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They have the doors locked on both the elementary schools and the high schools here..you have to be buzzed in. The high school kids have school ID's but not the younger kids. They have fire drills, bomb threat drills and intruder drills here and we live in a small town. They do the same in the cities around here too. I imagine it can be scary for the little ones, although my DS who is 11 now never complained about them.
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10-17-2008 01:22 PM
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I am so thankful my DS graduated a couple years ago. He went to a very nice farm school. They had fire drills and tornado but I don't think they had any of the other ones. I could walk into the school any time I wanted. They never lock the doors. Everyone knows everyone. Heck it is still K-12 at one building. He loved school. They got 1 week off for deer hunting, if they have a license. And a week off to help with the planting on the farm if needed. It is probably the closest to homeschooling as you can get.
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Originally Posted by
belcherpi
My son is in high school and their doors are always locked, you have to buzz the office (from outside) and over an intercom they ask you what you're there for. There's also security guards walking the halls during class changes. They also have lockdown drills where they lock each class room door. Last year there was a rumor that someone was bringing a gun to school on a certain day, the school staff found out and they sent a letter home with the students but my son never got the letter.
They ran out while giving them out in his class and never returned to give him and a few more the notes. Needless to say my son stayed home that day.
Our classroom doors stay closed and locked at all times from the outside.
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My kids school here is locked and you have to be buzz in and use the intercom, and sign in and get a visitor pass. They also have intruder drills and a mass phone call system in place(a recorded phone message that goes out to everyone) if there is an emergency or something they feel parents need to be alerted about.
I was a little surprised by all this when we first moved here but I like it. We come from a really small town in the west where people all have that false sense of security(kinda like Columbine) and think nothing is ever going to happen..meanwhile high school kids go to school with hunting rifles, pocket knives, etc. in their vehicles. Even though we live in an area with a higher crime rate, i feel that my kids are much safer at school here.
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Originally Posted by
poggles3
I had to ask him what the heck an intruder drill was. Mom, its when we have to lock the doors an windows and hide really really fast. I said when did this start, he says we did it all last year, its because of the shootings at VA Tech. WTH the school never told us anything about this, no newsletters, no mention at conferences, I'd have thought they would let us know. I dont know weather to be glad their preparing them, or pissed that their scaring them?? I know in this day and time its a possiblilty, but seriously, I'm thinking of homeschooling, I have 2 in diapers, by the time their his age they will probably have metal detectors and id cards for public school. I may not be so irritated if I sleep on this, but I will be discussing this at the next pta meeting, this should have been something discussed with parents prior to implementing it so that we could explain to our children why it was neccessary. Anyone got an opinion on this? So maybe I'm overreacting, maybe I'm not it just ticks me off at this moment!
I have always thought is insane to LOCK the children in the rooms, all a shooter has to do is take out the janitor, who has keys to EVERY lock in the school and go from room to room "shooting fish in a barrel". My mom was in HS during the riots in CA, and they locked down the school, she escaped out a window and went home.
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I agree that the school doesnt have to notify me when they happen, it just would have been nice to know that THEY WERE HAPPENING AT ALL. Fire drills never scare my son because from the time he could walk we have done them at home. I do believe they should have notified us with an update letter when this started, no my son is not afraid of them but there is a little girl in his class who is new to the county this year and cried her eyes out. I do not think that is fair to all the kids, and imagine trying to explain what an intruder drill is to a class full of 4yr olds? You cannot tell me that all of those children would fully understand and remember months down the road when that alarm goes off to hide. I believe I have every right to be ticked off about it, I"m glad they have them, dont get me wrong but I believe if they can print out on pretty colored paper weekly notices about who got a prize for turning in all their homework, etc. they could send one home saying hey we have these drills that might scare your kid!!
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Unfortunately, it is a sad reality that kids have to be aware of this possibility. Personally, it is a sad thing that society has to do this, but I would rather they be aware than left in the dark.
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Unfortunately even the smallest farm schools aren't always perfectly safe. Remember the little amish school that was hit not too long ago? And as far as the drills being scary, we had to do "civil defense" drills when I was in grade school in the 60's. We had to go down to the school's fallout shelter to practice in case of a nuclear bomb. Now that was scary.
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We have lockdown drills as well. I think its a great thing. We have a great little school in a great community but anything can happen. We have double doors at the front of our school. You can enter one set but then the other stays locked. You have to go thru the front office and tell the lady at front what you need. The school resource officer which is a county deputy can see and hear at all times what is going on. He is on the school premisis 2 hours before school begins and 2 hours after school is over. During school hours he is there all the time. He also talks with the children that have behavioral problems. I think its great that he is there all the time. The officer that we have now is wonderful and he loves kids. When the children are good they are rewared. One of the rewards is playing kick ball with the officer. They all look forward to that.
Just wanted to add that the janitors at our school have so many keys on their key chains that you would have to know which one opens the doors. After going thru that many keys, I believe somebody could have gotten the intruder before he got in.
Last edited by CLARKS4; 10-19-2008 at 01:52 PM.
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Same here...
Originally Posted by
Willow
My son's school is locked all the time also. You have to be buzzed in. They have cameras in the office so they can see who is outside the door. He has a picture ID card but I don't know what exactly they use them for because he never took it to school with him. He put it in his drawer and that's where it's been.
Both my DS's elementary school, and DD's High School are locked during operating hours, and you have to buzz to get in, with camera's watching everything. Sad state of affairs that it has to be like this, but it's better than the alternative...
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