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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When gunshots were first heard, the kids either took cover under the bleachers, ran into the lock room or bathroom, or took cover by a wall along the track.  The track meet had not started yet.  It was about to start in the next 15 minutes or so.

After the gunfire subsided, the kids were all brought out to the field to line up and get accounted for.[/quote]

The West track meet had not started yet - the East track meet was on its last few events. The kids who were on the far side of the track lining up for the races were told by adults to run into the nearby trees. The adults present did as well as possible under the circumstances, but it was awful. The locker rooms and bathrooms were packed and many team members were separated from one another. It was an experience no kid or adult should have to live through.

What I don’t understand is why, with teams from 28 elementary schools present, the city couldn’t assign one or two police cars to sit at the end of the block or in front of the entrance for the duration of the event. “Security” was doing bag checks but I don’t even know if they were equipped to handle a weapon if they found one. (No blame to the security officers who were just doing their jobs but there should have been police on site.) [/quote]

What’s weird about this is that DPR usage fees shot through the roof for things like soccer clubs because of the new police requirements. Crazy they don’t require the same at DCPS events? Or do they and just didn’t have it this time?[/quote]

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