[blparent] Lockdown Drill at School

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

I suppose I can see why parents shouldn't be told ahead of time.  Some of 
them would give their children a heads up,, even if they were asked not to. 
It would be natural to want to shield them or warn them.  But I can't see 
what it would hurt to notify parents afterward.  Heck, the school sends out 
e-mails and automatic phone calls to notify parents when kids should wear 
Bronco colors or pajamas for School Spirit Days, for goodness sake; it's not 
that hard to do.

Jo Elizabeth

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may 
kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at 
evening.--Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
-----Original Message----- 
From: Jennifer Bose
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 10:00 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Lockdown Drill at School

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.

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