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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Agree to disagree. Fires and smoke are deadly and unpredictable. If one actually happened at a school (haven’t in years), it would be terrifying and traumatizing. Sadly these school shooters are the same. They have no specific grudges. They are random forms of violence that are terrifying and unpredictable. Explaining dangers and strategies are for protection. Safety drills of all kinds are triggering but that needs to be balanced against safety. What happened in Texas shows adults charged with protecting kids did not practice enough.[/quote]

No. They were in the room and died with the kids. It shows THE COPS left them in there to die. No amount of lockdowns prevents school shooters, idiot. No amount of hiding in a dark classroom means an assault rifle will not tear your body to shreds if you’re shot. You are honestly terrible [/quote]

What a moron you must be in real life. Drills help prepare for disaster but of course they don’t stop them. They just help prepare students and staff for worst case scenarios. There have been times where shooters were foiled because of procedures put in place to limit damage but you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about so keep believing it’s pointless to do anything.
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They really don’t. If the gunman wants in your room and gets in, you’re done. No stapler you throw at him will save you. I’m a teacher, I’ve done these drills for years. They do nothing. School shootings happen. SRO and police with guns don’t engage the gunman. If he doesn’t go to your room, you’ll be ok. If he does, you’ll probably die. The drills are meaningless. And if isn’t the teachers fault . We could drill every month and the shootings would happen and people would still die in them. Because the lockdowns are reactive and not a solution. Gun control and assault rifle bans are the proactive solution  we will never get. [/quote]

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