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[quote=Anonymous]I was going to suggest that you to explain how lockdown drills work and avoid mentioning guns or bad guys. I was going to say that you simply explain that if something unusual happens at school and the principal needs to investigate, he/she needs everyone to stay put and be quiet while he/she figures out what’s going on. Sometimes wild animals accidentally wander into a school and the best way to keep the animal and the students safe is to keep the students in their classrooms, away from the animal, so it doesn’t feel cornered. If a grown up enters the school and forgets to sign in at the office, the principal needs to find out why that person is in the building and who they need to see, but that’s hard to do when the hallways are crowded and noisy.

The only problem is that I just remembered that my 1st grader was taught that if she’s in the girls restroom when a lockdown starts, she is supposed to lock herself in a stall, stand on the toilet so no one can see her feet, and remain silent. I don’t know how you keep that scenario from sounding like something sinister is going on.[/quote]

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