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Hundreds of the Alameda Unified School District’s youngest charges are on wide-open school campuses where some basic security measures aren’t being followed, visits to three of Alameda’s elementary schools showed this week.

“Sadly, it is not surprising at all,” school security expert Ken Trump said when presented with the results of the reporter’s visits. Read more >> about Basic safety measures lacking at some Alameda schools