@camlok,
Sorry. This was in response to Oralloy.
We had a lockdown when I was making extra money subbing while going to school.
The first thing that happened was I heard a commotion in the hallway. Pretty far away from my room, but it caught my attention. I was subbing, my first day, so I didn’t investigate. I continued teaching. I heard raised voices in the hall, but couldn’t make out words. I assumed it was disgruntled parents. Angry adult voices.
A teacher ran to my door, told me to follow lockdown procedures: lock the door, turn off the light, close blinds, get everybody to the back of the room.
As I’m doing this, the lockdown announcement came over the speaker.
This was fourth grade, and I remember one kid asking if we were going to die. I still thought we had a disgruntled parent, maybe non-custodial parent who was trying to take their child out against court order - which happens - so I said, “I think this is just a drill. Why don’t we sit in the back and tell some cool stories.”
I was so sad that these kids had to confront such a thought at school. I did know that if anyone did come in, I’d do the best I could. I didn’t allow myself to consider on any deep level that a person entering might be armed.
The lockdown only lasted about ten minutes. It was a long ten minutes.
