I get teary eyed when I see these emails come thru - I think because they scare the crap out of me that they are even needed.

This was the 3rd drill this year - the 1st was for a person of interest on school grounds outside and the 2nd was for something that required they leave they building and they were all evacuated to a local church

The only drills we had growing up were fire drills!

Does your school have lots of safety drills?

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Dear XXX Community,

I wanted to make you aware that we participated in a Lock Down drill this morning. For this particular drill, we simulated that there was a person of concern in the community (not on our campus or within our school). Teachers made sure all rooms were locked and secured. In the future, we will practice a drill that has an intruder inside our building.

We live in an ever changing society where safety needs to be stressed and practiced. I appreciate your support with my efforts in making the students at xxxx feel safe.