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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My K student's school had a lockdown drill. She had no clue why. The teacher obviously did not explain the "bad guy" part. She just thought they were supposed to go to a certain part of the room and sit quietly. I think for kindergarten this is the way I prefer it be handled. I don't think that for K students there is much of a point in explaining the purpose; I don't think it will make them any more likely to follow the lockdown rules, and may scare some of them. [/quote]
Same. My children's school is preschool thru HS, and we're doing drills pre Sandy Hook. My kids have been doing drills since they were three (4 years now). They aren't freaked out, and the drills have never bothered them.
That said, they have changed the drills, and now a teacher stays in the classroom, visible, to distract / give the kids a few more minutes. Last year one of the girls - new to the school and who knew about sandy hook - got hysterical when she realized that the teacher would die if it was a real scenario. [/quote]

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