[blparent] Lockdown Drill at School

[Jennifer Bose]

JoElizabeth, it sounds like you're handling this in the best way you
can. My own head's spinning as I read this thread. My children aren't
in K-12 yet, so I don't know, but why doesn't the school just let
parents know ahead of time that there's going to be a lock-down drill?
A lot of this would have been better understood if they had. I'm of
the opinion that there probably needs to be some type of drill to deal
with this terrifying possibility, even though it doesn't happen as
often as a fire would. Maybe it seems futile, and the trainings have
to evolve into something that would prevent the loss of more lives,
but I just think we have to be aware that there are people who want to
commit these horrible crimes. A friend of mine lost her nephew in the
Newtown shooting, and I spent much of my childhood one town over from
there, so my concern is colored by all that.