We never had active shooter drills. We had fire drills pretty regularly and occasionally had “emergency” drills where we would all go into the hallway and stand facing the lockers, so think that would have been really bad for an active shooter.
One year, there was a man with a gun in the school and we all turned the lights off, barricaded the door (they didn’t lock), and turned over desks and sat on the floor.
People were crying, but I wasn’t very worried because we were on the 7th floor and I didn’t think a shooter would bother with that many stairs. He was apprehended by a security guard and did not fire any shots, I’m not sure if we ever found out why he was there, but it seems like he wasn’t intending to shoot up the school and just happened to be armed.
Another year, I wasn’t in school that day, but they locked down the school because there was a man shooting pigeons on a nearby roof.
ETA: I just took it for granted that this is normal, but we had full time security guards that were not police who worked at the school. Every morning we went through metal detectors and the security guards searched our bags. They were really nice though and well-loved by the students.
We never had active shooter drills. We had fire drills pretty regularly and occasionally had “emergency” drills where we would all go into the hallway and stand facing the lockers, so think that would have been really bad for an active shooter.
One year, there was a man with a gun in the school and we all turned the lights off, barricaded the door (they didn’t lock), and turned over desks and sat on the floor.
People were crying, but I wasn’t very worried because we were on the 7th floor and I didn’t think a shooter would bother with that many stairs. He was apprehended by a security guard and did not fire any shots, I’m not sure if we ever found out why he was there, but it seems like he wasn’t intending to shoot up the school and just happened to be armed.
Another year, I wasn’t in school that day, but they locked down the school because there was a man shooting pigeons on a nearby roof.
ETA: I just took it for granted that this is normal, but we had full time security guards that were not police who worked at the school. Every morning we went through metal detectors and the security guards searched our bags. They were really nice though and well-loved by the students.