I've heard a lot about them and how traumatizing they can be for children, but are they actually a widespread thing or just something a bunch of psychotic schools do to torment kids?
I've heard a lot about them and how traumatizing they can be for children, but are they actually a widespread thing or just something a bunch of psychotic schools do to torment kids?
I bet things have escalated since I graduated high school in 2016, but I didn't think they were a big deal. Once a month we'd have a fire drill, where we'd practice evacuating the building, and maybe twice a year we'd have an "active shooter drill" where we'd practice locking the door and being quiet for 10 minutes. Some faculty would roam the halls and pull on the door handles to check if they're locked (which could be scary tbh)
At that point though, the idea that an active shooter situation could happen at OUR school was pretty theoretical. Since it was a New York school we probably spent more time asking kids to think about what they'd do if they were there on 9/11