$26 billion / year is a BS number to begin with.
93,295 schools x 2 x $50k = $9.2 billion
But two guards per school are not required. In fact, hire an above average janitor and pay him an extra $10k a year to carry. Now you are at less than $1 billion.
On a separate note, I remember the left screaming that we overreacted to the attacks on 9-11. With over 93,250 public schools and a mass shooting every 23 years, there is one chance in 2,144,750 of a school being attacked in any given year. Meanwhile, there are over 8,000 home invasions every day, with 38% of assaults & 60% of rapes occurring during home invasions.
So who are they protecting by taking away our weapons?
My latr father, a retired Marine gunnery sergeant, worked as a school custodian for several years in the 1960’s. I’m sure he’d have been glad to make some extra money guarding the schoolchildren.