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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tell my kids what the lockdown drill is for, and I tell them to loudly say "Republicans don't care if we get shot in school!" So you might have to explain that one when your kids get home. Since the adults won't help them, I am teaching my kids to advocate for their generation themselves.[/quote]

Not helpful and I hope you are joking. In my 20 years of teaching I’ve been in real lockdowns in schools several times and none have involved shootings. They have most often been rare cases of kids or staff having medical emergencies quickly needing to clear calls to get EMT in and out or police activity in the area not involving the school. They are usually over in minutes, not scary and simply treated like a drill because the process is the same. Clear the hall, stay in your room.  Lockdown drills and lockdowns are used for a lot more than shootings. You may be confused with active shooting drills which we are starting to have st the high school level but not at the elementary. [/quote]

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