video monitors are just an extra layer of protection for the community's most important resources.

"It's not necessarily to keep people out in terms of security that way; just makes sure we know who's in the school when they come in," Weber said.

The two cameras and equipment cost the district around $1,500 and was paid for out of the capital outlay fund.