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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure of your kid's age, but they may not tell them they are lockdown drills. Over the weekend, my first grader was telling me about the two types of fire drills. One is lock the door and hide under the desks/climb out the windows and the other is file through the hallway to exit the school. They are being told it's a fire drill to not scare them, but that first one sounds more like an active shooter drill. [/quote]

aCtually, you know what, your kid is probably just confused. I'm sure they told them what kind of a drill it is, but your kid didn't understand (which is fine and totally normal).[/quote]

Nope, not confused. The first was explained as what you do if there's a fire in the hallway and you can't safely leave the classroom that way. The other is the more traditional, fire somewhere in the building drill. He's very detail oriented and very into logistics for that sort of thing, so he's not confused. And I'd be pissed if they talked about active shooter drills in FIRST grade - totally inappropriate. [/quote]

Why is it appropriate to discuss a possible deadly fire to first graders but inappropriate to discuss an active shooter? Sadly it’s more likely your first grader is going to be hurt by a shooter in a school than a fire. What grade is reality okay to share? Fires are pretty scary too. [/quote]

A fire isn’t aiming for you. You can outrun a fire. A fire isn’t personally targeting you. I can’t believe kids can understand this and you can’t. The assault rifle shooting at you and your class is way scarier and more traumatizing than a fire. [/quote]

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