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femmocrat

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51. What I want to know is how he got into the building?

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 11:07 PM

Dec 2012

Has anyone reported on that?

I'm also a teacher and have participated in lockdowns and drills. We had a lockdown today and a different dismissal procedure.... buses lined up so the kids couldn't be seen leaving the building. We have a safety review first thing Monday morning. We will probably have more drills right after the holiday.

I don't think about blockading my classroom though. I think the odds of something happening are very remote especially since I travel to four different buildings. I don't even have a key for two of my classrooms. (Even though I have reported that and requested them multiple times.)

I worry more about being out on the playground. There are way too many guns around here and the playgrounds are out in the open. That is where we should have the safety drills.

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A Teacher's Perspective on the Shooting. [View all] DonRedwood Dec 2012 OP

Thanks for your dedication and service. n/t godai Dec 2012 #1

the fact that you'd even have to think this way, even once a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #2

Imagine having that responsibility. And not to one family, but 30 DonRedwood Dec 2012 #14

I know the feelings, bro a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #15

Bravo sir! What do you teach? DonRedwood Dec 2012 #16

Originally, I taught English/Language Arts a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #17

Wow! variety DonRedwood Dec 2012 #18

all my career I had in my head a way to save my kids if something roguevalley Dec 2012 #39

I have a poster next to the wall that can cover the window in the door Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #3

Throwing kids out the window is my fire plan. DonRedwood Dec 2012 #8

Thank you, DonRedwood Cha Dec 2012 #4

This is so wrong on so many levels, why the hell do teaching staff even need to worry about shit teddy51 Dec 2012 #5

Sickly once you have to do it at school, you do it everywhere...every field trip, every bus trip DonRedwood Dec 2012 #24

The answer in this day and age is to have armed guards (2 per entrance, high powered automatic teddy51 Dec 2012 #26

I'll be honest, I wish we did have security DonRedwood Dec 2012 #27

Nobody should be armed in a school. Chemisse Dec 2012 #30

"It is more likely you and/or your students will be struck by lightning than killed by a teddy51 Dec 2012 #34

I know how you feel. I kept thinking about my grandchildren today. Chemisse Dec 2012 #37

+1. PavePusher Dec 2012 #41

Metal detectors don't work. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #48

That would be optimal. Chemisse Dec 2012 #52

Both are bad. Schools aren't prisons. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #57

I hear ya. I've found myself counting people while standing in line waiting to get into a movie. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #61

we truly live in a sick and twisted world when teachers have to PLAN for killers in their schools. niyad Dec 2012 #6

I'll second that fu ! DonRedwood Dec 2012 #22

I'll third that FU Lifelong Protester Dec 2012 #28

Fourth! calimary Dec 2012 #36

I know what you mean. erinlough Dec 2012 #7

Did you find yourself doing it in other places too? DonRedwood Dec 2012 #25

I do it now. erinlough Dec 2012 #31

I teach kindergarten. And I get this post. I SO get it RayOfHope Dec 2012 #9

When I read your last paragraph I started crying.... DonRedwood Dec 2012 #11

I had HS kids so very few were scared. badhair77 Dec 2012 #12

As a volunteer parent, that drill was the saddest thing I experienced during my kids' elementary Neurotica Dec 2012 #20

It does feel like taking some innocence away DonRedwood Dec 2012 #53

Kindergarten though!! I LOVE every kindergarten teacher I have ever met! DonRedwood Dec 2012 #23

I'm right with you, Don. badhair77 Dec 2012 #10

We get the same training. It freaks me out. DonRedwood Dec 2012 #13

I thought I was crazy. The only person out there who did that sort of mental preparation for GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #19

We have a lockdown drill every fall. Igel Dec 2012 #21

I teach high school, plan for the same things adigal Dec 2012 #29

How I wish I had your eloquence, my dear DonRedwood... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2012 #32

I know Miss Peggy DonRedwood Dec 2012 #54

a heaven05 Dec 2012 #33

Teachers with guns. reteachinwi Dec 2012 #35

welcome to du DonRedwood Dec 2012 #55

Heart's in the right place, but impractical lbrtbell Dec 2012 #38

Can you lock your room from the inside? If not, why not? TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #56

Mine locks from the outside, key only. All teachers doors unlock with the same key DonRedwood Dec 2012 #63

My teacher husband has a baseball bat. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #40

I hear you Don. I'm a sub and in at least three different schools in any one week. 1monster Dec 2012 #42

Thank you socalgal58 Dec 2012 #43

Why do you think the teachers hoarded the children in corners? deek Dec 2012 #44

That's what we're told to do, and yes, we have drills. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #46

Thank you for the explanation deek Dec 2012 #64

to hide the kids from view mercuryblues Dec 2012 #50

Amen to that. I get that nightmare every summer and into fall. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #45

The school had security plans for this situation also. Kablooie Dec 2012 #47

I hope this incident gives people second thoughts on the importance of teachers... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #49

Such trust is placed in us. You cannot imagine how having a whole classroom of such charges DonRedwood Dec 2012 #66

What I want to know is how he got into the building? femmocrat Dec 2012 #51

From the sound of it, he started in the office. knitter4democracy Dec 2012 #58

It looks like he broke in from behind, through a window. tblue37 Dec 2012 #65

I was at lunch when my phone buzzed with a news alert of the shooting yesterday. proud2BlibKansan Dec 2012 #59

When do teachers start getting combat pay..? nt Bigmack Dec 2012 #60

Thanks Don. Teachers are a special class of people. slackmaster Dec 2012 #62